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Young Capone
ROOTS: Atlanta MOMENT OF TRUTH: Signed with So So Def in 2005 FLAVOR: Snap rap with attitude; braggadocious rhymes over bouncing beats COSIGN: “He brings the swagger of early hip hop. Like from the days when people used to get beat up for stepping on your sneakers.” - Jermaine Dupri ... (read more)
Black Buddafly
ROOTS: Hamburg, Germany MOMENT OF TRUTH: Signed with Russell Simmons Music Group in 2004 FLAVOR: Sweet pop cuts mixed with flirtatious R&B grooves COSIGN: “They don’t have the same burden of sexuality as American girls. They’re a sexy and free group of women making songs for women.” — Russell Simmons... (read more)
Don Omar
ROOTS: Carolina, Puerto Rico MOMENT OF TRUTH: Signed to VI Music/Universal in 2000 FLAVOR: Reggaeton sung with bachata influences, catering mostly to the yales (reggaeton’s answer to dancehall’s gals) COSIGN: “Don Omar’s talent goes beyond music. He’s got a story to tell, and it’s coming from the heart.”—Swizz Beatz ... (read more)
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Roses y Handcuffs
It gets quiet. Then he says, "you heard Ye's "Street Lights" yet?" In between those six words, lingers a heavier question then what's being breathed o (read more) -
The Nappy Diatribe
The last few days, watching the liberal blogosphere act like a bunch of whining malcontents as they clumsily hyperventilate over Obama picking Hillary (read more) -
Invite Only
THE SPOT: 74 Leonard Street between Broadway and Church, Nov 24, 2008. It's raining but we must press on because this is, in fact, is a VIBE event and (read more) -
zentronix d+h
We now have some idea of how hip-hop may have impacted the presidential election. According to stats from CIRCLE, those under the age of 45 delivered (read more)
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Will Smith
Government Name: Willard Christopher Smith Jr.
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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