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Hip-Hop / Rap Music News Archive
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Judge says rapper Luther Campbell fit to coach high school football – Orlando Sentinel
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No CommentsTALLAHASSEE -- He may have once been as nasty as he wanted to be, but rapper Luther Campbell "does not pose a risk to the safety of the students entrusted to him," and should be allowed to coach high school football in Miami, a state administrative jud... -
Iranian rapper faces death threats and fatwa for ‘blasphemous’ song – New York Daily News
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No CommentsClerics have issued fatwas against Iranian rapper Shahin Najafi after he referenced a Shia Muslim Imam in one of his songs. Many find the song offensive and insulting to their beliefs, but Najafi denies that was his intention. An Iranian rapper has bec... -
Killer Mike Teams With Adult Swim For ‘RAP Music’ Album – Billboard
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No Commentsby Steven J. Horowitz, N.Y. | May 15, 2012 3:15 EDT For rapper Killer Mike, independence is key. The Atlanta native born Michael Render launched his career with 2003's "Monster" (Columbia Records), but label issues delayed the highly anticipated... -
Houston rapper charged with murder in alleged jealous dispute – Houston Chronicle (blog)
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No CommentsRedirect Notice Redirect Notice The previous page is sending you to http://blog.chron.com/newswatch/2012/05/houston-rapper-charged-with-murder-for-shooting-man-in-the-back/?utm_source=twitterfeed. If you do not want to visit that page, you can retur... -
Acclaimed Hip-hop Artist Y-Love Comes Out, Speaks Out On Being Openly Gay, Jewish – San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No CommentsCrossover hip-hop artist Yitz "Y-Love" Jordan is speaking out for the first time about his life as a gay man of color, while straddling the worlds of hip-hop and Hasidic Judaism - two communities not known for supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual and tra... -
Houston rapper charged with murder for shooting man in the back – Houston Chronicle (blog)
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No CommentsA 19-year-old man faces murder charges, after he allegedly shot a friend multiple times during a fight that a witness said was sparked because the suspect was jealous of the victim’s growing popularity on the Houston rap scene. Houston police are se... -
Iranian rapper has $100G bounty placed on his head over song – Fox News
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No CommentsA $100,000 bounty has been placed on the head of an Iranian rapper after a Shiite website offered a reward for anyone who kills him over a song that satirizes the Islamic Republic, Reuters reports. The song in question takes the form of a prayer an... -
Future of Def Jam Rapstar studio 4mm Games uncertain – Gamasutra
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No CommentsThe future of Def Jam Rapstar studio 4mm Games is uncertain, as co-founder Jamie King has admitted that the ongoing legal problems with record label giant EMI means he can't find any more funding.Def Jam Rapstar was released at the end of 2010, a... -
Rapper Faces Death Threats in Iran Over Song – New York Times
Posted on May 14, 2012 | No CommentsTEHRAN — With lyrics that tread on ultrasensitive topics and an album cover that shows the dome of a mosque in the shape of a woman’s breast, Shanin Najafi is an international rapper who elicits an intense reaction here. But Mr. Najafi’s lates... -
Chilean hip-hop artist Ana Tijoux performs at the Independent – San Francisco Examiner
Posted on May 14, 2012 | No CommentsWho’s in townAward-winning children’s book illustrator Jerry Pinkney, whose honors include the 2010 Caldecott Medal, delivers the San Francisco Public Library’s 2012 Effie Lee Morris Lecture. [6 p.m., Koret Auditorium, Main Library, 100 Larkin S... -
Rapper Shyne Talks Diddy, The New ‘Gangland’ Street Album, Entrepreneurship … – Huffington Post
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Jay-Z announces 2-day Philly music festival – BusinessWeek
Posted on May 14, 2012 | No CommentsBy MESFIN FEKADU order a reprint digg this save to del.icio.us PHILADELPHIA Jay-Z is in a Philadelphia State of Mind: The rapper announced a two-day music festival Monday in the City of Brotherly Love. The "Budweiser Made in America" fest... -
Jurors Acquit Rapper Lil Boosie of Murder – First Coast News
Posted on May 14, 2012 | No CommentsFacebook Google buzz Del.icio.us Digg Reddit Newsvine Buzz up! Fark it - A A A + Written by USA Today BATON ROUGE, La. -- Jurors acquitted Baton Rouge rapper Torence "Lil Boosie" Hatch Friday in the 2009 slaying of a man gunned ... -
Rapper DJ Spooky’s Remix Of ‘Birth Of A Nation’ At Twain House – Hartford Courant
Posted on May 14, 2012 | No CommentsUsually, tampering with a time-honored work of art is sacrilegous. But when that work of art is "The Birth of a Nation," it would seem to be fair game. "Nation," D.W. Griffith's 1915 homage to the Ku Klux Klan, has understandably riled up African Amer... -
Iranian rapper draws Shi’ite wrath, death bounty – Chicago Tribune
Posted on May 14, 2012 | No CommentsDUBAI (Reuters) - An Iranian rapper living in Germany has a $100,000 bounty on his head after an Islamist website offered a reward for anyone who kills him over a song that satirizes the Islamic Republic and irreverently addresses a historic religious...
