Hip-hop lit draws urban youth

Hip-hop lit draws urban youth
Seattle Times - Rapper Sal "Mental Case" Dizzal reads hip-hop lit novel "Let That Be the Reason" by ex-convict Vickie M. Stringer. Jerome Ellis says he was a good student in school, but when it came to reading fiction for homework he "just couldn't deal with it." "I
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Banding Together
Tampa Bay Online - Related Links: TAMPA - It's dark and chilly inside Empire, an Ybor City hot spot more accustomed to booty-shaking hip hop than bang-your-head rock 'n' roll, and the trio taking the stage looks very out of place. It's the first of three acts scheduled
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The Official Old School Hip Hop Thread!!!
NobodySmiling - Kool Moe Dee was born on August 8, 1962/3 as Mohandes Dewese. His early career began with his work with The Treacherous Three. (See their link for more info) After leaving the group he attended college in NY and received a degree in communications
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Jurassic snark
New York Daily News - Warning: Jurassic 5's latest album encourages listeners to look back so often, it may induce whiplash. From start to the finish, there's a wild lust to re-create hip hop's pioneering days of the '80s. Bass lines pump with the disco insistence of an
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Swing music
Alexandria Daily Town Talk - Though most of the players' songs are hip-hop, outfielder Jason Bonner sticks to old-school rock-and-roll. He gets his adrenaline rush from George Thorogood and the Destroyers' "Bad to the Bone." Pitcher Jason Moody uses "The Cisco Kid" by War, a band
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