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Complete alphabetical listing of directory topics: Rap
Snoop Dogg
A North Carolina cracker proclaims the reign of rap's highest hound a triumph of decadence over the numbing boredom of the status quo, in the tradition of the Marquis de Sade and Arthur Rimbaud.
Woof! There it is!
Snoop Dogg asks not what porn can do for him, but what he can do for pornography.
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.
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.
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
A hack genius, a bloodthirsty M.C. and a few mouthy street kids from Yonkers: The Ruff Ryders find a chartworthy formula -- again.
Invisible man
Eminem may be the most violent, woman-hating, homophobic rapper ever. Why are critics giving him a pass?
Sharps & Flats
RZA's music "inspired by" Jim Jarmusch's "Ghost Dog" lags behind the inspired cuts of the actual film.
Sharps & Flats
Hyped hip-hop star Beanie Sigel tells "The Truth," the whole truth and everything but the truth. Complete alphabetical listing of directory topics: |
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