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Teacher Under Fire For Playing Explicit Rap Song In Class

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.11.2012 | Home
Read More: Rack City Song, Rack City, Tyga Music, Tyga Artist, Tyga Rap, Tyga, Tyga Songs, Rap Music, Music in Schools, Rap Music in Schools, Video, Home News

Heather Michelle New, a teacher at Crooms Academy of Information Technology in Sanford, Fla., has been placed on five-day unpaid suspension after play...

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WATCH: Texas Rapper Releases 'Gay Is Okay' Single

Posted 05.01.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: Adair Lion, Video, Gay Is Okay, Gay Rights, Adair Lion Rapper, Rap, LGBT Youth, Adair Lion Gay Is Okay, LGBT Rights, Slidepollajax, Gay Youth, Rap Music, Gay Voices News

"It doesn't just get better, it gets awesome, homie -- what I mean is I just wanna see you blossom, homie." That's the pro-equality message of "Ga...

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'T.I. And Tiny: The Family Hustle': T.I. Argues With Security

Posted 03.13.2012 | TV
Read More: TV Canada, Video, Canada Tv, Reality TV, Akoo, Kevin Hart, Season Finale, Airport Security, t.i. And Tiny: The Family Hustle, Rappers, Tv Replay, Vh1, Rap Music, TV News

On the season finale of "T.I. And Tiny: The Family Hustle" (Mon., 9 p.m. ET on VH1), T.I. was preparing for his upcoming AKOO fashion show, and the st...

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'T.I. And Tiny: The Family Hustle': T.I. Records A Song With Usher

Posted 02.28.2012 | TV
Read More: Usher, TV Canada, Reality TV, Canada Tv, Video, Rappers, Tv Replay, Vh1, Rap Music, TI and Tiny: The Family Hustle, TV News

On Monday night's episode of "T.I. And Tiny: The Family Hustle" (Mon., 9 p.m. EST on VH1) long-time friends T.I. and Usher finally found a song big en...

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Music Makes Us Who We Are

Antara Afrin | Posted 03.28.2012 | Home
Read More: Eminem, Eminem Lyrics, Music, Rap, Rap Music, Home News
Antara Afrin

Everyone should be allowed to seek their story through their music, be it rap or country -- it is still a way of expressing ourselves.

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Do The Grammy Awards Not Understand Rap Music?

AP | By MESFIN FEKADU | Posted 02.12.2012 | Home
Read More: Grammy Awards 2012, Hip Hop, Grammy Awards Rap, Grammy Awards Hip Hop, Grammys, Grammys Canada, Music, Grammys 2012, Grammy Awards, Rap Music, Home News

NEW YORK -- Since its beginnings in the 1970s, rap music has transformed from an underground, street-based sound to a definitive part of pop culture, ...

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What To Watch On New Year's Eve

The Huffington Post | Laura Prudom | Posted 12.30.2011 | TV
Read More: Carson Daly, Canada Tv, Hot Chelle Rae, Cee Lo Green, Icarly, Jenny McCarthy, Video, Punk'd, Taio Cruz, Austin ?Ā€ĀœChumlee? Russell, I.aM.mE, The Walking Dead, Megan Hilty, Blink-182, Country Music, Nbc, Bet, Demi Lovato, Florence and the Machine, The Voice, Onerepublic, Joe Nichols, Fergie, Lauren Alaina, New York, Times Square, Dick Clark, Amc, Mtv, America's Best Dance Crew, Gym Class Heroes, Justin Bieber, Lmfao, Will.I.Am, Diggy Simmons, Jessie J, Jason Derulo, Mac Miller, Lady GaGa, Anderson Cooper, Pawn Stars, 106 & Park, Rick Harrison, Blake Shelton, Eli Young Band and Toby Keith, Pitbull, Wale, Tyler Posey, Abc, Smash, Christina Perri, Rodney Carrington, Tony Bennett, Holidays, New Year's Eve, Rodney Atkins, Ryan Seacrest, Kathy Griffin, J Cole, The Roots, Los Angeles. The Band Perry, Teen Wolf, TV Canada, Pop Music, New-Years-2012, Nicki Minaj, Selena Gomez, Nickelodeon, Drake, Rap Music, Young Jeezy, TV News

"The Walking Dead" Marathon (11 a.m. to 12 midnight EST on AMC) If you've missed out on the critically-acclaimed zombie drama or are just trying to a...

