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The Fugees translated an intriguing blend of jazz-rap, R&B, and reggae into huge success during the mid-'90s, when the trio's sophomore album The Score hit number one on the pop charts and sold over five million copies.

The Carlson School of Management rises from the asphalt like a monument to capitalist ambition.

The musical tributes continue to pour in for Michael Jackson . In addition to his official memorial ceremony earlier this week - which featured performances from the likes of Mariah Carey , Usher and John Mayer - the hip-hop community also came forward with a few live tributes.

The Ann Arbor, Michigan, native's arrangements are so reminiscent of old Motown that they caused Stones Throw founder Peanut Butter Wolf to believe they were re-edits of tracks from that former era.

Jay-Z has re-affirmed his position as the King of Hip-Hop - his past year earnings of $35 million have placed him at the top of a new Forbes magazine fortune list.

From the decade before the Revolutionary War to the eve of World War I, many of America's most revered artists captured the temperament of their respective eras on canvas.

Kanye West delivers emotionally charged performances of 'Diamonds' and 'Gold Digger' from his sophomore effort, Late Registration, stunning versions of 'Jesus Walks' and 'All Falls Down'.... Kanye West - Play All Biography In the span of a few years, from 2001 to 2004, Kanye West went from hip-hop beatmaker to worldwide hitmaker, as his stellar ...

A TEAM of care workers from Blacon have completed the unusual feat of a 19 mile walk from Wrexham FC to Chester City FC for charity.

Prelude to a Legacy 07.10.09: Hip-Hop is Dead? Posted by Fred Richani on 07.10.2009 No, this isn't about Nas's near-classic album.

With its mad hatters and Prada-wearing devils, the clique of high fashion takes no prisoners -- nor carbohydrates -- as it perpetually squeezes itself into one elegantly cut sheath after the next, but so much mental and physical drama comes at a price, and in Matt Tyrnauer's new documentary about fashion veteran Valentino Garavani, the viewer gets ...

The Black Eyed Peas ' "I Gotta Feeling" is No. 1 on the record chart, Billboard.com reported Thursday.

Positive messages and breakdancing are integral parts of hip-hop culture, but by 1990 those elements had been temporarily eclipsed by the tough gangsta image and bleak but compelling lyrics of West Coast groups like N.W.A. However, despite sharing a zip code, Black Eyed Peas' vision goes beyond the cracked-sidewalk vignettes and sampled gunfire of ...

The biggest hip-hop impresario of the mid-'90s, Sean Combs -- known as Puff Daddy both here and in the world of rap until his professional name change to P. Diddy, then just Diddy -- created a multi-million-dollar industry around Bad Boy Entertainment, with recordings by the Notorious B.I.G., Craig Mack, Faith Evans, 112, and Total all produced and ...

The list includes everything from Beastie Boys to Coldplay, as well as Wolfmother and Kings of Leon.

Rebel Rock Entertainment/Grand Hustle/Atlantic recording artist B.o.B aka Bobby Ray has announced plans to join Asher Roth and Kid Cudi on the upcoming "Great Hangover Tour." Bobby Ray is set to kick off the tour at Cleveland's House of Blues on July 17th, with dates then continuing through early August .

A Team 4 investigation finds more than half of all areas in western Pennsylvania have high levels of radon -- a cancer-causing gas.

"I Am Legend" director Francis Lawrence is back in business with Will Smith. Lawrence is aboard to develop and direct "City That Sailed," a 20th Century Fox project about a father and daughter living on opposite sides of the ocean whose love is so strong that it causes Manhattan to split off and float across the Atlantic.

Francis Lawrence may be reuniting with his "I Am Legend" star Will Smith for a fantastical drama titled "The City That Sailed" at Twentieth Century Fox, according to The Hollywood Reporter .

The International Youth Arts Festival has inspired a young theatre group Ugly Duckling who will perform Carriea s War at the performing arts centre at Kingston Grammar School tonight.

A TEAM of marathon runners raised almost A 40,000 for charity Save the Family. The group of 11 runners clocked up the impressive amount after competing in the Flora London Marathon for the past two years.