Rapper Ludacris shows serious side on new album
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The shorn locks provide a clue to  rapper Ludacris' new musical direction.
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NEW YORK - Rapper-producer Kanye West received a leading six Source Hip-Hop Music Awards nominations Thursday, while Ludacris got five.    West's nominations included best album, video, lyricist and producer of the year...
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Rapper Eminem's new single has become his highest entry on the US singles chart.
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The rapper Game, Dr. Dre's newest protÃ©gÃ©, hopes to ignite a California revival with his debut album, "The Documentary," which arrives this week.
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Ludacris has thanked his fans for their support and asked for privacy to grieve following the death of his ailing father.
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In her decade-plus career, R&B  artist Erykah Badu hasn't been afraid to wait long periods  between projects.
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Rappers love a good feud. Whether  it's East Coast vs. West Coast, or Eminem vs. everyone, the  spats inspire spiteful lyrics that make for juicy listening.
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Irv Gotti is hoping that his new reality show will help him get to the top of the music world once again.
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On her indie debut, much like her  previous albums, Long Island, N.Y.-bred Lil&#39; Mo emotively  relates around-the-way tales of love and lust, heartache and  heartbreak.
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Barack Obama is coming for that Number One Spot. The senator, contemplating a run for president, met privately with Ludacris on Wednesday. "We talked about empowering the youth," said the rapper, whose real name is Chris Bridges.
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Paris Hilton is no stranger to self-promotion. But when she asked DJs to play songs from her upcoming debut album, "Paris," last spring, she wasn't so confident.
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Eminem's new CD is his most conflicted release so far: it includes some of the most exhilarating songs Eminem has ever recorded, alongside some of the most inert.
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"Turning Point" is more than the title of Mario's sophomore CD. Now 18, the R&amp;B crooner is making the transition from boyhood to manhood.
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As Universal Music nears a deal to buy out the rap star Jay-Z and his partners from their venture, Roc-A-Fella Records, the company has renewed an unconventional plan to bring the artist into its executive ranks by naming him president of the Def Jam
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Lenny Kravitz, who is set to release his eighth studio album, on what heâs listening to and watching.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Ludacris, Public Enemy and Mase are  among the acts that will perform at Race to the Polls, an Oct.  14 voter awareness concert at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom.
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After a long flirtation with the glamorous job of being a New York rapper, Cam'ron has reinvented himself as one of hip-hop's most appealing surrealists.