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Music masters: a new generation of rap moguls is making the industry dance to a different beat: ownership - The hip-hop economy part 3 of a series - Industry
SO SO DEF RECORDINGS CEO JERMAINE DUPRI has been cranking out chart-toppers from his Atlanta-based music factory for more than a decade now. The rap ......(Continue Reading) Who's playin' whom? Overwhelming influence of hip-hop culture, rap music on HBCU campuses concerns students, faculty
In December 2000, Dr. Thomas Earl Midgette had harsh words for the hip-hop movement that was sweeping his campus. When he was interviewed for an article ......(Continue Reading)What's wrong about black music - and right - criticism of sexism and violence in rap and other black music
Gangsta rap and other forms of black music are being criticized by all races and classes as deliberately degrading to women and promoting violence. The ......(Continue Reading)Put her on the cover: talented, cool and outspoken, Ms Dynamite is the media darling of the moment. Is she simply the acceptable face of UK garage, or
Whether addressing the Hyde Park hordes at the anti-war demonstration, accepting yet another award (three Mobos, two Brits, last year's Panasonic Mercury ......(Continue Reading)'Bang': Guns, rap, and silence - violence in rap music
A lot of people were interested in the Sean "Puffy" Combs trial: fans of rap music; celebrity-watchers; connoisseurs of popular culture. But one group ......(Continue Reading)
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