Rap Music

Strong Foundation: The Cornerstone Festival says goodbye, for now
… Dianne Reeves, Die Antwoord, Dierks Bentley, Dinner and a Suit, Dirty Heads, Dirty Muggs, Dirty Projectors, Disciple, Divides, Dizzy Atmosphere, DJ, DJ Big D, DJ Big Daddy Rob, DJ Big J, DJ Broz, DJ Burns, DJ Cain, DJ Charlie Chan Soprano, DJ …
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Judge me on the pitch, says Kawondera
BY ALBERT MARUFU EYE-CATCHING images of slain rapper Tupac Shakur and the Black Panther are tattooed on each side of forgotten Warriors striker Shingirai Kawondera's shoulders. To the dreadlocked Kawondera, the Black Panther tattoo symbolises freedom …
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Straight outta Compton (and on to Shakopee)
Photo: Matt Sayles, Associated Press It was the hologram heard 'round the world: Tupac Shakur, magically reflected onto the stage at the Coachella Music Fest during a set last month by his producer and mentor Dr. Dre. Of all the people who mocked and …
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Raekwon Says Collab Album With Notorious BIG Could Have Happened
While Tupac Shakur and the Notorious BIG's beef may go down as the most widely recognized feuds in Hip Hop, one of Biggie's most notorious tiffs transpired between him and members of the Wu-Tang Clan. Now, in a recent interview with MTV, BIG's one-time …
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'Suge' Knight pays fine, clears Vegas traffic case
In years after college, he co-founded Death Row Records, which helped make stars of rappers such as Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur. Chesnoff represented Knight when felony drug and battery charges were dropped in December 2008, following an …
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Former L.A.P.D. Detective Claims to Know Who Killed Notorious B.I.G.
He also wrote a book about Biggie and Tupac Shakur's homicides titled 'Murder Rap: The Untold Story of the Biggie Smalls & Tupac Shakur Investigations.' In the Complex interview, Kading claims that Wardell “Poochie” Fouse was paid $ 13000 to assassinate …
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Leslie Edward Pridgen, an American rap singer better known by the name of Freeway, says he is a Muslim, prays five times a day. Freeway says that his religious beliefs are very important to him and that those who engaged in acts of terror supposedly in the name of Islam are mistaken, and emphasizes that violence and terror have no place in the religion.
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Tinie Tempah says Rihanna is just an ‘ordinary girl’
Tinie toured with Rhi Rhi, 22, in the UK last year and he has nothing but praise for the S&M singer. Tempah told Rap-Up TV: “I didn’t know what to expect with Rihanna, you think, you’re supporting a megastar, she is not going to know you, she’s not going to care, but it was actually the opposite.
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See what surprises the music biz hatched
THE Grammys were unorthodox in myriad ways.
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Arcade Fire wins Grammy best album
Montreal’s Arcade Fire and Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young both stood on the Grammy podium Sunday night, winning awards on the American music industry’s biggest night.
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