Koch a moneymaker for rap artists
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From clothes to kicks to the liquor they sip, rappers are label connoisseurs. With their attention to trends in both play and work, it's no surprise that they are record label conscious too.
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With taxes on private equity and hedge funds front and center, many in the industry are looking to Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, for help.
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According to the feds, rap mogul Irv "Gotti" Lorenzo wasn't   just making music over at The Inc.
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The bookkeeper for rap label Murder Inc. was indicted on money laundering charges by federal prosecutors who are probing ties between drug dealers and the recording home of such platinum-selling acts as Ja Rule and Ashanti.
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One of the Senate's most prolific campaign fund-raisers is turning his attention to collecting millions for the Republican Party's 2006 election efforts.
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Money can buy the best legal counsel, but fame also draws public scrutiny.
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There is a fortune to be made from selling naming rights to New Yorkâs five Mafia families.
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Osama bin Laden is using cash from the Afghanistan heroin market to finance his life on the run, paying bodyguards and buying off warlords in Pakistan, says a congressman who has visited the region.
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The road to riches can go through the eye of a needle.
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Rather than attacking SeeqPod, a popular music search engine, the major labels should view it as a template for how to make money on the internet, which isn't going away any time soon.
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Mitt Romney contributed tens of thousands of dollars to groups in a position to influence his image on the right.
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A federal investigation of the rap music industry's alleged ties to the drug world has resulted in charges against the founder of a platinum-selling record label and a notorious crack kingpin, law enforcement sources said Tuesday.
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A million-dollar record deal for an up-and-coming rap artist was put in jeopardy when a Baltimore County judge issued a bench warrant for his arrest, an attorney for the singer said.
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Millionaire businessman's cash goes to academies.
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Russell T. Jones, the rap artist known as O.D.B., was a founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan and made a large imprint on rap music in the 1990's.
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Eliot Spitzer, scourge of corporate America, has turned his sights on to the music industry. The New York state attorney general is investigating the music industry&#39;s practices for influencing which songs are played on the radio.
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You know you're a big time athlete when you've got a posse to do your dirty work for you. As posses go, Pacman Jones has a pretty good one, full of guys equally adept at picking up dollar bills showered on the strip club stage as they are trading shots with whoever gets in their way.