Rap on the run (The New Statesman)
Outside a run-down apartment block in the eastern suburbs of Havana, a group of teenagers plays football in the street. They meet and greet each other like long-lost friends with hugs and slapped handshakes, and gesture to the top of a nearby building.
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Rapper Ice Cube talks about N.W.A's 'Straight Outta Compton' (AM New York)
Twenty years after the album's release, Ice Cube considers its ramifications. The Jheri Curl is long gone, and the scowl, well, Ice Cube still has that, but he uses it selectively now. It was 20 years ago this month that the group N.W.A -- with Cube as its most vital lyricist -- released the shocking "Straight Outta Compton." They called their music "reality rap," but everyone else just ...
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Pharcyde reunites to round out the most potent Rock the Bells lineup yet (Rocky Mountain News)
Now in its fifth year, the Rock the Bells hip-hop festival easily has its best lineup ever, from headliner Nas to a reunited Tribe Called Quest. But some of the biggest buzz is coming from the reunion of the core of The Pharcyde.
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Palestinian rappers: Hamas a "disguised evil" (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)
The best-known Palestinian political hip-hop artists spend most of their time rapping about Israel and the occupation.
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Tracking Evolution Of Korean Hip-hop (Sin Chew Jit Poh)
Hip-hop found its influences in Jamaica, grew up in New York then infiltrated the world. It crossed continents, finding new stomping grounds in Europe and Asia. And Korea was no exception.
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Hip-hop's cash kings 2008 (International Herald Tribune)
Unlike most pop and rock musicians, who make the bulk of their earnings from record sales and tours, rappers have more diversified portfolios.
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NorthJersey.com: providing local news, sports and classifieds for Northern New Jersey! (The Record)
Hunter Mahan is the first round leader at The Barclays. After shooting 62, he leads by four strokes. PGA player Phil Mickelson talks about playing in North Jersey and competing at this week's Barclays at the Ridgewood Country Club.
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The Closing Bell (POLLSTAR)
Overnight Sensation … Your life will be filled with sunshine, puppy dogs and happy thoughts as long as you read the following items scheduled to post within the next 16 hours.
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Your weekend: Day by day planner (Detroit News)
BOW WOW at Freedom Hill Amphitheatre
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Ushering in a Great New Season (The North Bay Nugget)
Born in Oxford, David is a Canadian who has lived in England, Canada, Thailand, and Malaysia, the East Village in New York and now Montreal. He has a degree in Political Science from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. With his band (MOIST), and as a solo artist, [...]
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