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Brennan Williams

WATCH: Iconic MTV Show Makes Its Return

HuffingtonPost.com | Brennan Williams | Posted 12.02.2011 | Black Voices
Read More: Dr. Dre, Ed Lover, Video, Hip Hop, Mtv, Yo Mtv Raps, Rap, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Fab 5 Freddy, Mtv2, Hip Hop Culture, Hip-Hop, New York, Rap Music, Yo Mtv Raps Classic Cuts, Music Mtv, Yo Mtv Raps Returns, Classic TV, Yo Mtv Raps 2011, Yo Mtv 2011, Black Voices News

Following a 16-year hiatus, MTV's iconic show "Yo! MTV Raps" will make its return to the airwaves during a special dubbed, "Yo! MTV Raps Classic Cuts....

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LISTEN: Lil B's Controversially Named HIV Awareness Anthem

Posted 11.15.2011 | Gay Voices
Read More: Aids, HIV/AIDS, Lil B I Got Aids, Lil B, Lil B I'm Gay, Rap Music, Gay Voices News

Rapper Lil B received death threats and experienced a backlash among many of his hard-earned fans after his decision to name his recent album "I'm Gay...

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WATCH: Fat Joe On Hip-Hop's 'Gay Mafia'

Posted 01.09.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: Fat Joe, Gay Mafia, Video, Rap, Fat Joe Gay Mafia, R&B Music, Hip-Hop, R&b, Rap Music, Gay Voices News

Hip-hop isn't generally known for being the genre of preference for most LGBT performers or audiences, but now, one star is speaking up on behalf of t...

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Are You Trying Too Hard to Make Your Kids Think You're Cool?

John Blumenthal | Posted 01.09.2012 | Parents
Read More: Hip Hop, Bunions, Paul McCartney, Led Zeppelin, Aarp, Woodstock, Flip Flops, Lady GaGa, Snoop Dogg, Being Cool, Mosh Pit, Rap Music, Awesome, Great Wall of China, Parents News
John Blumenthal

If you're a parent and you're over 50, your kids will not be duped into thinking you're cool if you imitate their clothing style, adopt their slang and embrace their culture.

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The Evolution of Music: What's The Next Step?

Charissa Newkirk | Posted 12.18.2011 | Home
Read More: Classical Music, Music, Js-Bach, Rap Music, Home News
Charissa Newkirk

Bach made up all the chords on the piano, and Beethoven made songs that have lasted for hundreds of years. So who's the new revolutionary musician today?

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Rapper Atop Pole Stops Traffic In Times Square

AP | Posted 11.15.2011 | Weird News
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NEW YORK -- A rapper awaited word Tuesday on whether he would face charges after stopping traffic in Times Square by staging a performance – fro...

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Chet Haze, Tom Hanks' Rapper Son "Not Particularly Off The Hook" Live

Posted 08.27.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Tom Hanks, Chet Haze, Larry Crowne, Gawker, Rita Wilson, Chicago, Enclave Nightclub, Children of Hollywood a-Listers, Chicago Nightlife, Rap Music, Video, Chicago News

Known best for his Northwestern University-inspired rendition of a Wiz Khalifa song, Chet Haze, a 20-year-old theater major and son of Hollywood A-Lis...

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Common at the White House: What's All the Fuss About?

Danny Groner | Posted 07.15.2011 | Media
Read More: The O'Reilly Factor, White House, Michelle Obama, The New Republic, Obama, The Daily Show, Poetry, Barack Obama, Hip Hop, Jon Stewart, Common, Boston Herald, Fox News, Sacramento Bee, Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Bill O'Reilly, Jonathan Chait, Rap Music, Media News
Danny Groner

Jon Stewart will debate Bill O'Reilly tomorrow night about the Obama administration's decision to invite rapper Common to participate in a poetry reading at the White House last week.

