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by Genetta M. Adams onOctober 31, 2011
With a book and a Western, Common is next in a line of emcees who sought success beyond the mic.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onSeptember 7, 2011
The rapper says profits from Street King will feed up to a billion children within five years.
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by Mychal Denzel Smith onAugust 1, 2011
The mainstreaming of hip-hop culture ruined one of the genre's defining traditions: the battle.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onJune 20, 2011
His third book, Playground, will be semiautobiographical.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onMarch 14, 2011
The rapper's lack of sensitivity is a real disaster, but he says, "Hate it or love it."
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by Lauren Williams onOctober 12, 2010
White rapper wonders whether he was singled out over objectionable content in his music because of the color of his skin.
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by The Buzz onSeptember 24, 2010
First he creates a Twitter account for his dog. Now he's Tweeting a photo in which it looks like he has broken the dog's leg.
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by Nsenga Burton onMay 28, 2010
Our unique spin on today's headlines
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by Kyle Coward onSeptember 4, 2009
Calling all MCs: We need you to spit some rhymes on this health care debate.
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June 8, 2009
Stanley Crouch discusses responsibility in music and how Kanye West is catching a FAIL...
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