Hip-Hop Summit Pulls Out of Protest
241675
The celebrity lure of the MTV awards was called a contributing factor to one event not being as flashy as promised.
504
Groups gathering near a Berkshire dairy, the scene of disturbances across three nights this week, can be removed from the area by police.
484671
Cristal,   the champagne that has been name-checked in songs by rappers like Lil&#039;   Kim, Snoop Dogg, Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs and 50 Cent, no longer has a place   on Jay-Z&#039;s table. The Def Jam Records president announced Thursday that   he would be boycotting the beverage, both at home and at his chain of   nightclubs, due to comments made by a Cristal executive that he found   offensive.
389183
Hip-hop has such a negative connotation in some circles that some people equate it with thuggery or crime &#151; an unfair depiction that DMC of the legendary rap group Run-DMC is trying to dispel.
214006
Hogmanay celebrations get under way as X-Factor winner Leon Jackson pulls out of Edinburgh's street party.
740243
Rappers Jay-Z and OutKast walked away with the most MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday with four "Moon men" each as the music television network took its annual awards show out of New York or Los Angeles for the first time.
159092
R &amp; B star R. Kelly has been kicked off Jay-Z&#39;s &quot;Best of Both Worlds&quot; tour after the tension between the two artists boiled over at Madison Square Garden in New York.
687767
The two main oil-worker unions in Nigeria said they called off a strike planned for Monday to protest insecurity in the restive petroleum-producing region pending a meeting with President Olusegun Obasanjo.
324571
A protest forced the removal of headwear bearing the symbols of the Bloods, the Crips and the Latin Kings from retail stores in East Harlem.
610248
LONDON: Britain&#39;s minister for rural affairs Alun Michael pulled out of an official visit yesterday to avoid a showdown with 200 protesters gathered to protest a looming ban on fox hunting.
398458
Thousands turned out in Kosovo's capital Monday to see rapper 50 Cent perform in the territory known more for its political woes than party tunes.
317680
50 Cent, who is in a much-hyped battle of album sales with Kanye West, has canceled several performances in Europe.
333826
Trade Unions and civil rights groups in Nigeria, Africa&#39;s largest oil exporter, have called off a national strike over fuel prices.
459139
Negotiators for 14 major District hotels walked out of contract talks with the union that represents 3,800 employees yesterday afternoon, raising the prospect of a work stoppage as early as today at the city's largest hotels.
728824
In a scene eerily reminiscent of a Lohan family barbecue, a rap rivalry disrupted Monday&#39;s Vibe Awards ceremony in Santa Monica, Calif.
128645
The cancelled concert series featuring R. Kelly and Jay-Z leaves a lot of concert-goers cold. NEW YORK (CNN) - Fans looking forward to &quot;The Best of Both Worlds&quot; concert featuring R&amp;B singer R. Kelly and hip
614624
Hip hop artists Lil Wayne and Ja Rule were arrested Sunday evening after a concert in Manhattan on charges of criminal possession of weapons, each in separate incidents, a New York Police Department spokesman told CNN.