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by Andreas Hale onDecember 12, 2012
Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg are rap icons, but few of the album's guests have been so lucky 20 years later.
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by Timmhotep Aku onAugust 12, 2012
MCs have gone from rhyming about weed to lyrical odes to trippier substances like MDMA and Xanax.
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by Winston "Stone" Ford onMarch 21, 2012
As corporations and stars such as Nas take over, emerging artists still hope to get noticed.
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by Timmhotep Aku onJune 8, 2011
Is the Internet sensation from Oakland, Calif., rap's great white hope? Not exactly.
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by Erin E. Evans onMarch 12, 2011
"You've built us. You've moved us. You've shaped us ... Stay up, Detroit."
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by Nsenga Burton onFebruary 8, 2011
Chrysler hits hard in new commercial reminding people about the greatness of Detroit.
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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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January 22, 2010
Race relations have gotten a little crazy lately. An all-white basketball league. Glenn Beck's black-history lesson. An over-the-top flight attendant. The Root takes a look at those who claim "blackness" and those we think make the cut -- whether they like it or not ...
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June 3, 2009
Sacha Baron Cohen has mooned Eminem and made the Bingo ladies mad, but what's up with the black baby in the box?
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June 2, 2009
How bad does Eminem want to move units? Booty-in-his-face bad...
