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LL Cool J relearned 'how to rap' on his first album in 11 years, 'The FORCE.' Here's how
Read full article: LL Cool J relearned 'how to rap' on his first album in 11 years, 'The FORCE.' Here's howLL COOL J, the Grammy award winning rapper, actor and author, will release his first new album in 11 years, “The FORCE” on Sept. 6 — 40 years into his hip-hop career.
Ben Affleck inspired J.Lo's first album in a decade. She's using it to poke fun at her romantic past
Read full article: Ben Affleck inspired J.Lo's first album in a decade. She's using it to poke fun at her romantic pastThroughout her career, Jennifer Lopez has been praised as an epochal, prolific and hard-working artist.
Rap lyrics can't be used against artist charged with killing Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay, judge rules
Read full article: Rap lyrics can't be used against artist charged with killing Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay, judge rulesThe man accused of killing Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay can’t have his rap lyrics used against him at trial.
BET Awards show honors Busta Rhymes, hip-hop’s 50 years and pays tribute to Takeoff and Tina Turner
Read full article: BET Awards show honors Busta Rhymes, hip-hop’s 50 years and pays tribute to Takeoff and Tina TurnerThe 2023 BET Awards are celebrating 50 years of hip-hop with tributes to the genre’s earliest voices, late legends, and new talent during a performance-packed show that consistently felt like a party.
Legends come out for hip-hop museum groundbreaking
Read full article: Legends come out for hip-hop museum groundbreakingMusical luminaries including Nas, LL Cool J, and Fat Joe came out to the birthplace of hip-hop for a ground-breaking ceremony to launch the capital campaign for the new Universal Hip Hop Museum.
Jay-Z's Roc Nation forms book publisher with Random House
Read full article: Jay-Z's Roc Nation forms book publisher with Random HouseNEW YORK – A decade after publishing his memoir “Decoded,” Jay-Z is forming a more lasting partnership with the book industry. Roc Nation, the entertainment company founded by the rapper, is starting an imprint with Random House called Roc Lit 101. In a joint announcement Tuesday, Random House and Roc Nation promised “books at the dynamic intersection of entertainment and genre-defying literature." Future releases will include a book by Meek Mill on “criminal justice and survival,” memoirs by rappers Yo Gotti and Fat Joe and fantasy fiction from rapper Lil Uzi Vert, along with everything from cookbooks to children's stories. Roc Lit 101 will be led by Chris Jackson, the publisher and editor-in-chief of the Random House imprint One World and a recent recipient of a lifetime achievement award from the Center for Fiction; and Jana Fleishman, executive vice president of Roc Nation.
This Man Stopped Working With Pitbull and Rick Ross to Start a Food Truck
Read full article: This Man Stopped Working With Pitbull and Rick Ross to Start a Food TruckA chance meeting led him to working with rapper Luke, and that turned into him promoting a then-unknown artist named Pitbull. "Instead of using their per diem money to go order food, they would just be like, 'let Teach cook.' Pictures and video of the food went up on social media, catching the attention of rapper Bun B of UGK. Turton made the leap, walked away from the music and purchased a food truck. When Turton stopped working for Pitbull, the rapper gifted him with some money to help with start up costs.