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Celebrity Benefit for Worlda s First Hip-Hop Museum in NYC, Hosted by Chuck D and KRS One

This Red Carpet affair will take place on Feb 9, 2010 at the M2 Ultra Lounge, 530 West 28th Street, NYC.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, The Roots, Black Entertainment, Ice-T, Rap, Public Relations

Mon Nov 09, 2009

HipHopDx

KRS-One Announces New York Area Book Signings

Brooklyn's Powerhouse Books launched its I Am Hip-Hop imprint with the man synonymous with the phrase: KRS-One . Having recently published The Gospel of Hip-Hop: First Instrument , the Boogie Down Productions co-founder-turned-author is touring New York and New Jersey to greet fans and readers of the effort.

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Related Topix: Tribeca (New York, NY), Hip-Hop, Boogie Down Productions, Retail, Barnes and Noble, Livingston, NJ

Sat Nov 07, 2009

HipHopDx

Masta Ace & Edo G f. KRS-One

Masta Ace & Edo G f. KRS-One Pass The Mic Comments 4 Post your comments Name Rep yourself be heard.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Inland Empire Weekly

Prophets of Sound

Pomona MEMBERS & POSITIONS : King Jesk ; Hesk Picasoe KINDRED SPIRITS: Influenced by: Kool Herc, Cypress Hill, Nas, Jay-Z, Dilated Peoples, KRS-One, Tupac, A Tribe Called Quest, Big Pun, Big L, Visionaries, Shapeshifters and Scarface.

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Related Topix: Pomona, CA, Cypress Hill, Hip-Hop, Black Entertainment, Dilated Peoples, A Tribe Called Quest, Los Angeles, CA

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Feministing

Hip-Hop Needs More Women: We're Looking at You Def Jam 25 Years and Counting.

Hip-Hop Needs More Women: We're Looking at You Def Jam 25 Years and Counting. Ann linked this piece from Davey D's blog of an interview with KRS-1 where he discusses the lack of women in hip-hop: CP: What do you think is missing in hip-hop today? KRS ONE: "I am not just saying this because you [a woman] are asking the question, this is my real ...

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop

Feministing

What We Missed

Mama Cash reports that a coalition of African Lesbians is fighting back against new anti-homosexuality laws in Uganda and Rwanda.

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Related Topix: DePaul University, Hip-Hop

Mon Nov 02, 2009

North Coast Journal Weekly Politics

Most Definitely

There was a time when hip hop was rebel music, a blast from the inner-city alternating between party soundtrack and protest against injustice.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, Common, Cadillac Records, Black Entertainment, Black Star, Jurassic 5, Mos Def

Sat Oct 31, 2009

HipHopDx

Artists Cyphers A Highlight Of The BET Hip Hop Awards

Following the airing of the 2009 BET Hip Hop Awards [click to read] last night the most talked about topic of the night seemed to be the award shows cyphers.

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Related Topix: Joe Budden, Hip-Hop

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Harlem World

Hue-Man Book October Schedule

Literary Agent Regina Brooks gives writers all the advice they need to tap this incredible market andA shows themA how to listen to young adults so that they can create characters their audience can identify with.A Regina Brooks has developed award-winning authors across the YA genre, including a Coretta Scott King winner.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Education, Hip-Hop, John Coltrane, Jazz, Black Entertainment, Comedy, Cosby, Entertainment, Television, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, The View

Wed Oct 28, 2009

City Pages

KRS-One on one: Hip-hop needs more women

Interview and words by Cheverly Council and Rebecca McDonald Photos by B FRESH Photography The vibe was live at Epic on Saturday night for the Stop the Violence Movement/Temple of hip hop show, with B-girls and boys out in full effect, a local hip hop lineup with over a dozen acts such as Illuminous 3, Lila T, and Ill Chemistry , the Twin Cities ...

