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New Orleans gender-bending rap music
If “gay rapper” is an oxymoron where you come from, how to get your head around the notion of a gay rapper performing in a sports bar? What in most cities might seem plausible only as some sort of...
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Black teen accused of attacking white man for listening to rap
PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in coastal Florida say a black teenager is accused of attacking a white man for listening to rap music and could be charged with a hate crime. Police took the...
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Is Ashley Judd right about hip-hop's 'rape culture'?
I remember the day my mother kicked him out. I wasn’t quite sure what he’d done wrong or why he couldn’t stay with us. But mama said he had to go and that was that. My big cousin Bug quietly shut off...
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White rapper Kreayshawn defends use of the n-word
Kreayshawn, a white female rapper and newly signed Columbia Records artist, recently defended a tweet where she uses the n-word. “People are actin so funny omg lol—-1 got 200K views…not 200K...
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Michael Jackson's doctor convicted in star's 2009 drug death
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson’s doctor was convicted Monday of involuntary manslaughter after a trial that painted him as a reckless caregiver who administered a lethal dose of a powerful...
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Nicki Minaj: I’m surprised that kids like my music
NEW YORK (AP) — Nicki Minaj loves the kids, but she’s not ready to completely clean up her image for her young fans. “I’ve always been kind of racy,” Minaj says, laughing. “Don’t expect that to change,...
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Lil’ Kim opens her home to her ailing, estranged father
Raunchy rapper Lil’ Kim has a big heart behind all that sex appeal. When Lil’ Kim, whose birth name is Kimberly Jones, learned that her estranged father Linwood Jones was battling Alzheimer’s Disease...
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Chris Kelly, Kris Kross, and losing our idols
When I heard about the death of Kris Kross member Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly, I instantly recalled the first time I saw the video for their smash 1992 single “Jump.” Like the two rappers on the TV screen,...
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Rapper Eve says she wants her biracial kids to be ‘colorblind’
Rapper Eve has been opening up about raising biracial children with her longtime Brit boyfriend Maximillion Cooper. In a recent interview with Vibe Vixen, the Grammy-Award-winning rapper-songwriter...
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Rapper Lorenzo Asher on the art of ghostwriting
Growing up, singer songwriter Lorenzo Asher knew music was his calling at a very young age. It’s something that’s been a part of his childhood in Cleveland, Ohio. “I think I’ve always loved music…since...
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Creflo Dollar, Jay-Z and Kanye: The high priests of the prosperity gospel
Preachers of the prosperity ministry like Creflo Dollar in many ways parallel high priests of hip-hop like Sean “Jay-Z” Carter and Kanye West. Both prey on their followers to elevate their own...
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Why America’s necessary healing could come ‘Straight Outta Compton’
Anyone familiar with me or my history would consider me the least likely to use my platform and influence to promote the film Straight Outta Compton. N****z With Attitudes, more popularly known as...
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