Note to Jay-Z, first on our adjoining list of top-earning rappers: Write a good will.
He also is one of a number of rappers who have openly discussed drug use.
"All of those things were short-lived, " Stackhouse said of rappers' efforts to become sports agents.
But "Los Aldeanos", who formed in 2003, are part of a younger generation of Cuban rappers.
Mr. KENNEDY: Oh, he's just like, he's another one of the great New York rappers.
But MC Lyte said in 2004 that there are a lot of female rappers out there.
Rappers once assumed that if you wanted to talk tough, your music had to sound tough, too.
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Hot 97 was celebrating 20 years of Summer Jam, but rappers in their twenties dominated the annual concert.
According to his father, Cherry was recognized by other rappers within a West Coast hip-hop strain called hyphy.
Crime-fighters compete with rappers for celebrity: most people can name half a dozen lawyers, judges or police chiefs.
When rappers began wearing Kangol hats in the 1980s, the trend took on a life of its own.
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Unlike other best-selling rappers, like Yem Geezee(ph) or 50 Cent, West doesn't rhyme about selling crack or dropping bodies.
Dr. Braun and colleagues later found the same effect with freestyle rappers improvisational genius is not limited by baby-boomer taste.
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Rappers Common and Talib Kweli have voiced their support for Barack Obama.
As a result, promiscuous rappers, prosperous dope peddlers and street gang leaders are becoming ever more influential role models.
In April, a pro-Algeria concert in Paris brought together among others Khaled, Idir and Intik, a fashionable group of young rappers.
Queen Latifah, LL Cool J and other rappers also appeared in a TV series prior to landing movie roles.
Conservative talk show host Bill O'Reilly--a frequent basher of rappers and hip-hop music--tops Pew's list, turning off 21% of respondents.
He was a favorite of rappers to sample and working with him was a badge of honor in the industry.
And so I would not be that surprise if in 10, 20 years you see a lot more white rappers.
Previously, rappers were evaluated for their nimble rhymes and sly wit, but Ross refuses to engage in such a contest.
Streetwear fashion has long drawn inspiration from hip-hop, so the interest in cross-platform collaborations between designers and rappers makes sense.
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Pianist Robert Glasper has won attention for fusing jazz ideas with hip-hop sensibilities and often producing music with rappers and neo-soul singers.
You have the given names, Christian names, if you will, of some of these rappers who have only gone by initials.
On the surface, the lyrics appear to be as offensive to homosexuals as those produced on the CDs of hard-core rappers.
Rappers do more than talk about past material when they talk shop.
They talked more about a Twitter feud that erupted Friday between rappers Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka than about Lil Wayne's condition.
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The program meets several young rappers - from Casablanca to Tangiers - to hear some of the sounds of Morocco's urban rage.
There has been no comment from the rappers' management or record label, and it was not immediately clear whether they had lawyers.
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Two current rappers who Borbay did leave out: 50 Cent and Birdman.
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