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After being released from prison just this past December, rapper/producer/songwriter, John Forte is already releasing his newest EP.

Some 7,000 tickets for two Prince concerts at the Montreux Jazz Festival have been snapped up eight minutes after going on sale, say organisers.

OUTCASTS UNITED. By Warren St. John. Spiegel & Grau. 307 pages. $24.95. "Outcasts United" tells the story of the Fugees.

A member of the seminal '90s rap trio the Fugees, Pras' solo career didn't rise to the same heights as those of his colleagues, Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill, in part because he concentrated more on acting than music.

Don't spend this Fourth of July in a drunken haze. You've been doing that and sitting in the back of your friend's hatchback going oooh and aaah to the fireworks for far too long.

As a journalist, you get used to dealing with tragedy. However, when it comes to the death of a high profile figure, you stop and think for a moment.

The internet was flooded with electronic tears for Michael Jackson on Friday, with micro-blogging site Twitter notching up hundreds of tributes every minute including many from fellow celebrities.

Haitian-born rap star Wyclef Jean will stand in at the Montreux Jazz Festival for Lauryn Hill, who has canceled her European bookings, organisers said on Tuesday.

A video of a blood-drenched young woman, purportedly killed in the Tehran protests, has become an Internet symbol of the demonstrations and heightened pressure on Iran in its battle with foreign media.

His erratic, jackhammer flow is straight-up archetypal, simplistic and free of parable, yet with an inordinate amount of consequence.

Rapper/producer Sin is set to release a new mixtape, If He's King, Then I'm God, on June 28.

Many expectations come along with one of the most famous last names in music. For Ziggy Marley, the eldest son of music legend Bob Marley, those expectations have helped him establish his own niche in the reggae genre and the chance to work with a wide variety of artists.

THE New York Times is refusing to review a new book by the paper's veteran reporter Warren St.

Hip-hop's first lady, Queen Latifah, is adding a touch of class to the post-festivities of the BET AWARDS '09 by hosting the My Black Is Beautiful Post Show at the Shrine Auditorium on Sunday, June 28 at 11:00 PM.* My Black is Beautiful celebrates the diverse collective beauty of African-American women and encourages Black women to define and ...

File - Lauryn Hill holds the Bible as she accepts the best new artist Grammy during the 41st Annual Grammy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, in this Feb.

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There are many people, particularly at this university, who cringe at the sound or mention of hip-hop music.

Caption: Wyclef Jean ASCAP Pop Awards at the Kodak Grand Ballroom - Arrivals Los Angeles, California .... Human rights campaigner WYCLEF JEAN will be honoured for helping impoverished communities at this year's World Hunger Year WHY-Chapin awards.

What ever happened to Jamiroquai? According to the Associated Press, more '90s bands are touring than ever before.

Sterling Winfield 's diversity is beginning to shine with credits on records by B.B. KING , THE FUGEES , HERBIE MANN , PANTERA , HELLYEAH , SEVENTH VOID and HATEBREED .