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Southern-fried hip-hop: down-home lyrics and strong dance grooves are ingredients of a tasty menu
WHETHER it's grubbing at a local barbecue spot Memphis, bling-blinging while riding in a Caddy on Peachtree Street, or just kicking it at a joint on ......(Continue Reading) Tearaway burkas & tinplate menorahs: what happens when you throw together a liberal comedian, a flag-waving country star, two Redskins cheerleaders,
I NEVER SERVED in our nation's armed forces. I was of draft age during the Vietnam War, in college from 1969 to 1973, and the Selective Service people ......(Continue Reading)Latinos in hip hop to reggaeton
For the past year, reggaeton has bumped and grinded its way to the forefront of Latin music--pushing aside traditional favorites such as salsa and pop ......(Continue Reading)Beastie boys: they were once a band of rhyming hopefuls who were dismissed as a novelty act. But two decades later, and with a new album, they're at the
Nearly 20 years ago, three hip-hop-obsessed Jewish teenagers from New York City--Adam "Adrock" Horovitz, Michael "Mike D" Diamond, ......(Continue Reading)Prophets in Pumas: when hip hop broke out
In the late 1960s and '70s the four elements of hip hop--graffiti, rap, break dancing, and DJ-ing--blasted out from the Bronx in a complete cultural ......(Continue Reading)
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