People Under the Stairs Interview: SXSW 2010
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If you've ever wondered what happened to the fun in hip-hop, you must not be aware of People Under the Stairs. People Under the Stairs describe their sound ...

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The riff that lifted rap [The News and Observer, Raleigh, NC]
TMCnet
But if you've been at a wedding reception, ballgame or hip-hop dance club over the past 30 years you've probably heard him playing an iconic bass line ...

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BBC News

Lil Wayne Not Allowed To Sign Autographs In Prison
Peace fm Online
The hip-hop star was sentenced to a year in prison on weapons possession charges this week and began serving his time at New York's Rikers Island prison on ...
Lil Wayne Forbidden To Sign Autographs While On LockdownHip-Hop Wired
Taking sides: Will Lil Wayne write his masterpiece in prison?Washington Post (blog)
Lil Wayne Fans Say They Already Miss Jailed MCMTV.com
TMZ.com (blog) -Entertainment Weekly
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Singersroom News

Black Eyed Peas bring lights, music, action to BOK
Tulsa World
For the uninitiated, the Grammy-award winning hip-hop and electro-dance group is a party that erupts from a tour bus, performing its ubiquitous hit "Let's ...
Concert review: Black Eyed Peas at United CenterChicago Tribune (blog)
Black Eyed Peas play to the crowd in glossy, frenetic showMilwaukee Journal Sentinel

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Playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda reaches the heights
MiamiHerald.com
And, in May, he debuted a number from his The Hamilton Mixtape -- a hip-hop work in progress about Alexander Hamilton -- for the Obamas at the White House. ...

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Shwayze Interview: SXSW 2010
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Los Angeles-based hip-hop duo Shwayze have been mainstays to the soundtrack of summer ever since their first single, 'Buzzin',' rocked the charts in 2008. ...

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Murs, who recently parted ways with Warner Brothers Records, is also a member of revered Cali group Living Legends, in addition to organizer of the upcoming Paid Dues Festival.

The pair’s two previous albums, Murray’s Revenge and Murs 3:16: The 9th Edition, have sold over 112,000 copies independently.

ForNever will be released via a deal...(read more)

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Plain Dealer

Texas Board Of Education Declare Hip Hop Is Not A Cultural Movement
HipHopDX
One of the subjects debated amongst the lawyers, dentists and publishers, who make up the board, was whether or not Hip Hop should be taught as a cultural ...
Conservative-backed curriculum OK'd for history classesHouston Chronicle
Board decides social studies standardsHerald Zeitung
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATIONDallas Morning News
El Paso Times -Texas Tribune -Newser
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Sonic Producer Trial – Create Amazing Rap And Hip Hop Beats With Ease On Your ...
OfficialWire (press release)
If you are reading this then you probably are looking for a way that you can get started making your own hip hop or rap music? ...
Sonic Producer Trial – Discover How You Can Make Rap And Hip Hop Beats With EaseOfficialWire (press release)

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Power Man, Hip-Hop & Luke Cage Noir Style
AllHipHop
There are so many Hip-Hop fans and artists who grew up on comics, still own and collect them to this day. Hip hop and comics go together. Rap blew up first, ...

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