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HU event seeks to harness youth vote
247-7821For Barack Obama, winning the November election will hinge in part on his ability to turn out young people. The campaign has dispatched a number of surrogates, including musicians like Nasir "Nas" Jones to help turn out the youth vote. The rapper came...Tags: Political Campaigns, Colleges and Universities, Music Industry, Celebrity, Election Day
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LL Cool J talks about 50 Cent, Jay-Z and leaving Def Jam
The Associated PressWith his latest CD, LL Cool J is readying his exit and preparing for his future at the same time. "Exit 13" is his 13th CD and final official album for Def Jam records, which has been his label home for 23 years. But LL is hardly about to leave the music...Tags: Hip Hop, Jay-Z, Music Industry, 50 Cent
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Happy birthday: Sept. 14
Sam Neill, actor, 61 Faith Ford, actress, 44 Kimberly Williams-Paisley, actress, 37 Nas, rapper, 25 Amy Winehouse, singer, 25 Adam Lamberg, actor, 24Tags: Sam Neill, Celebrity, Amy Winehouse, Kimberly Williams
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Back to Björn Borg: Fila revives its signature 1970s tennis styles
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWHEN IT comes to sportswear logos, Fila's rounded "F" is only slightly less iconic than Adidas' triple stripes and the Nike swoosh. The '70s tennis star Björn Borg grand-slammed his way into sports history wearing the F-crest on his chest, and less than a...Tags: Luke Wilson, Serena Williams, Nike Incorporated, Armed Forces, Defense
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Ne-Yo, Keri Hilson and the style that lasts: R&B
Times Pop Music CriticLOOKING classic-casual in a summer blazer, gray fedora and matching silk scarf, Ne-Yo leaned over his laptop in a West Hollywood recording studio one mid- August afternoon, playing selections from "Year of the Gentleman," his third solo album, out Sept....Tags: West Hollywood, Busta Rhymes, Clothing and Textiles Industry, George Clinton, Popular Music
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Snoop passes Aussie sniff test
Australia's cool with Snoop Dogg. The rapper has been granted a visa to enter Australia for a concert tour, now that the immigration department has finished a full character assessment of the entertainer. Australia had earlier expressed concern about...Tags: Prosecution, Harry Potter, Snoop Dogg
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Nelly and Ne-Yo, and a Judy Collins tribute
*Nelly, Brass Knuckles. First album in four years from St. Louis rapper features collaborations with Snoop Dogg, Usher, Ciara, Rick Ross, Fergie, Chuck D., Akon and Pharrell Williams. *Ne-Yo, Year of the Gentleman. Third album from R&B hitmaker "(So...Tags: Busta Rhymes, Dwight Yoakam, Popular Music, Kanye West, Randy Travis
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Fall Rock Concerts: Schedule Of Biggest Shows
Courant Rock CriticConcert schedules ebb and flow, it's true, but there's usually at least one act worth seeing live every week. Some weeks have more to offer than others — there's an awful lot going on Oct. 4-5, for example — but there should be something...Tags: Foxwoods Resort Casino, Toad's Place, Genetics, Miley Cyrus, MySpace
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The week in live music
Special to the Chicago TribuneSATURDAY No genre boasts as many sub-varieties as heavy metal, and in a field already drowning in meta-categorization, Finntroll has developed the wackiest offshoot yet. The Finnish sextet's folk-based humppa metal stems from its homeland's polka...Tags: Country Music, Metal and Mineral, Volcom Incorporated
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Nas' 'Untitled' is thoughtful, angry rap
Sun pop music criticNas Untitled Sun Grade: B- Oops, he did it again. Nas managed to get pop and hip-hop circles buzzing over an album title before a beat or rhyme could be heard from it. The last time the New York rapper did this was in 2006, when he declared in the title...Tags: Archery, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Busta Rhymes, Chris Brown
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A review of Rock the Bells in Miami's Bayfront Park
South Florida Sun-SentinelPerforming in Miami on Friday night at Rock the Bells, rapper Q-Tip wore a backpack - "backpack rapper" being a slur that rap's gangstas aim at their higher-minded peers. Q-Tip's campus accessory looked like a joke at his own expense and, at the same...Tags: Back Packs, Defense, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Method Man, Armed Forces
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Left speechless?
When a microphone at Fox News Channel caught Rev. Jesse Jackson's cutting under-his-breath remarks about Barack Obama, it turns out that "nuts" was not the reverend's only troubling N-word. Besides whispering to another guest on the set that he would...Tags: Richard Pryor, Cultural Development, Elections, Jesse Jackson, Barack Obama
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