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hip-hop stories: 97 news summaries

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 The Most Influential DJs 


Oct 21, 09 5:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the release of "DJ Hero" upon us, it's a good time to honor the true masters of turntablism. IGN lists the most influential:
  • DJ Kool Herc. He invented the “breakbeat” by using the two-turntable style of disco DJs to play two copies of a funk record,
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music • hip-hop • DJ Hero • deejay

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 Snoop Dogg's 
 'Snoopiest' TV Moments 

Hip-hop artist does an awful lot of entertaining TV cameos

Oct 9, 09 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - In anticipation of Snoop Dogg’s cameo on tonight’s episode of Brothers, the Huffington Post runs down the hip-hop artist’s best—that is to say, Snoop Doggiest—TV guest moments to date:
  • The Martha Stewart Show: “Oh, you want me to take the
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entertainment • television • celebrity • Entourage • hip-hop • rapper • Snoop Dogg • Who Wants to Be a Millionaire • Monk • Martha Stewart Show • Jay-ZTV • The Man Show • Brothers

 Public Enemy Hooks Up 
 With 'Crowdfunding' Site 

Hip-hop innovators will raise $250K through Dutch site Sellaband

Oct 7, 09 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hip-hoppers Public Enemy, one of the first groups to release on mp3, is entering the brave new world of crowdfunding. The group has partnered with Dutch site SellABand to raise the $250,000 necessary to record a new album entirely through $25 donations from fans. The payout? Donors—or “... More »

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social networking • Netherlands • hip-hop • rap music • Sellaband • album • recording • fundraising • Public Enemy • Chuck D • Flavor Flav • crowdfunding

 'Obama 
 Effect' 
 Cleaning 
 Up Rap 

Common says hip-hop turning more positive

Sep 24, 09 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thanks to President Obama, today’s rap focuses less on drugs, bling, and violence, and the “conscious rapper” is on the rise—at least according to Common. “I don't find as much gangsta talk,” the rapper/actor tells CNN. “You see the whole chain-shining-and-rim era is gone.... More »

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hip-hop • rapper • rap music • bling • Jay-ZTV • Common

What Jay-Z and Glenn Beck Have in Common

Rap and right-wing talk radio are more similar than you might think

Sep 20, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - After listening to hours of Michael Savage, Rush Limbaugh, and Mark Levin on the radio while driving the Nebraska countryside, a peculiar thought occurred to David Segal: conservative talk-show hosts are surprisingly similar to gangsta rappers, he writes for the New York Times. Consider the parallels:
  • Huge egos.
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Rush Limbaugh • conservative • hip-hop • Glenn Beck • rap music • Michael Savage • right wingers • talk-show host • Jay-Z

music review

 Kid Cudi's Debut 
 'Ridiculously 
 Intriguing' 

Rap's up-and-coming name follows in the footsteps of Kanye West, Andre 3000

Sep 15, 09 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The premise of Kanye West protégé Kid Cudi’s Man on the Moon: The End of the Day is that he’s “not on the same planet as other rappers. The truth is that he’s not in the same genre,” writes Julian Benbow for the... More »

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Kanye West • hip-hop • rapper • album release • rap music • music review • Jay-Z • Jay-ZTV • Kid Cudi

Once-Homeless Rapper Wins Prestigious UK Prize

Speech Debelle is first woman to win Mercury in 7 years

Sep 8, 09 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Years of living in hostels and on the streets of London proved, at long last, a winning combination for rapper Speech Debelle, who today was awarded Britain’s prestigious Mercury music prize, the Guardian reports. Speech Therapy, the debut album by the 26-year-old (real name Corynne Elliot), represents a “... More »

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entertainment • London • homeless • hip-hop • rap music • Jay-ZTV • Mercury Prize • Speech Debelle • Speech Therapy • Corynne Elliot

(Newser) - Jay-Z's new Blueprint 3 seems to have critics divided. Some see flashes of brilliance showing the rap veteran at his best, while others see a mediocre effort that relies too much on celebrity.
  • Jay-Z sounds "hungrier than he has in years on about half the tracks, while sharing
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music • hip-hop • rapper • rap music • music review • Jay-Z • Jay-ZTV • Blueprint 3

interview

 Jay-Z to Oprah: 
 Drug Dealing 
 Was 'Natural' 

Says his generation 'disarmed' the N-word

Sep 3, 09 7:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Becoming a teen drug dealer was “natural” for Jay-Z, and it didn’t scare him a bit, given his environment in the projects, he tells Oprah in her O Magazine. “At some point, you become addicted to the feeling. The uncertainty and adrenaline and danger of that lifestyle,... More »

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Oprah Winfrey • hip-hop • rapper • Beyonce • rap music • interview • Jay-Z • O, the Oprah Magazine • Jay-ZTV

(AP) - A judge today sentenced Chris Brown to five years' probation and six months' community labor for the beating of Rihanna, then ordered the R&B singer to stay away from his former girlfriend for the next five years. The judge told Brown he could be sent to state prison if... More »

