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Rapper Canibus released a new diss track today aimed at Eminem. The track, titled "Air Strike ," was released on Warlab Records and features Canibus and label mate DZK airing out Eminem over a number of issues.

Thrifty Tunes 11.21.09: Jefferson Airplane - Takes Off Posted by Paul Hollingsworth on 11.21.2009 To celebrate the one year anniversary of Thrifty Tunes, I look at one of the first albums which helped changed many of my opinions about what 'good music' really means.

It's 101 degrees in the produce section - of downtown Los Angeles, that is. Tucked amid food warehouses and wholesale distributors is DC Studios, home to a variety of standing sets, many of them modeled after buildings in the nation's capital.

The Bad Young Brother was doomed to commercial failure, but won something more valuable for the fledgling UK rap scene in the 80s a ' respect How you rap is no longer an issue for British hip-hop artists such as Speech Debelle , who owe this debt to Derek B. Photograph: Simone Joyner/Getty With Dizzee Rascal seemingly a national treasure, and the ...

Yes, details have leaked. But as "Going Rogue" hits stores today, plenty of surprises remain.

CMA Award-winning duo Sugarland will be among the performers for the special, The Grammy Nominations Concert -- Countdown to Music's Biggest Night , Wednesday, Dec.

Queens, New York rap legend/actor LL Cool J has been tapped to host The Grammy Nominations Concert Live - Countdown to Music's Biggest Night." LL, who has earned two Grammy's of his own, will host the concert for the second year in a row, live from Club Nokia in Los Angeles.

Legendary Hip Hop artist LL Cool J has been tapped to host next month's " Grammy Nominations Concert Live!" for the second year in a row.

Caption: LL Cool J prepares himself a cup of coffee while listening to music on the set of his television show 'NCIS: Los Angeles' Los Angeles, California .... O'DONNELL SHOCKS KIDS WITH CO-STAR'S RAP LYRICS Rapper/actor LL COOL J warned co-star CHRIS O'DONNELL off playing his hits collection to his kids - because the album was packed with ...

Today Sesame Street turns 40 years old. As I still pour out tall boys of 211 for Fred Rogers , HipHopDX let me look back at some of the Hip Hop moments that happened in the land of " Sunny days... " Ice-T: Word On The Street His cameo in Breakin ' should've proved that Ice-T was the original rapper-turned-actor. So to see his "Sesame Street" cameo ...

In the underground world of hip-hop, the purity and passion of the artist establish credibility and longevity.

'Mercy' - Veronica tries to save a pregnant woman in the aftermath of a car wreck; Dr.

A recipe that includes a nondescript New York University dorm room, a heavyset Jewish kid from Long Island and a street-wise black guy from Queens seems like an unlikely one to cook up musical history.

King Tut might rise from his fake tomb at the Egyptian Theatre, but Right Said Fred will not be dancing on his head.

So You Think You Can Dance, 8-10 p.m., Fox; or 'Dancing With the Stars.' 9-10 p.m., ABC.

Winding up Herbie Hancock Listening Week at aworks, Watermelon Man remains the favorite.

Bill Cosby doesn't just make comedy or musical parody albums anymore. The comedian has announced he'll release a "socially-conscious" hip-hop record, Bill Cosby Presents The Cosnarati: State Of Emergency , digitally on Tuesday and to stores on Nov.

BROOKLYN, New York - Usually when hip-hop heads new and old gather to celebrate someone being recognized as a "VH1 Hip Hop Honors" inductee, it's a pioneering act like LL Cool J , Rakim or Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.

Looking the part is half the battle. Take Common, for example. Details: Common performs with Maxwell on Monday, October 12, at American Airlines Center.

OK, so she's no threat to LL Cool J or Eminem or even T-Pain , but Miley Cyrus knows how to rap a little bit in a corny-cool old-school style and she knows how to milk a moment like nobody's business.