Rap News
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Paris -
Two feuding French rappers have sparked hilarity on social media by vowing to settle their differences in the ring.
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Bangkok -
A group of Thai rappers has touched a nerve with an impassioned and now-viral music video lobbing fiery rhymes at the ruling junta, as police mull filing charges against the lyricists.
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Apo -
It is a conflict at once cultural, generational and political: rap music in DR Congo is staging a frontal assault on rumba, accusing its ageing stars of only singing of love and other banalities.
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Paris -
A French rapper known for his provocative pro-Muslim lyrics said Friday that he would cancel two upcoming concerts at the Bataclan, where 90 people were shot dead when jihadist gunmen stormed the venue during the November 2015 terror attacks in Paris.
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A group of rappers who say they had to flee Libya for their art were on their way to Italy Wednesday after being rescued by a charity boat.
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R&B and rap star Qveen Herby chatted with Digital Journal about her new musical venture. Front-woman Amy Noonan was previously one half of the musical duo Karmin.
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Milan -
Italian rap music star and Italian X-Factor TV host Fedez got in a brawl with his neighbor for seemingly futile reasons. The man savagely beat down the Italian star, who has been hospitalized with a broken jaw.
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Chisinau -
Mani is a TV producer by day, but in his "second life" the business management graduate dresses up as a mobster to rap about corruption among Moldova's ruling elite.
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London -
Veteran musicians Pubic Enemy returned to London to deliver a powerful, political infused set, made up of classics and some new tunes. The set reminded this reporter how cutting edge and relevant hip-hope once was.
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Vatican City -
He conquered the United States in September, is just back from a hugely successful trip to Africa ... and now Pope Francis is an unlikely inspiration for rappers around the world.
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UPDATE: With the actual figures coming in Monday (Aug. 17) for the box office, it looks like "Straight Outta Compton" made $60.2 million.
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Toronto -
Last night A Tribe Called Red made their Pan Am Games debut, although the crowd that spent their evening listening to A Tribe Called Red’s heart thumping electronica beats, in the heart of Pan Am madness, wasn’t your typical hip-hop/ electronica crowd
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Clay Sharpe from the country-rap group The Lacs chatted about their newest studio album "Outlaw In Me" and their future plans.
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I Just finished listening to rapper Kendrick Lamar's “To Pimp a Butterfly" and realized it's a jazz record. I thought jazz was dead, and then some rapper just revived it after 30+ years of rigor mortis. Wow!
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New York City -
After a rocky start the musical "Holler if Ya Hear Me" has failed on Broadway. The public simply was not interested in hearing a different take on the music of Tupac Shakur.
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Rapper Iggy Azalea spends her sixth consecutive week at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts with her single "Fancy," and she shatters a record doing so.
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New York -
Born in Flushing, New York in 1987, Queens emcee Heartbreak Julio has been vying for hip-hop's world title since his friend Donnie Dozens schooled him to the game at the young age of 15.
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New York -
A Tribe Called Quest rapper Phife Dawg paid tribute to his late friend J Dilla Tuesday when he dropped the song "#dearDilla."
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Dan Bull, with all the grace of a hardcore poet, releases another awing installation of his Epic Rap series with his new song, "Civilization."
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After award nominations are handed, out come the stories of snubs and misses. However, with the Grammys, can one really tell?
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A young Greek woman describes a knife attack in the street on the day after anti-fascist rapper, Pavlos Fyssas, was murdered by Golden Dawn supporters. Her crime was wearing an anti-fascist T-shirt.
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Detroit -
Eminem's Shady Records has officially announced a major expansion of their label as they will be now be venturing into film production with Shady Films.
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During a candid interview with JET Magazine, R&B singer Chris Brown spoke about a variety of topics including Jay-Z's stabbing of Lance "Un" Rivera and selling drugs. He also speaks on Trayvon Martin and Rihanna.
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A sneak preview of Eminem's new hit song "Survival" can be heard playing in the background of the Call of Duty Ghosts multiplayer trailer.
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New York -
Through my love of hip-hop, I've met some pretty amazing and interesting people along the way. Queens rapper, G-Code420, has been a friend for about two years now. He is a man with a vision, a dream, and one of the most unique styles I've heard.
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In a recent interview with Al Lindstrom, Pittsburgh rapper Wiz Khalifa shared his opinion on the role of religious themes in hip-hop music.
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Toronto rapper Abdominal released this week a video from his new album, but this isn't a normal music video with just tight rhymes and metaphors. He invited his 66-year-old mom to guest-rap on the ode to motherhood.
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"Y'all gonna learn today" that Hova isn't one to hold back his feelings. The rapper opened up about a slew of topics with his new controversial new song "Open Letter."
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Grammy award-winning rapper Lil Wayne admitted he is an epileptic and recently had three back-to-back seizures which he attributed to lack of rest and stress.
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Austin -
After a 15-year break, Hip-Hop group A Tribe Called Quest might be reuniting even though each member said it wasn't going to happen.
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