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Claw Money launches her 'Bombshell'
Times Staff WriterThe graffiti subculture has long been a boys club, but Claw Money has got the guys beat. The street artist is translating her signature tag — a three-taloned claw scrawled from Downtown L.A. to Milan to her native New York City — into a full...Tags: Arts and Culture, Guns N' Roses (music group), Photography, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia)
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Lil' Kim: Notoriously misunderstood
Isaac Guzman is a staff writer for the New York Daily NewsNEW YORK -- It's just before midnight in a Manhattan dance studio, and Lil' Kim is dancing in formation with five other women, throwing her arms across her chest and moving her torso in time to a startling blend of Cuban rhythms and hip-hop rhymes. She's...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Organized Crime, Missy Elliott, LL Cool J, Queen Latifah
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(1989) Striking Tales of Black Frustration and Pride Shake the Pop Mainstream
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterRap music is not polite. It's a noisy 'n' crude attack on mainstream sensibilities that has even liberal-minded adults who were raised on the rebellious, outlaw beat of Little Richard and the Rolling Stones asking themselves, "What happened to real music?...Tags: Politics, Music Industry, Radio Industry, Documentary (genre), Run-D.M.C. (music group)
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Rap defense doesn't stop death penalty
Special To The TimesAUSTIN, Tex. -- The Song ' I got a tech-9 now his smokin' ass is mine . . . Comin' quickly up the streets is the punk ass police the first one jumped out and said freeze . I popped him in his knees . ' "Crooked Ass Nigga" from recording...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Music Industry, Assault, Health and Safety at School
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Rap finds a supporter in Rep. Maxine Waters
Special To The TimesAs the debate over the social impact of gangsta rap spills over to Capitol Hill hearings, the controversial musical genre has picked up a powerful new ally: U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters. "It would be a foolhardy mistake to single out poets as the cause of...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Baptist, Radio Industry, Music Industry
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Witnesses aid probe of rapper's slaying
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersDespite concerns that witnesses would be too fearful to come forward, police investigators said Monday that a number of people have provided valuable information about the gunman who killed rap star Notorious B.I.G. Detectives declined to elaborate on...Tags: Notorious B.I.G., Justice System, Gang Activity, Crime, Law and Justice, Death
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Police seek links to grudges in rapper's death
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersDetectives said Monday that they were pressing hard to establish whether the drive-by killing of rapper Notorious B.I.G. was part of a deadly grudge between rival groups in rap music. "We're not overlooking the fact that this was possibly a hit, a...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Assault, Police Investigations, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Putting the cuffs on 'gangsta' rap songs
Special To The TimesThe record industry is quietly putting an end to violent, angry "gangsta" rap songs that portray the killing of police officers. Rappers are still writing and recording songs about shooting cops, but some executives have decided that album cuts with such...Tags: Laws, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Music Industry, Public Officials
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Rap singer arrested in slaying
Special To The TimesA member of the Los Angeles "gangsta rap" trio Da Lench Mob has been arrested on suspicion of murder in a slaying last month at a bowling alley in the Athens area, authorities said Wednesday. Terry Gray, 24, who goes by the stage name T-Bone, is the...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Sports, Death, Allen Hughes
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Earth, Wind & Fire and LL Cool J to play separate shows in Portsmouth
Monday brought a refreshing wave of concert announcements, with the Hampton Jazz Festival unveiling its lineup and the nTelos Wireless Pavilion in Portsmouth offering word of two significant shows. The Kings of the Mic Tour, featuring hip-hop legends LL...
Tags: De La Soul (music group), Hampton Jazz Festival, Earth, Wind & Fire (music group), Entertainment Events, LL Cool J
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SXSW 2013: It's a wrap
AUSTIN, Texas -- Savages, a U.K. quartet that made new converts with each gig at the South by Southwest Music Conference, was in a particularly nasty mood during its final appearance Saturday. "Last stop at a horrible (expletive) festival," hissed singer...
Tags: Festive Events, Concerts, Music Industry, SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival, Vampire Weekend (music group)
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