Kenya: Hip-Hop Is Now the Symbol of Strength and Resistance bi13672227 Contrary to popular mythology, the art of rhyming rhythmically over the beat of a drum (rapping) was not invented 1970s New York. The cultural wellspring from hip- was drawn, goes far deeper, making all the more powerful. It can be traced through reggae, jazz, blues, and ultimately back to the African griot traditions of the medieval west African empires

WHO NEEDS HITS: Record Companies Are Handing Out Million Dollar Deals To Arti bi13672227 Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky has never sold a single song of own. All right, he's not the only one . Paltry as that might seem, output has earned a $3 million record contract Sony/RCA Records subdivision Polo Grounds Music, according to A$AP Rocky himself

Local woman's art gracing covers of hip-hop albums bi13672227 A Martinsville woman?s artwork featured on the covers of several major hip- artists? albums

Hip Hop Duo Try Marketing bi13672227 (Delaware Online) ? Jon Conner and Blu Chip are household names to the hip- community of Delaware, but 25 collective years of experience reach far beyond the first state. Blu Chip had a successful record California, and Jon Conner, who also a writer and producer, has worked record and production companies []..

Arista, Jive, J Records Will Cease, Moving Under RCA bi13672227 Filed under: Hip- , Hip- News , Soul/R&B , R&B News WireImage Major label restructuring nothing new the music business, especially the digital age of iTunes and artists commanding careers by introducing music via social networking sites like Twitter. Friday (Oct. 7), news broke that Jive Records, Arista Records and J Records cease to exist and the companies now ..

Sundance fest embraces hip-hop on stage and screen bi13672227 Hip- making itself heard ? and seen ? at the Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival embraces hip-hop on stage and screen bi13672227 Hip- making itself heard ? and seen ? at the Sundance Film Festival. Along a slew of performances by rappers and DJs around town, year's festival includes documentary and narrative films about hip- culture

Hip-Hop Group After The Smoke Battle With YouTube and UMG Over Intellectual P bi13672227 A couple weeks ago hip- blogs began to buzz about ?Far From A B****,???a new track by Alabama MC Michael Wayne Atha (aka??Yelawolf) featuring three rappers from label, Slumerican. The sparse, creepy tune includes a particularly pertinent verse: Somebody had to lose/I guess that?s how the game goes. The line speaks volumes to the ..

Chart Juice: Drake Stands 'Proud' Atop R&B/Hip-Hop Songs bi13672227 Drake's Nicki Minaj-assisted 'Make Me Proud,' one of seven singles from current No. 1 album on R&B/Hip- Albums, 'Take Care,' creeps up to the coveted No. 1 position on R&B/Hip- Songs..

Sundance Fest Embraces Hip-Hop bi13672227 PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - Hip- making itself heard - and seen - at the Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival embraces hip-hop artists, themes on stage and screen bi13672227 PARK CITY, Utah - Hip- making itself heard ? and seen ? at the Sundance Film Festival

'Pariah': Finding Love and Loving Hip-Hop bi13672227 After only hearing about Pariah , Dee Rees' smart, heartbreaking film of a young black lesbian growing up Brooklyn, a friend of mine compared to Boys Don't Cry . Meaning: It's obviously another one of those feel-good-about-feeling-bad, issue-heavy melodramas that pop up on the indie film landscape every few years. Pariah however, goes to great lengths to confuse and confound ..

Tales from Beirut?s hip-hop trenches bi13672227 Edouard Abbas, one of the founders of the Lebanese hip- group Fareeq al-Atrash, outraged

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