16 Blocks

16 Blocks
Georgia Straight - Directed by Richard Donner. Starring Bruce Willis and Mos Def. Rated PG. Although Bruce Willis has long been associated with the Schwarzenegger end of the male-bravado spectrum, his Alan Ladd like screen persona is usually that of a long-suffering
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Thornwood, Thornton heading to poetry slam
Star Newspapers - Today's pop culture mass-media depiction of young, black men can best be described in four words: thug, baller, gangsta and pimp. But a crew of senior boys from Thornwood High School is getting noticed for taking on a different persona poet
Source: www.starnewspapers.com

Local hip-hop group on right track
Badger Herald - Independent rap music has a bad rep for being overly positive and squeaky clean, but local hip-hop group Dumate is out to change some perspectives. Their debut studio album Dumate Rite (The Known Knowns) sports a fashionable Parental Advisory
Source: badgerherald.com

RAPPER REMAINS IN JAIL
KFDX - A local rapper is still in jail after being arrested for failure to pay child support, not long after police asked a local retailer to pull his cop hate CD from their shelves. Prior to his arrest, Cedric Gray, who calls himself C-Nile, captured the
Source: www.kfdx.com

Atlanta Rapper Arrested In Florida
WSB-TV Atlanta - Miami Beach, FL -- The Atlanta rapper known as Young Jeezy faces charges after a shooting in MIami. Police arrested Jay Jenkins on two counts of carrying a concealed weapon without a permit. Officers say they found the gun in Jenkins' SUV Friday
Source: www.wsbtv.com

The barter system - Porter's People
Akron Beacon Journal - A man caught with a stolen credit card in Albany, N.Y., told police he had not stolen the card but received it in trade for some of his marijuana, police tell the Associated Press. Brittany Spears has signed to play basketball at Colorado, says the
Source: www.ohio.com