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 Jay-Z at Work on
 'Experimental' Album 

Says it will be his most eclectic

Sep 4, 09 7:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jay-Z's new album, Blueprint 3, doesn't drop until next week, but he's already looking ahead to the next one. The rapper, also known as Shawn Carter, tells MTV he's working on his most eclectic album yet. "It's not gonna be a No. 1 album," he says. "That's... More »

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entertainment • album release • rap music • Jay-Z • Shawn Carter • Jay-ZTV

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

 Portman Loves 
 'Dirty Rap' 

The word 'dick' just makes Natalie giggle

Aug 28, 09 10:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Among the confessions Natalie Portman makes to interviewer—and co-star—Jake Gyllenhaal in Interview: She was scared of Smurfs, is obsessed with Carvel ice cream cake, and loves “really, really obscene hip-hop,” she says. “I love it so much. It makes me laugh and then it... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • rapper • rap music • Jake Gyllenhaal • Natalie Portman • interview • celebrity interview

(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh says he’s finally an A-lister, the Huffington Post reports, after being name-checked by Jay-Z in a track leaked recently off the rapper’s forthcoming The Blueprint 3 album. “Tell Rush Limbaugh to get off my balls, it’s 2010 not 1864,” goes the lyric from... More »

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entertainment • Rush Limbaugh • race relations • circumcision • rap music • Jay-Z • President Obama • Jay-ZTV • Blueprint 3

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

 Drake Rising  
 Fast in  
 Music World 

Lil Wayne signs Canadian actor-turned-rapper to big deal

Aug 8, 09 7:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Drake isn’t your typical rapper. Not long ago, the 22-year-old biracial Canadian was playing a parapalegic teen on the Canadian drama Degrassi: The Next Generation. But two well-received mixtapes and some music videos later, he’s signed a monster $2 million deal with Lil Wayne’s Young Money... More »

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music industry • rap music • Lil Wayne • Jay-ZTV • Drake

 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

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

(Newser) - Some complain about the explicit lyrics in rap, but modern MCs have nothing on early-20th-century blues singers. Compared to them, “the members of NWA are levelheaded concerned citizens,” says Cracked. A sampling:
  • "A to Z Blues," Blind Willie McTell, 1956: "I'm gonna cut A,
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entertainment • music • murder • list • rap music • lyrics • blues • sexually explicit

 In LA, You're 
 Never Too Old to Rap 

Seniors learn to love the music in unusual class

Aug 3, 09 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new crop of rappers is emerging in Los Angeles, and they have one thing in common: They’re senior citizens. Hip-hop artist Keith Cross started his unorthodox rap class in 2004 to show seniors “there is positive rap out there; we just have to look for it,”... More »

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entertainment • pop culture • rapper • rap music • senior citizens • seniors • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - Eminem reboots his beef with Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon in a new song, claiming to have slept with Carey and boasting that he has “pictures” of the singer, Access Hollywood reports. “You probably think since it’s been so long, if I had something on you I... More »

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entertainment • music • Eminem • feud • rap music • Mariah Carey • Nick Cannon

 Ghostface on New Album: 
 No 'Slinging Crack' in R&B 

Rapper will still be in the game when he's 70, he says

Jul 31, 09 11:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ghostface Killah is one of today’s most critically acclaimed rappers, and he doesn’t plan on quitting any time soon: “I’ma definitely be old in hip-hop. This is a mental thing. You can write music till you 70,” he tells New York. His new album,... More »

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entertainment • music • celebrity • rapper • rap music • Ghostface Killah • album • R&B • Jay-ZTV

 'French Eminem' 
 Ignites Censorship Fight 

Canceled concerts fuel national censorship debate

Jul 29, 09 3:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - A rapper slammed for backing violence against women has sparked a censorship debate that’s reached the upper levels of France’s government, the BBC reports. OrelSan, the “French Eminem,” was dropped from a music festival after former presidential candidate Segolene Royal warned she might pull public funding.... More »

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Segolene Royal • France • censorship • rapper • rap music • controversy • OrelSan

 Once-Homeless 
 Rapper Now on 
 Mercury Shortlist  

Speech Debelle has been compared to Lauryn Hill, Tracy Chapman

Jul 22, 09 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A rapper who spent four years homeless in London is one of five female artists on the shortlist for Britain’s prestigious Mercury Prize, the Independent reports. Speech Debelle, kicked out of her house at 19, spent time in hostels and other drug-infested stops on the wrong side of London's... More »

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entertainment • rapper • rap music • Jay-ZTV • Mercury Prize • Speech Debelle • Tracy Chapman • Lauryn Hill

 Third Time's a Charm 
 for Jay-Z, Rap's Cash King 

Mogul discusses business, music as release approaches

Jul 20, 09 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - As he comes full circle with the Sept. 11 release of The Blueprint 3, exactly 8 years after the original Blueprint, Jay-Z discusses his journey from the projects of Brooklyn to the top of Forbes’ Hip-Hop Cash King list with Billboard. “We—Usher, Justin... More »

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entertainment • entrepreneurs • New Jersey Nets • celebrity • Justin Timberlake • rapper • Beyonce • rap music • Def Jam • Usher • Jay-Z • Frank Sinatra • Marvin Gaye • Jay-ZTV • Blueprint 3

(Newser) - What does the burgeoning beef between rappers Jay-Z and The Game have in common with US foreign policy? Plenty, writes Marc Lynch in Foreign Policy. Like America, Jay-Z is a hegemon: “Nobody, but nobody, in the hip-hop world has his combination of hard power and soft power.” But... More »

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50 Cent • foreign policy • rapper • rap music • rap rivalry • Jay-Z • The Game • neoconservatives • Jay-ZTV • Nas

MUSIC REVIEW

 Drake Album 
 'Compulsively 
 Listenable' 

Lyrics, though awkward, manage not to be petulant

Jun 29, 09 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Somehow, rapper Drake recorded an album concerned mostly with “the stresses and travails of fame, even if he recorded the damn thing when he wasn’t famous in any meaningful way”—and then became famous thanks to said album, writes Tom Breihan for Pitchfork. Though he’s “... More »

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entertainment • rapper • album release • rap music • Rihanna • Lil Wayne • album • Jay-ZTV • Drake

 Buzz Aldrin 
 Raps With 
 Snoop Dogg 



Astronaut pairs with unlikely collaborators to benefit charity

Jun 23, 09 2:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - What’s next for a man who’s walked on the moon? For 79-year-old astronaut Buzz Aldrin, it’s recording a rap song, USA Today reports. “I'm not too good at carrying a tune, but I do have rhythm,” says Aldrin, who collaborated with Snoop Dogg, Soulja Boy,... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • Buzz Aldrin • rapper • rap music • Snoop Dogg • Quincy Jones • Soulja Boy • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - Drake is not only dating Rihanna and prepping to sign with a new label for his debut album in the next few days. The Canadian-born singer is also winning support from the likes of 50 Cent and Jamie Foxx, MTV and Sohh.com report. "He can go as gangster... More »

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50 Cent • LL Cool J • singer • rapper • rap music • Jamie Foxx • Jay-Z • Drake

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