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Juelz Santana Accused Of Threatening Girlfriend With Knife In New Jersey

AP | Posted 09.26.2009 | New York

Read More: Juelz Santana Girlfriend, There It Go, Juelz Santana, Rappers, LaRon James, Teaneck New Jersey, Juelz Santana Teaneck, New York News

TEANECK, N.J. — Rapper Juelz Santana is accused of threatening his girlfriend with a knife in his New Jersey home. Teaneck police charged Santa...

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Jason Linkins

Rapper Issues Profane Tribute To Halle Berry In Louisiana Legislature (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Louisiana State Legislature, State-Legislatures, Video, Hip Hop, Louisiana, Hurricane Chris, Rappers, Politics News

One thing not many Americans know about the State of Louisiana's legislature is that you are basically allowed to do whatever the hell you want when y...

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Jason Linkins

Empathy Cited As Important By Many Court Nominees (And Today's Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Video, Service Journalism, Empathy, Sandra Day O'Connor, Media Criticism, Dick Cheney, Sonia Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, Rappers, Clarence Thomas, Torture, Media News

Well, we can officially put this ridiculous argument over empathy to bed, because, as it turns out, our Supreme Court justices are so gosh-darned empa...

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Budget Bling? Some Rappers Opt For Imitation "Ice"

Wall Street Journal | Posted 06.27.2009 | Style

Read More: Jewelry Trends, Style, Hip Hop, Rap, Bling, Rappers, Jewelry, Style News

In an attempt to keep up appearances, celebrity jewelers say rappers are asking them to make medallions with less-precious stones and metals. Some eve...

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Responsibility Is A Lifestyle: It's Time to Bury Da Beef

T.I. | Posted 06.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Gun Violence, Prison Sentence, Prison, T.I. Prison, Gun Control, Rappers, T.I. Gun, T.I., Guns, Entertainment News
T.I.

In a few weeks, I will begin a one-year prison sentence for being in the possession of illegal firearms. Before I go to prison, I want to speak to young people about responsibility as a lifestyle.

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Obama Changes The Rap Game

Daniel Riggs | Posted 02.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Songs, Hip Hop, American Muslims, Muslims, Independent Music, Rappers, Music, Hip-Hop, Obama Hip-Hop, Rap Music, Hiphop, Entertainment News
Daniel Riggs

Hip-hop music has always acted as a sort of watchdog for political movement. Lyrics range from anti-American to revolutionary to ideas that encourage listeners to simply stay aware.

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Notorious: The Biggie Biopic is Great But it Still Doesn't Answer, "Who Shot Ya?"

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 02.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Youth, California, Mtv, New York City, The Notorious B.I.G., Rappers, Film, Biggie Smalls, Hip-Hop, Rap Music, Hollywood, Suge Knight, Entertainment News
Raymond Leon Roker

Notorious is the first biopic of a hip-hop personality. Think about that as both an awesome milestone, as well as a sad testament for hip-hop.

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My View of The Atlantic's "The End of White America?"

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 02.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Politics, Race Politics, Youth Vote, Youth, Barack Obama, Police, President Obama, Racism, Rappers, Race, 2008 Election, Hip-Hop, White People, Media News
Raymond Leon Roker

Part of what I always suspect comes out of articles like this, is the affirmation from some that a browner America should also mean minorities can finally stop complaining about inequalities.

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Rapper Subdues Bomb Suspect on LAX Flight

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Terrorism, Lax, Fbi, Rappers, Music, Bombing, Hip-Hop, Airline Industry, Airlines, Bomb Scare, Flights, Asher Roth, Airplane Bomb Scare, Politics News
Raymond Leon Roker

According to his publicist, none other than Atlanta rapper Asher Roth was involved in detaining the man who just made a bomb threat on an Atlanta-to-L...

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Kafeyah Scarf Now Trendy With Iranian Youth

guardian.co.uk | Robert Tait | Posted 01.01.2009 | Style

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Chafiyeh, Youth Culture, Trends, Islamic Revolution, Iran, Rappers, Fashion, Fashion Trends, Style News

For nearly 30 years its distinctive chequered pattern has been a sacrosanct symbol of Iran's Islamic revolution and an essential garment for its most ...

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