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'Gangsta's Paradise' Rapper Coolio Dies At Age 59
Born Artis Leon Ivey Jr., Coolio died at a friend's home in Los Angeles, but the cause was not immediately given.
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CLEAN : Lesotho: RAP supporters take it to streets to celebrate electoral lead
Supporters of RAP (Revolution for Prosperity), led by millionaire businessman Sam Matekane, take it to the street to celebrate an early lead in Lesotho's parliamentary elections (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : French pianist Sofiane Pamart, from rap collabs to sold-out solos
A pianist raised on classical standards at the Lille conservatory, 31-year-old Frenchman Sofiane Pamart grew up in the shadows of the rappers he worked with, before going solo with two albums and headlining sold-out shows (Footage by...
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Why Are Rap Lyrics Being Used In Court?
As hip hop assumes its position as a cultural phenomenon, artists, lawmakers and law enforcers are faced with yet another dilemma.
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CLEAN : Algerian rapper Soolking plays Harlem's Apollo during debut US tour
As his merengue-inflected single "Suavemente" once again tops France's songs chart, Algerian rapper Soolking performs at the Apollo Theater in New York, delighting fans and wooing new followers with his blend of rap and Maghrebian folk...
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CLEAN : FILE: Straight Outta Compton reigns at N American box office
CLEAN : FILE: Straight Outta Compton reigns at N American box office
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CLEAN : Premiere of Straight Outta Compton come back film of N.W.A.
CLEAN : Premiere of Straight Outta Compton come back film of N.W.A.
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CLEAN: Morocco: Don Bigg makes the kingdom rap
CLEAN: Morocco: Don Bigg makes the kingdom rap
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CLEAN: Underground but undeterred: Equatorial Guinea's critical rappers
CLEAN: Underground but undeterred: Equatorial Guinea's critical rappers
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CLEAN : Like hero Tupac Israeli Arab rapper's music provokes
Israeli Arab rapper Tamer Nafar's politically charged lyrics have sparked the same kind of controversy that may have made his hero Tupac Shakur proud
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CLEAN : AFCON-2017: French rapper Booba to perform at opening ceremony
French rapper Booba spoke to the press ahead of his surprise performance at the opening ceremony of the Africa Cup of Nations soccer tournament on Saturday
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CLEAN : Juggalos march on Washington to protest 'gang' label
Wearing piercings and horror makeup a thousand fans of controversial US rap group Insane Clown Posse descend on Washington alleging discrimination since the FBI labeled them gang members in a 2011 report
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CLEAN : French rapper Soprano conjures up the 80s for new album
A key figure in the French music scene for 20 years, French rapper and signer Soprano is beginning a "new cycle" with his album "Chasseur d'étoiles" (Star Chaser) (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Mixed-genre opera to premiere in Brussels
Baroque, jazz, hip hop, rap are all intertwined in a new opera, "The time of our singing", created in Brussels to tell the fate of a mixed race family in a segregated America (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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VOICED : In Havana even rappers divided on warming relations with US
VOICED : In Havana even rappers divided on warming relations with US
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CLEAN : Electro music star Stromae goes gold
CLEAN : Electro music star Stromae goes gold
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CLEAN: French music festival opens up new music horizons
CLEAN: French music festival opens up new music horizons
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CLEAN : Brexit: The Musical gives Boris star billing
Wearing a blonde wig and bicycle helmet a dishevelled Boris Johnson sings and raps at a demonic Vladimir Putin Brexit as tragicomedy has hit the London stage
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Boris Johnson's neighbour performs a rap about him
A neighbour of Boris Johnson and his girlfriend Carrie Symonds dedicates a rap to him. The rapper, known as Too Many Ts, performed the song outside his home in Camberwell, London.
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Mike GLC arriving at Southwark Crown Court
CLEAN: Exterior shots of Mike GLC aka Michael Coombs arriving & departing with llegal team at Southwark Crown Court for drugs trial. Mike GLC arriving at Southwark Crown Court on January 09, 2014 in London, England (Footage by Sky...