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hip-hop stories: 99 news summaries

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 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

 Ad Slump KOs Vibe 


Jun 30, 09 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hip-hop magazine Vibe is ceasing operations today, the New York Times reports. The publication has been in dire financial straits, and its chief said it had sought new investors or a plan “to restructure the huge debt on our small company” to no avail. Though Vibe reported healthy circulation... More »

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entertainment • magazine • publishing • recession • circulation • hip-hop • print advertising • Vibe • out of business

OPINION

 Black Music Month Still Matters 

Young musicians' education is priceless

Jun 18, 09 2:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Black Music Month, also known as June, used to celebrate visionaries like Duke Ellington and Billie Holliday. “In an age in which Auto-Tune and ringtone hits dominate, should we even be celebrating Black Music Month?” asks Erin Evans in The Root. “The answer, of course, is yes.”... More »

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music • jazz • hip-hop • rap music • Jay-ZTV • Black Music Month

(Newser) - The Black Eyed Peas' new album, The E.N.D., isn’t of much consequence, but that’s just as well. Reviewers generally appreciate the party-hardy attitude.
  • “Ever true to their defining characteristic, the Peas have no shame,” Ann Powers writes in the Los
... More »

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entertainment • hip-hop • album release • Fergie • taboo • Black Eyed Peas • music review • Will.i.am • Jay-ZTV

 Hip-Hop Busts Out in China 

Youths find freedom through rap

Jun 2, 09 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - You might not expect to hear freestyle rapping in Mandarin, but that sound is growing in China as youths grab hold of the outlet hip-hop offers, Time reports. “This music is free and creative. We can say what we want,” says one rapper. “There are no restrictions.... More »

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China • hip-hop • rapper • rap music • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - The world of hip-hop style is forsaking gaudy bling for refinement, to the delight of trendsetting rapper-actor Common. “It’s great that is gone,” he tells the Los Angeles Times of the pendant-and-Cristal days. “That really didn't exemplify style. It was just like, ‘I have the... More »

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entertainment • hip-hop • clothing • Miles Davis • Malcolm X • personal style • Common • designer fashion • Cristal

MUSIC REVIEW

 Free Cool Kids 
 Album Worth It, Barely 

There's still hope for full-length debut

May 28, 09 12:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Cool Kids aren’t as cool as they once were—but “even when they’re on autopilot, their icy flatness has style,” writes Tom Breihan for Pitchfork. Gone Fishing, the internet phenoms’ recently released bundle of free downloadable music, “should be a major event in the... More »

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music • hip-hop • album release • Ludacris • Bun B • The Cool Kids • music review • Jay-ZTV • Don Cannon

UPDATED

 Jay-Z Close 
 to Sony Deal—
 or Maybe Warner 

Conflicting reports leave it unclear where former Def Jam artist will move

May 28, 09 2:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Following his departure from Def Jam, Jay-Z is close to making a deal with a new label—the question is, which one? Sources tell Billboard a deal with Sony’s Epic Records “is 95% complete,” while the New York Daily News reports a deal with Warner Music Group/Atlantic... More »

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music industry • Sony • hip-hop • Warner Music • rapper • Atlantic Records • Live Nation • Def Jam • record contract • Jay-Z • Jay-ZTV • Epic Records

(Newser) - Kanye West says Jay-Z’s new album, Blueprint 3, will not feature the Auto-Tune effects West himself has relied on in the past, MTV reports. “We actually removed all the songs with Auto-Tune off of his album to make the point that this is an anti-Auto-Tune album,” said... More »

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music • Kanye West • hip-hop • rap music • album • Jay-Z • Auto-Tune • Jay-ZTV • Blueprint 3

 Meet Prince Zimboo, 
 Borat's Hip-Hop Brother 

African musician is a mystery, gaining in popularity

May 26, 09 12:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - An up-and-coming player in the genre of “hipster world music,” Prince Zimboo Abakunamabooba is an African hip-hopper with 999 wives—or is he? Zimboo, who has been performing “deliriously funny music” since at least 2007, “is something like the African Borat,” writes Jonah Weiner for... More »

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entertainment • Africa • hip-hop • Borat • Jay-ZTV • Prince Zimboo

