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The 25 best Chicago rap videos of all time
RedEyeRap videos can be tricky to understand as an art form. If you aren't in tune with the culture, you might just dismiss them all as a cavalcade of ginormous butts, bottles, cars and one tough guy in the back row counting a large wad of money. (People in...Tags: The Second City, Arts and Culture, Hollywood Holt, Mary J. Blige, Black Entertainment Television (tv network)
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John Legend, 2 Chainz honored at Hip-Hop Inaugural Ball
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Doug E. Fresh, 2 Chainz and MC Lyte were among those on hand to be honored at Sunday night's Hip-Hop Inaugural Ball at the Harman Center for the Arts in Washington, D.C. But none let the fact that they were collecting hardware keep...
Tags: Michael Jackson, Barack Obama, Georgetown, Arts and Culture, Genres
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Hip-hop and pop music crowd D.C. for Obama inauguration
All eyes will be on Beyonce, Kelly Clarkson and James Taylor when they take the stage at Monday's presidential inauguration. But they're far from the only major artists partaking in the festivities. A slew of performing artists will be taking the...
Tags: Kelly Clarkson, John Legend, Smokey Robinson, Howard University, James Taylor
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Fresh Fest featuring Salt-n-Pepa, Slick Rick postponed to Sept. 14
The Fresh Fest celebration of old-school hip-hop in Portsmouth has been postponed from Saturday, Aug. 18 to Friday, Sept. 14, according to a press release from promoters. The show, which in years past has drawn big crowds to the nTelos amphitheater in...
Tags: Philosophy, Arts and Culture, Bronx (New York City), Festive Events, Human Interest
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African American Festival draws thousands, despite heat
Fourteen-year-old Carl Bradley sank long jump after long jump Saturday from the Xtreme Basketball Xhibition courts at Baltimore's African American Festival in a sweat-soaked gray T-shirt, while his former NBA star father, Dudley Bradley, hung out in the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Festive Events, College Sports, Culture, New Year's Day
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Big plans for this year's African American Festival
Shelonda Stokes has a vision for this year's African American Festival — and it's a whopper.
In her second year producing the festival, she's already excited about one of its new features: a fitness-craving flashmob, with enough people to earn a...Tags: Arts and Culture, Medical Procedures and Tests, Festive Events, Slick Rick, Obesity
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Kurtis Blow, Salt-N-Pepa, Slick Rick to play Portsmouth as part of Fresh Fest in August
Fresh Fest has been a big hit at Portsmouth's nTelos amphitheater in recent years. The festival celebrating old-school, '70s and '80s hip-hop returns in August for what should be another big party for those of us who use the phrase "back in the day."...
Tags: Philosophy, Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Bronx (New York City), Concerts
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Heavy D documentary to premiere on Centric
Pop & HissThe life of the late Heavy D, will be chronicled in a documentary, "Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D," set to be broadcast on the BET-owned network Centric on Sunday.... -
Sundance Film Festival announces its drama, documentary premieres
24 FramesSundance Film Festival is perhaps best known for its narrative and dramatic competitions, but the real business in Park City, Utah, is done around the Sundance Film Festival premieres — and none of the features announced Monday has a distribution... -
Gayle on the Go! Events for Sunday, Aug. 28
KTLA NewsGayle on the Go! featured these events for the Sunday, Aug. 28 Sunday @ 7:30pm Rhythm and Roots John Anson Ford Amphitheater 2580 Cahuenga Boulevard East Los Angeles (323) 461-3673 fordtheatres.org Different cultures share different music and dance...Tags: Arts and Culture, Twitter, Inc., Social Media, Dining and Drinking, Gardens and Parks
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Top 5 Concerts of the Coming Week
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGTop 5 Concerts of the Coming Week: 1. BOB DYLAN The argument for seeing Bob Dylan whenever he comes around could be pegged to the fact that modern music’s preeminent songwriter is now 70 years old and had a life-threatening...... -
Essence Music Festival: Acts new and old keep the Superdome shaking; attendance tops 422,000
Pop & HissHalfway through Mary J. Blige’s closing set at the Essence Music Festival on Sunday night the singer dived into an emotional address to the audience that aptly summed up what the nation’s largest R&B and hip-hop festival, at it’s core,.....
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