Rapper Jay-Z reclaims "Kingdom" with No. 1 debut
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Rapper Jay-Z came out on top of the  post-Thanksgiving U.S. pop album charts Wednesday, tying the  Rolling Stones for the third-most No. 1 hits.
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In yet another big week for new  releases on the U.S. albums chart, the MTV-constructed band  Danity Kane trumped hip-hop duo OutKast to take the top spot,  while Paris Hilton scored the highest debut for a new solo  female pop artist this year with a No. 6 entry.
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Wake Forest reached No. 1 for the first time, switching places with Kansas atop The Associated Press men's basketball poll Monday &#151; even though the Jayhawks didn't lose.
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Rapper and entrepreneur Jay-Z has been named as the new president and CEO of Def Jam Recordings. Billboard reports that Jay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, will take up his new position on 3 January; he will also continue to run his record label Roc-a-Fella.
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Kanye West hasnât had the best year. With âGraduationâ he wants to come back as cool.
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Rapper Kanye West's new album is winning the chart battle with 50 Cent, early sales figures indicate.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Jay-Z will launch a rare concert tour next month, playing five club shows to promote his upcoming album, "American Gangster."
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Rap diva Lil' Kim made a triumphant return to the music world on Thursday
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Rapper Snoop Dogg scored his first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart Thursday with "Drop It Like It's Hot," which had spent four weeks in the runner-up spot.
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NEW YORK - Singer R. Kelly sued rapper Jay-Z on Monday for $75 million, alleging Jay-Zâs âspite and jealousyâ prompted him to use violence to force Kelly off their national tour.
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A day after reaching No. 1 on the  U.S. album charts, hip-hop star Kanye West took the top spot on  the singles chart Thursday.
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Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack" held  the No. 1 title on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for a  second week Thursday.
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In this overly long concert film, the rapper Jay-Z performs his own movie-length swan song set to thumping rhythms in Madison Square Garden.
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The first word uttered on Nasir Jones' new double album, "Street's Disciple," is "peace." On this, his seventh studio album, Nas has become the mature voice of the hip-hop generation. While Jay Z's lyrical exploits are fading to black and P. Diddy is still partying, Nas is giving his version of today's reality. The 19-year-old that emerged in 1993, like Young Arthur pulling Excalibur from the stone, is now the cornerstone of the new social consciousness fighting to emerge in hip-hop circa 2005.
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Justin Timberlake celebrates his first solo UK number one single, knocking Beyonce and Jay-Z off the top.
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LOS ANGELES: Despite a nasty public feud that brought an abrupt end to their joint tour last weekend, R Kelly and Jay-Z are chummy on top of the US pop album charts.
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Picking the greatest ever hip-hop  album is a tall order and Entertainment Weekly admits its list  marking 25 years since the birth of mainstream rap is  subjective, with Eric B & Rakim at No. 1.