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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

 Eminem: 
 Serial Killers 'Inspire' Me 

Rapper talks about how he's never been in a better place

May 17, 09 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Where has Eminem been since his last album hit the shelves in 2004? At first, mostly drowning in a sea of depression and prescription drugs, the rapper says in an interview with the Guardian. But for a year now he's been clean and focused on getting back to his roots—... More »

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depression • Eminem • addiction • prescription drugs • rapper • album release • inspiration • serial killers • interview • Jay-ZTV • Relapse • Marshall Mathers

(Newser) - T.I. has 11 days to arrive at a low-security Arkansas prison for his year-and-a-day sentence on weapons charges, E! Online reports. The 28-year-old rapper, real name Clifford J. Harris Jr., will likely spend less than 2 months at the Forrest City federal prison, thanks to early release and... More »

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prison • rapper • sentence • weapons charges • T.I. • Clifford J. Harris Jr.

(Newser) - Asher Roth’s image isn’t classic hip-hop: He’s a white kid who wears sweatshirts and calls himself a “dork.” But that image, along with the breakout hit “I Love College,” has earned him a top-10 spot on iTunes and millions of MySpace streams, the... More »

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music • MySpace • iTunes • college • hip-hop • rapper • Asher Roth

 O'Reilly Slams 
 Eminem for 
 'Nailing' Palin 

Fox host angered over media hypocrisy, again

Apr 9, 09 11:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bill O’Reilly is not an Eminem fan. The Fox News host called the rapper “crude” for attacking Sarah Palin in his latest song, Us reports. “Few Americans take the vile rapper Eminem seriously,” O’Reilly raged. “He represents the lowest form of entertainment in this... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • Eminem • Fox News • rapper • Sarah Palin

 Eminem 'Nails' 
 Palin in New Song 

Rapper to Alaska guv: 'Say hello to my little friend'

Apr 7, 09 11:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eminem’s back, and he’s got a political message: He wants to sleep with Sarah Palin. In the song We Made You, off his forthcoming album Relapse, Eminem asks for “my venom, an inhaler, and two Xenadrine/ And I’ll invite Sarah Palin out to dinner, then/Nail her.... More »

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Eminem • hip-hop • rapper • lyrics • Sarah Palin

 Merde! French 
 Rapper Sparks 
 Feminist Fury 

Lyrics threaten to break lovers arm, legs

Mar 30, 09 5:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A French musician's rap about beating his girlfriend has so enraged activists that they're lobbying to have him banned from an upcoming rock festival, the Guardian reports. OrelSan sings about a broken arm, broken legs, and a wished-for miscarriage and "slow death" for his lover in his song Sale ... More »

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music • France • sexism • domestic violence • Socialist Party • rapper • rap music • feminists • Communists

(Newser) - It’s been 20 years since self-described “1 Hit Wonder” Young MC released Bust a Move, but the rapper is happy the song has held up as well as it has, he tells Rolling Stone. People aren’t “going to get a babysitter to go to a club... More »

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music industry • MTV • Ari Fleischer • hip-hop • rapper • rap music • Young MC • Bust a Move • Tone Loc • Sir Mix-A-Lot



 MIA Baby's 
 Name Ikhyd— 
 Not Ickitt 

Rapper's son named Ikhyd

Mar 23, 09 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - TMZ got its hands on rapper MIA’s baby’s birth certificate, and yes, the boy does have a crazy name, if not quite the one you thought it was. Her son, born last month, is named Ikhyd Edgar Arular Bronfman—and not Ickitt, as initial reports moved MIA to... More »

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TMZ • rapper • M.I.A. • baby name

Joaquin Pounces on Heckler
at Rap 'Concert'

Another stunt?

Mar 12, 09 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Security guards hauled off neo-rapper Joaquin Phoenix early this morning after he leaped from the stage during a Miami Beach concert to confront a heckler, reports AP. The increasingly bizarre actor appeared in a disheveled suit to mutter mostly unintelligible lyrics after appearing four hours late to the concert. Suddenly... More »

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rapper • hoax • Joaquin Phoenix • Casey Affleck • Borat • actor

updated

 MIA's New Baby Is Named... 

Rapper beats other celeb moms for originality

Mar 6, 09 1:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Aww, no Ickitt? Hip-hop artist MIA says Internet reports that she gave her son that unusual moniker are untrue, People reports. "My baby is not called Ickitt, Pickit, or Lickit," she writes on her MySpace blog. A flurry of reports had the odd name today. So if it's... More »

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music • celebrity • rapper • MIA • celebrity baby • baby name

LL Cool J to Obama: 'You Must Deliver'

Rapper has stern words, advice for president in open letter

Feb 18, 09 12:42 PM CST
(Newser) - These are challenging times indeed for Barack Obama, but LL Cool J's got the answers, reports the Daily Mirror. The 41-year-old rapper offers some advice in an open letter cautioning the leader of the free world against disappointing those inspired by his message of hope: “You have shifted... More »

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Barack Obama • music • presidential campaign • hip-hop • LL Cool J • rapper • President Obama

 What Baby? 
 Oscar Producers 
 Beg MIA to Perform 

Will bring 'large bed' on stage if necessary

Feb 18, 09 10:13 AM CST
(Newser) - The ratings-challenged Academy Award broadcast needs a boost, and producers are desperate for rapper MIA to perform her Oscar-nominated song, even though she just gave birth, MSNBC reports. “We are happy to bring some sort of fabulous bed on stage if that means MIA can be there,” they... More »

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Academy Awards • celebrity • award show • rapper • MIA • Oscars • performance

updated


 MIA Has a Boy;  
 Will She Make  
 the Oscars?   

Baby's sex not yet public

Feb 14, 09 10:14 PM CST
(Newser) - MIA is now an M-O-M, reports Hitfix. The 31-year-old Sri Lankan singer and hip-hop artist delivered a healthy baby boy on Wednesday, notes People. It's her first child, and there's no word on the name yet. Now the big question: Can MIA—who performed at the Grammys on her due... More »

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music • Academy Awards • baby • birth • hip-hop • rapper • M.I.A. • Oscars

How Does
Diddy Chill Out
After a Long Day?

Hint: It involves his posterior

Feb 13, 09 1:10 PM CST
(Newser) - When you've got as much on your plate as rapper/fashion designer/actor/producer/entrepreneur Diddy, you've got to find a way to relax. Other high-profile celebs advocate techniques ranging from yoga to meditation and beyond, but Diddy opts for rear rubs, the Mirror reports. The renaissance man told E!, "Most people get... More »

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 Dave Shreds Spacy Joaquin 

Ex-actor awkward, embarrassing on show

Feb 12, 09 9:34 AM CST
(Newser) - A nearly comatose Joaquin Phoenix appeared on The Late Show last night, and his vacant stares and one-word answers forced David Letterman to resort to openly mocking him, Gawker reports. Phoenix—who may or may not be engaging in an elaborate publicity stunt—at one point stuck his gum underneath... More »

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music • late night talk show • David Letterman • rapper • Joaquin Phoenix • actor • career • acting career • celebrity interview

Rapper MIA Gives Voice to Tamil Tigers

Rebel leader's daughter walks fine line of glorifying terrorism

Feb 11, 09 5:50 AM CST
(Newser) - America knows MIA as the rapper who dropped rhymes—and nearly a baby—at the Grammy Awards, but she’s a far more divisive figure in Sri Lanka, the New York Times reports. MIA's father is a leader in the Tamil Tigers and critics say the rapper, whose videos are... More »

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Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • hip-hop • rapper • M.I.A.

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