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Throughout 2009, Nas and Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley have been tucked away in famed Los Angeles studios, recording their self-titled Distant Relatives album.

Rakim 'Covers' HHC Digital 005 " Available now for free download, HHC Digital 005 is headed up by Rakim.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Listen back to the Nov. 6 edition of THE FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE SHOW iTunes PODCAST featuring live guests, Rakim, RA The Rugged Man, Scorzayzee, Harry Shearer , Mykil Miers and more! " Rakim joins us for one of his most deep and lengthy interviews of his entire career.

Evol Intent, with FSTZ. Monday, November 16, at RecordBar. Atlanta-based electronic trio Evol Intent traverses jagged, stuttering IDM , trancey ambient pulses that waver between pretty and dark, and dance-floor breakbeats that race across an array of vocal samples and raps.

Kathy Brown of Lakewood, Ohio, kept the beat as Mollie Caravello of Norwood, Mass., rapped; Wendy Magee of London held the microphone during a session of "Clinical Applications of Rap in Music Therapy." MISSION VALLEY - The rap on rap music is that it can be derogatory, misogynistic, violent.

Duck Down Records' Sean Price is promoting his official mix CD, Kimbo Price , by joining Raekwon on the East-Coast leg of his current tour.

When three years ago the famous rapper Nas called his provocative album "Hip Hop is Dead," sparking debates and long-winded discussions in the hip-hop community, he did not of course mean that the genre was "dead" commercially.

There was huge anticipation from the crowd in seeing one of the most important and respected MCa s of all time NAS live with a 7 piece band.

HHP, the South African multiawards-winning rapper, says he is taking his music a step further and is bringing in US rapper Nas to collaborate with him.

When South Jamaica, Queens, rapper Ali Vegas entered the New York hip-hop scene in the late '90s, he was labeled as the next breed of poignant and reflective rap artists to follow in the footsteps of that borough's important MCs, like Kool G Rap, Nas, and Mobb Deep.

Turning the Screw: Lil Keke, Trae, Dre vs. Rush Limbaugh, Weezer, Weezy, Chamillionaire, 50 vs.

Cormega [ click to read ] has clarified misinterpreted statements made last week about Drake during a radio interview [ click to read ]. The Queensbridge rapper has come out to say that he feels he was misrepresented.

New York, NY -- Fans of the hardcore style of Miami rap raised up from the mean streets of Carol City by platinum-selling artist Rick Ross - are waiting for the pre-order flag to drop onCUSTOM CARS & CYCLES, the first album by Triple C's , the group that came together around the Teflon Don over the past decade-plus, and now includes Gunplay, Torch, ...

Weezy and Weezer link up for a rap-rock hybrid from Weezer's Raditude . Gnarly, dude.

Here's Victor Vazquez , one half of Das Racist, taking SFJ to task: SFJ is savvy enough to know that before pulling a a oewhiteA man speaks authoritatively on black culturea move, he needs to first establish an acceptable precedent for his argument by locating it in the ideology of a credible black artist .A But notice how SFJ then immediately ...

Andrew Emery pays tribute to the original rap attacker Mr Magic, the man who invented rap on the radio When even two sworn enemies a ' Tupac and Notorious BIG a ' can agree that you're a legend, chances are you're a legend.

MAB should learn from its mistakes and book a big-name Summer Breeze. It was like a bad joke.

Rap singer Nas is the latest hip-hop performer facing tax trouble, with the IRS filing a lien against him for $2,584,206.31. The tax lien is for income that the singer earned in 2006 and 2007, according to TMZ.com. The 36-year-old performer, who was born Nasir Jones, signed a four-album deal with Def Jam Records in 2006.

Weighing in early on what academics call "periodization" is a dicey proposition.

Kelis isn't the only person trying to get money from Nas -- turns out Uncle Sam is too! TMZ has obtained a federal tax lien filed last month against Nas for a whopping $2,584,206.31. Looks like Nas didn't pay his taxes in 2006 and 2007.