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singers • sentencing • hip-hop • assault • Rihanna • Chris Brown • R&B

OPINION

 Vixen Author 
 Embraces 
 Her Inner 
 Betty Crocker 

And, surprisingly, some would benefit from listening to her

Aug 20, 09 2:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Karrine Steffans has had drama-riddled relationships with famous rappers and celebs such as Mike Tyson and Bill Maher. Her “relationships have been major public train wrecks,” writes Jo Piazza for DoubleX, from allegations of abuse at the hands of Tyson to her suicide attempt following her breakup with... More »

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entertainment • Mike Tyson • celebrity • hip-hop • rapper • book • rap music • Bill Maher • advice • Jay-ZTV • Karrine Steffans

 Jay-Z, Rihanna, Kanye 
 Take on the Apocalypse

Three of hip-hop's biggest team up in video for new single

Aug 20, 09 2:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jay-Z, Rihanna, and Kanye West romp around a post-apocalyptic New York in the much-anticipated video for “Run This Town” off Jay-Z's upcoming Blueprint 3, reports MTV.com. The clip portrays the three as "warlords in a 23rd-century turf war," writes James Montgomery, but that's beside the point.... More »

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music • Kanye West • hip-hop • music videos • Rihanna • Jay-Z • Blueprint 3 • Run This Town

(Newser) - New Orleans rapper Corey "C-Murder" Miller has been found guilty of murdering a 16-year-old fan, the Times-Picayune reports. The teen was shot during a nightclub brawl in 2002. The rapper—who changed his stage name to C-Miller after the incident—was convicted of the killing in 2003 but a... More »

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New Orleans • murder • hip-hop • rapper • shooting • Corey Miller

ALBUM REVIEWS

Maxwell and K'Jon Force
Soul Music to Grow Up

Maxwell, K'Jon lead return to classical soul era's adult themes and sound

Aug 8, 09 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Soul music has always been adult, conveying mature themes like financial insecurity and emotional anxiety. Now, with the emergence of K’Jon and the return of Maxwell, it finally sounds adult, too, Jon Caramanica writes in the New York Times. “K’Jon and Maxwell represent a strain of R&... More »

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music • hip-hop • music review • R&B • Jay-ZTV • soul music

 New Generation 
 of UK Rappers 
 Steps Out  

Kids are coming out of the woodwork earlier to become Internet sensations

Aug 7, 09 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Grime—a musical genre fusing, among other things, hip-hop, electronica, and Caribbean influences—is being rejuvenated and redefined by “youngers,” the new generation of Internet-savvy MCs reaching for the charts, the Independent reports. “The ‘olders’ grew up listening to rap and hip-hop and other artists... More »

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music • London • hip-hop • rapper • rap music • Jay-ZTV • grime

(Newser) - Beastie Boy Adam Yauch has had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in his salivary gland and is recovering at home, Rolling Stone reports. The rapper says he had the procedure a week and a half ago, and spent just one night in the hospital. Though his recovery is... More »

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entertainment • music • surgery • hip-hop • parotid tumors • Beastie Boys • Adam Yauch • throat cancer • MCA • radiation treatment

ALBUM REVIEW

 Hip-Hop's 
 Next Big Thing 
 'Fine, Fresh, Serious' 

Sure, her life wasn't all hard, but don't write her off as a rapper

Aug 6, 09 1:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - “Even in a ‘post-race’ world, street sells,” writes Amy Granzin for Pitchfork. That would explain why some looked at Speech Debelle—the once-homeless UK rapper turned Mercury Prize nominee and "hip-hop's next big thing"—and spun “a tiny bit of flash into blinding... More »

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entertainment • music • hip-hop • rapper • album release • rap music • music review • Jay-ZTV • Speech Debelle

(Newser) - Kanye West was one of the first rappers to say, “Yo, stop it” to homophobic hip-hop artists, and his stance on homosexuality “remains the highest-profile rebuke of gay-bashing that hip-hop has seen,” writes Jonah Weiner for Slate. So why did West use the anti-gay hip-hop phrase “... More »

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entertainment • homophobia • Kanye West • celebrity • homosexuality • hip-hop • rapper • rap music

 Brown Apologizes 
 for Rihanna Assault 

'No one is more disappointed in me than I am,' singer says in YouTube video

Jul 20, 09 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Brown breaks the silence on his alleged assault on Rihanna with a YouTube confessional posted today, E! reports. “I felt it was time that you heard directly from me that I am sorry,” the singer said, explaining that he had remained silent since the February incident on... More »

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entertainment • music • battery • domestic violence • hip-hop • Rihanna • domestic abuse • Chris Brown • R&B

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Brown Moves 
 On—With 
 Kanye's Ex 

And she's Kanye West's ex

Jul 6, 09 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Brown is moving on from Rihanna by jumping into the arms of Kanye West’s ex, model Amber Rose. “They were holding hands and making out in the shadows” at Diddy's July Fourth party, sources tell the New York Daily News. More gossip:
  • Also from the Daily
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entertainment • Kanye West • celebrity • hip-hop • Chris Brown • Amber Rose

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