Rapper Nas emerges from drama with label debut
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - When Nas and Jay-Z set aside their feud and joined forces last October, it was a great moment for hip-hop, but an even greater moment for Nas. Having been Columbia's staple rap artist for more than a decade, the acclaimed yet commercially unreliable MC seemed poised to reap the benefits of Def Jam's hip-hop savvy.
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"Somebody Scream! Rap  Music's Rise to Prominence in the Aftershock of Black Power" is  the story of this powerfully influential and yet surprisingly  little-understood American musical genre.
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In the beginning, there was Napster. And the lords of the music industry looked upon it and declared war. And the hordes of music fans fought back, using technology to the utmost in order to continually stay
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New York -- Jay-Z, who has professed retirement from his rap career, now has a new job to occupy his time: president of the Def Jam record label.
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A producer got more than he bargained for when he hit it big.
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To some, it's a hurtful racial epithet. For Nas, it's an album title.
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Director Mohit Hussain chooses a contemporary subject to narrate the story of his debut film.
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Eminem's new album debuted atop the charts, following a decision by the rapper's record label to move up the album's sale date amid piracy concerns.
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Hip-hop star Chamillionaire, with a new album in hand, says good rap is not about clichÃ©s about guns, girls and money--it's about telling good stories.
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Shawn Fanning, once reviled by  record labels as the creator of renegade song-swap service  Napster, on Thursday launched a new service designed to turn  the threat of still popular peer-to-peer services into an  opportunity for music companies and artists.
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Whether hip-hop artist Nas discourses on street life, politics or love, you can always count on one thing: He is not going to pull any punches.
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He is a former art student who dresses like a preppy, loves his mother and has no apparent propensity for violence - but Kanye West&#39;s emergence as the new king of rap was underlined last night when he won three Mobo awards.
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Kevin Federline's TV debut as a rapper is getting derided as a not-ready-for-prime-time disaster by critics in cyberspace and the hip-hop community.
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The out-of-nowhere success of Soulja  Boy&#39;s debut single, &quot;Crank Dat (Soulja Boy),&quot; has become the  latest Internet phenomenon to catch radio and record labels off  guard.
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Hereâs a measure of how healthy new music is in New York these days: In a city with roughly a gazillion new-music groups, a new one made its debut on Monday evening at Mannes College the New School for Music, and the schoolâs auditorium was packed.
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Some performers are finding that early success online can turn into an album contract.
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The president of the CondÃ© Nast Media Group has developed an agencylike business within the ad sales unit.