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Complete alphabetical listing of directory topics: Hip-Hop
The rap against Puff Daddy
Sean "Puffy" Combs claims he's been targeted by prosecutors for being a young, black celebrity -- but that celebrity is built on a criminal image.
He's got the beat
Quietly, humbly and only knocking over one shelf, 23-year-old Scott Kuzner breaks into the world of hip-hop.
"Save the Last Dance"
Not good -- not even -- but Julia Stiles radiates and this urban teen movie takes a gutsy stand on black boys who date white girls.
The Hard Rap Cafe
The Brooklyn Museum's "Hip-Hop Nation" show surveys rap's journey from Bronx block parties to cold-lampin' in the Hamptons.
William Upski Wimsatt
No More Prisons
Eminem's dirty secrets
He's now a notorious Detroit rapper who spits hate machine-gun style. His family, friends and the bully who beat him up in school remember someone different.
Sharps & Flats
A hack genius, a bloodthirsty M.C. and a few mouthy street kids from Yonkers: The Ruff Ryders find a chartworthy formula -- again.
The hip-hop pornographer
Lil' Kim debuted as a brassy M.C. who wanted orgasms -- not respect. Four years on, the life of a porn-positive rapper looks pretty empty.
Sharps & Flats
R&B trio Next like dirty talk and naughty sex. But isn't "Come sit on my laptop" taking the ingenious come-ons a bit too far?
Invisible man
Eminem may be the most violent, woman-hating, homophobic rapper ever. Why are critics giving him a pass? Complete alphabetical listing of directory topics: |
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