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THE RAP ON 'RAP' : Yo, where's the melody? - place of rap music in popular culture
In his article, "Yo Comma Dog" (New Yorker, March 12), about the illegal gun possession trial of Sean "Puffy" Combs, Adam Gopnik makes a statement that ......(Continue Reading) Bow Wow's Bark & Bite - rap singer
Rapper called hottest young heartthrob in decades THE managers at a large New York City department store thought they had it all figured out when they asked Lil' Bow Wow to make an in-store appea...(Continue Reading)Will.I.Am And The Black Eyed Peas
Byline: Blair Jackson To paraphrase the opening of their infectious song "Let's Get Retarded," L.A.'s Black Eyed Peas "keep runnin', ......(Continue Reading)The folk process: lyrics sent by our readers: new words to old tunes or snatches of a good song—different viewpoints, too
This song came in from Tom Lehrer who reports that it was written for and used on the November 25, 1989, broadcast of Garrison Keillor's American Radio ......(Continue Reading)Freedom's song: Chris Moss celebrates the enduring tradition of Latin American protest song - music
When I arrived in Buenos Aires in 1991, much of the music being played on the radio was imported, middle-of-the-road rock. Radio stations were paid to play it, and it featured incessantly on many o...(Continue Reading)
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