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Hip-Hop Music and Culture, From the Beginning

Marlynn Snyder | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Dan Charnas, Black Music, The Big Payback, Hip-Hop, Rap Music, Music Industry, Rap Music History, Books on Rap, Eminem, Run DMC, Grandmaster Flash, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Books News
Marlynn Snyder

To research and report on the history of hip-hop is a huge undertaking. In Dan Charnas' exhaustively researched The Big Payback, he does exactly that.

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Does Obama Love Lil Wayne Or What?

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Danny Groner

During a much-discussed Rolling Stone interview, President Obama was asked what's on his iPod. He named artists and bands that reflect an eclectic mix...

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2.1 Million Dollar Cars, Black People and Bleak Futures

Morris W. O'Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Bugatti-Veyron, Stereotypes, Cash Money Records, Bling, Birdman, Lil Wayne, Fiscal Irresponsibility, Hip-Hop, Rap Music, Jay Leno, Entertainment News
Morris W. O'Kelly

Hip hop artist and CEO Birdman has been criticized in recent days for what some see as promulgating the negative stereotypes commonly associated with the Hip Hop genre.

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Snoop Dogg Tried To Rent Liechtenstein For Video Shoot

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Rapper Wanting to Rent Country, Liechtenstein, Renting Country for Music Video, Rap Star, Cordozar Calvin Broadus, Rap Music, Rapper, Music Video, Snoop Dogg, Mtv, Snoop Dogg to Rent Lichtenstein, World News

Music videos have transported MTV audiences to far-off locales for years. Madonna memorably danced on a Venetian gondola in 1984, while Michael Jackso...

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Working With Margaret Cho (Video)

Ben Lee | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Tracy Chapman, Notorious B.I.G., Tegen and Sara, Comedians, Tommy Chong, Margaret Cho, Patti Griffin, Laurel Canyon, New Pornographers, Cheech and Chong, Rap Music, Jon Brion, Lil Wayne, Ani DiFranco, Video, Los Angeles News
Ben Lee

At the eleventh hour of the recording process, the comedian Margaret Cho texted me saying she had an idea for one final song on the album: it would be about Lil Wayne.

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Seattle to the Bone

Peter Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Marketing, Branding, Small Business, Seattle, Business, Jimi Hendrix, Rap Music, Seattle-Washington, Business News
Peter Schwartz

In Seattle, spirit is equal measure swagger and love, and from it blooms the city's music, which embodies the creative contradictions of rebellion and empathy.

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College Students take on Negative Rap Lyrics

Ryan Mack | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: College Students, Community-Empowerment, Community, Community Organizing, Youth, All About Business, Rapy Lyrics, Rap Music, Impact News
Ryan Mack

AAB understands if it truly takes a village to raise a child, we must demonstrate accountability for all of those issues that have a negative effect in the village.

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Up Close and Personal With Ardi, World's Oldest Human Ancestor

eSarcasm | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Hip Hop, Lil' Kim, Paleontology, Science, Apes, Fossils, Archaeology, Missy Elliott, Rap Music, Comedy News
eSarcasm

eSarcasm managed to score an exclusive interview with Ardi. Here she talks about what it's like to be the world's first hip hop diva, and reveals the real reasons why men walk upright.

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Don Blanquito: Get Down, Dirty, and Feel the Beat (VIDEO: Explicit)

Tom Gregory | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Pop Music, Explicit Content, Nightclubs, Madonna, Rio De Janeiro, Don Blanquito, Youtube, American Idol, Music, Hollywood, Brazil, Rio, Rap Music, Entertainment News
Tom Gregory

Put down your guns rappers, mover over Justin, there's a new man around with a Brazilian urban sound, he's a man possessed and poised to be heard.

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iTunes Dominates Music Sales; Apple Sells One Out Of Every Four Songs Sold In U.S.

MacWorld | Peter Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Ndp, Pop Music, Apple, Music Sales, Music, NDP MusicWatch, Itunes, Ndp Group, Rap Music, Musicwatch, Macworld, Business News

The iTunes Store can claim 25 percent of all music sold in the U.S., according to the NPD Group, up from 21 percent in 2008 and 14 percent in 2007. Wa...

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