 Strapped Rappers 
 Don Bogus Bling 

They still talk the talk, but their stones are now cubic zirconia clones

May 26, 09 1:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tough times in the hip-hop industry have taken the ka-ching out of bling, the Wall Street Journal reports. Record sales and concert attendance are falling, and jewelers say that more and more of the flashy pendants and chains favored by rappers trying to keep up appearances now contain lower-quality stones,... More »

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50 Cent • hip-hop • rapper • jewelry • bling

 Fans Cheer TI at 
 'Bye Bash' Before Prison 

48 hours before prison, Atlanta rapper
sells out arena

May 25, 09 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - TI returned to his native Atlanta to play a sold out "Goodbye Bash" last night, just two days before he reports to a federal prison for a weapons conviction. Many of his fans expressed support for the convicted rapper, whom they described as a role model, reports the Atlanta ... More »

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entertainment • Atlanta • conviction • hip-hop • rap music • weapons • T.I. • Jay-ZTV

 Jay-Z 
 Leaves 
 Def Jam 


May 21, 09 3:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jay-Z confirmed to RapRadar today that he has left Def Jam Records after more than a decade. The news follows an unconfirmed report on HitsDailyDouble that the rapper bought out his contract for $5 million. Jay-Z, 39, owed Def Jam one more album, but he was eager to move on... More »

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music industry • Kanye West • hip-hop • rap music • Def Jam • Jay-Z • record label • Jay-ZTV • Roc Nation • Doug Morris • LA Reid • Blueprint 3

MUSIC REVIEW

 Ciara Lost on Fantasy Ride 


May 21, 09 1:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ciara's tiny voice can't survive in the spaces her producers leave on her new album, Fantasy Ride, but the disc does provide a few fascinating diversions. Some critical opinions:
  • "That's what you get with Fantasy Ride," Tom Breihan writes on Pitchfork. "A few brilliant left turns
... More »

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entertainment • hip-hop • singer • Beyonce • music review • album • R&B • Jay-ZTV • Ciara

Dolla's Shooting 'Sparked by Strip Club Brawl'

Sources believe Atlanta dispute followed rapper to LA

May 20, 09 2:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dolla's shooting in a Los Angeles mall yesterday may have been the result of a fight at a strip club in the rapper's hometown of Atlanta the week before, police sources tell the Los Angeles Times. Accused killer Aubrey Louis Berry, an events promoter, had a row with the 21-year-old... More »

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Atlanta • hip-hop • rapper • shooting • Dolla • Aubrey Louis Berry

opinion

 Busta's Back, 
 in Fine Form 


May 19, 09 6:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Busta Rhymes is back with his first album in three years, and if his record release party last night is any indication, he's barely missed a beat, writes Jayson Rodriguez in Rolling Stone. Rhymes—whose Back On My B.S. is out today—"has long been recognized as... More »

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music • hip-hop • rapper • album release • Busta Rhymes

Dolla Shooting Suspect Held
on $1M Bail

Cops questioning 2 persons of interest in rapper's LA slaying

May 19, 09 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Los Angeles police have charged 23-year-old Aubrey Louis Berry with the murder of Roderick Anthony Burton II, better known as up-and-coming rapper Dolla, E! reports. Berry is being held on $1 million bail. Police have questioned two other persons of interest as well, a man and a woman, but neither... More »

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Los Angeles • hip-hop • rapper • shooting • Dolla

 Rapper Dolla 
 Shot Dead 
 at LA Mall 

Man arrested at airport after Atlanta-based star gunned down

May 19, 09 4:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Up-and-coming Atlanta-based rapper Dolla was shot dead in the parking garage of LA's Beverly Center mall yesterday, the Los Angeles Times reports. The 21-year-old musician, shot in the head, had arrived in the city earlier that day. A suspect fled the scene in a silver Mercedes and was later arrested,... More »

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Los Angeles • hip-hop • rapper • shooting • Jay-ZTV • Dolla


 Soul 2 Sole Scans 
 30 Years of 
 Sneaker Culture 

From hip-hop to basketball, these have become more than just shoes to many

May 18, 09 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - David Park, a student at Parsons School of Design, packs 30 years of sneakers and sneaker culture into a stop-action video created for his thesis project, Hype Beast reports. New York in the 1970s is the opener, as Run DMC’s “My Adidas” plays over images of breakdancing kids.... More »

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fashion • basketball • Michael Jordan • sneakers • video • hip-hop • Jay-ZTV

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