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, Photography, Arts

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Vibe

KRS-One Writes The Gospel of Hip Hop in New Book

One is set to release a new book, titled The Gospel of Hip Hop: The First Instrument , the first from his I Am Hop Hop series via PowerHouse Books.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, Iam, Rap

Sat Oct 24, 2009

JamBase

KRS-One: The Gospel of Hip Hop

One KRS-One 's The Gospel of Hip Hop: The First Instrument - the first book from the I Am Hop Hop/powerHouse Books imprint - is set for a November release.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, Iam, Rap

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Hip Hop Press

Organic Hip Hop 2009: "Survival Skills 101a 3

November 20 a ' 21, 2009 MIAMI, FL a ' 2009 marks the 6th Anniversary of Organic Hip Hop.

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Related Topix: Miami, FL, Miami Metro, Non-Profit, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Hip-Hop, X-Clan

Wed Oct 21, 2009

City Pages

KRS-One, Shonen Knife, and more

The members of Shonen Knife are deeply in love with the Ramones . The Japanese trio's sound is a mirror image of the short three-chord assaults that their miscreant forebears perfected decades ago, but unlike the hordes of American imitators, they've done away with the leather jackets and druggy angst, crushing the underlying menace of punk with ...

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, Comedy Movies, Rock 'n' Roll High School, Music!, Punk, The Ramones, Asian-American, Japanese-American, Minneapolis, MN, St. Paul, MN, Music, Entertainment

Mon Oct 19, 2009

The Review

KRS-One preaches genre philosophy

One spoke at the university Wendsday. Whoop Whoop! It's the sound of KRS-One! On Wednesday, it was not the sound of the police that brought fans of Hip-hop music and culture to Mitchell Hall, but the opportunity to hear an industry legend speak.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop

Fri Oct 16, 2009

BYU NewsNet

KRS-One discusses the fundamentals of hip-hop

16, 2009----Whether it was talking about Newtonian physics, how Napoleon was the first great graffiti artist or President Ronald Regan's skills as a DJ, emcee and producer KRS-One left no stone unturned as he addressed a packed house at Mitchell Hall about the "Fundamentals of Hip-Hop" on Wednesday night.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, Physics

Wed Oct 14, 2009

AllHipHop.com

KRS-One & Buckshot: Survival of the Fittest

"The truth is Hip-Hop, and with Hip-Hop the bigger you get or if you really want get big, really, you got to get small." - KRS-One Legends are made not born.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop

Mon Oct 12, 2009

Earth Times

Brooklyn in the House! VH1 Brings Hip Hop Royalty Together at the 6th ...

Ashanti, Chrisette Michele, DJ Chuck Chill Out, DJ Clinton Sparks, DMX, Eminem, EPMD, Fabolous, Foxy Brown, Gym Class Heroes, DJ Jaycee, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Ghostface, Ja Rule, Judacamp Choir, Kid Rock, KRS One, Ludacris, Mary J. Blige, Method Man, DJ Nonstop, Onyx, Public Enemy, Redman, The Roots, Rick Ross, DJ Sam Sneak, Scarface, DJ Scratch, The ...

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Related Topix: Television, Media, Comedy, Entertainment, Juice, Thriller, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Fabolous, Black Entertainment, Foxy Brown, Hip-Hop

Thu Oct 08, 2009

Village Voice

'Satan Is A Big Tall European': A Young David Paterson Shares the Stage with KRS-One and BDP

Wow. This stellar clip of BDP and KRS-One getting it in Harlem, circa 1990, contains both cameos from a not-yet-Governor David Paterson--that's him, circa 47 seconds in, right around when KRS gets his white devils dig in--and a pre-Bad Boy Puff Daddy, working a kind of proto-Diddy Bop in the background.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, Music, Entertainment

Tue Oct 06, 2009

AllHipHop.com

Gladys Knight, 9th Wonder, and the Politics of Criticism

"I spit the truth in lethal/ ... It's not the mic; it's the mind I speak through/" - KRS-One & Buckshot, "Connection," Survival Skills , 2009.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Soul, Gladys Knight, 9th Wonder, Hip-Hop, Opinion

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