But he records rap singles that groups like the Cash Money Millionaires can crank out in 20 minutes or less, using electronic rhythm sections.
Lord Forsyth opened by saying that, if he were ever facing a murder rap, he would hope to hire Lord Wallace QC as his defence counsel.
In 2011, he and fellow rap superstar Eminem discussed their substance abuse issues with GQ magazine.
Hope told police he would not "take the rap" for something he did not do and drug addict Richards denied the killing.
He won best rap album for "Tha Carter III" at the 2008 Grammy awards and took home three more Grammys the next year.
He won best rap album for "Tha Carter III" at the 2008 Grammy awards, and took home three more Grammys the following year.
Though Horowitz himself is a noted rap aficionado, he and Andreessen took the plunge because they believe Rap Genius has implications far beyond the hip-hop world, ones that could change the way people interact with information across the entire web.
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But he wasn't all talk: quickly after he talked about his rap heros, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony joined him onstage.
He also sees endorsements as an opportunity not only to help fund tours and album parties (and host an award ceremony for his top fans at the celebration, during which he presented awards to Rap Genius and others), but to personally hold major companies accountable for their practices.
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When I asked Birdman for his predictions in the non-rap categories, he shrugged.
Fifty, who has said that he'd retire from rap if West was victorious, sold 691, 000 copies in the past week.
He learned how to tattoo from a friend, and when his technique improved he began working with the rap group Cypress Hill.
Backstage last night, the rap star said he wasn't feeling vengeful.
He also supports corporate venture capital, which he says has gotten a bad rap.
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On occasion he's added punk, rap and rock to his core trip-hop sound.
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Musson shouts, "Do the Harlem Shake, " about 15 seconds in, which he says is taken from a rap by his group Plastic Little in 2001.
If he fails to find a consensus, though, he will have to take the rap for what is sure to be a very unpopular reform.
Ben was kind enough to let us run it first but it will end up on his blog soon, where he starts his posts with a rap or hip-hop lyric.
Abbatangelo said he'll seek to postpone arraignment because Drayton will be out of town April 18 while he and other members of the rap group Public Enemy are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
"The normal rap on Baker is that he watches out for himself, " says a supporter.
The rap on him is that he is not a postseason pressure player.
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"The rap on him is that he talks too long, his speeches don't end, and occasionally he goes off the reservation, " King added.
He and Rubin famously discovered a young rap artist named LL Cool J and signed the first major white rap group, the Beastie Boys.
The chief rap against Greenspan is that he loosened money too much after the high-tech bubble burst in 2000--01 and kept it loose even when the economy began to recover vigorously in 2003.
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The DJ signed with 50 Cent's record label and is coproducing an album with the rap mogul. (He's also partnered with 50 to put out a line of headphones and will DJ Britney Spears' wedding).
Though he has Public Enemy's Chuck D rap live toward the climax, Parton goes for female voices.
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