Article by Brainstormlive Rap music has basically originated from the African-American culture of praise singing of the griots and hence it does not connect to the American roots. This music style, having an illustrious history, was popularized late in U.S. and hence it still poses to be a minority artist creation. It is majorly considered [...]
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Rap music mogul's lawyers clear up unpaid traffic ticket
April 1st, 2012 
Rap music mogul's lawyers clear up unpaid traffic ticket AP Lawyers for rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight cleared up an unpaid traffic ticket case in a Las Vegas courtroom on Monday, with a misdemeanor marijuana case still pending from a February traffic stop. The 46-year-old former Death Row Records … Read more on Las [...]
Hip Hop, Rap Come From Africa?
March 25th, 2012 Hip Hop, Rap Come From Africa? By Clemence Tashaya, 16 March 2012 Eenhana — Hip hop music also called hip hop rap music is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic poetic speech that is chanted. It developed as part of … Read more on AllAfrica.com A [...]
Listen Up: Rapper Ananamuss keeps a Southern style
March 17th, 2012 Listen Up: Rapper Ananamuss keeps a Southern style While he did listen to Scarface, he insists his music is much more homegrown. "I can't even front; all my music is straight Clinton. That's what made me," said Ananamuss. Back home, where everybody calls him "Muss," he started rapping at just 14, … Read more on [...]
You may have 99 problems, but with Smart Songs, learning won't be one
March 10th, 2012 You may have 99 problems, but with Smart Songs, learning won't be one “Capital Hill was all about excitement,” DuJardin said, and they hope Smart Songs brings that exciting, party atmosphere into the classroom. In 2008, after 12 years of rapping together, the pair of MCs got the idea for Smart Songs after a performance [...]
Saturday Picks & Sleepers: Saturday blurbs rally!
March 9th, 2012 Saturday Picks & Sleepers: Saturday blurbs rally! 8pm, Auditorium Shores By the time the Cult stalked off the Austin Music Hall stage in 1995 and broke up weeks later, Rick Rubin's Electric devolution had devolved into This Is Spinal Tap. Reunited a decade-plus and 25 years after the UK quartet's … Read more on Austin [...]
History of Rap Music
February 25th, 2012 Article by sturat It may seem to be a daunting task to trace back the history of rap music and history of bossa nova, though you can see one similarity?informal music associated with highly informal dance style. As far as origin of rap music is concerned most people agree that it is Afro-American and Latino [...]
Latest Rap Music News
December 7th, 2011 Meet Google Music's Chief Record Store Geek, Tim Quirk And shortly after raunch rap pioneers 2 Live Crew were arrested on indecency charges due to their explicit lyrics, Quirk's band protested by performing 2 Live Crew covers at a concert. Quirk and his crew were subsequently arrested, and spent the night … Read more on [...]
Is Rap Music the Modern Equivalent of Classical Literature?
December 7th, 2011 Is Rap Music the Modern Equivalent of Classical Literature? By Nathan Harden Georgetown has a new sociology class focusing on the career of rapper Jay-Z. But at least one student isn't convinced of the course's academic value. Junior Stephen Wu writes: The fundamental reason why we ostensibly study Jay-Z is … Read more on National [...]
A Little Rap Music to Wrap By
December 6th, 2011 A Little Rap Music to Wrap By In the spirit of plays on words, rap music was played by DJ D-Nice throughout the evening (interspersed with holiday tunes). Rapping, it turned out, wasn't a skill most of the wrappers possess. "My version of rapping is singing along to Sondheim," Mr. … Read more on Wall [...]
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