Was Muhammad Ali the first rapper?
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"Float like a butterfly/ Sting like a bee/ Your hands can't hit/ What your eyes can't see."
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Eminem made his voice heard for the first time at the ballot box. The 32-year-old rapper voted by absentee ballot in Tuesday's presidential election and had a bodyguard drop it off, township clerk Dennis Tomlinson said.
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The Greatest is now an Ivy League doctor. Muhammad Ali has been awarded an honorary doctorate of humanities from Princeton University.
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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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MIAMI (Billboard) - He achieved crossover success long  before the music business coined that phrase.
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_ Officials say they may not know for several days what caused the death of the rapper known as ODB. ODB, whose legal name was Russell Jones, died at a Manhattan recording studio Saturday.
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Boxing legend Muhammad Ali reportedly attended the wedding of his daughter Laila, a champion fighter in her own right, to former American football player Curtis Conway here on Sunday.
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Mike Tyson answers questions following his workout, July 1, 2004, at the Central Boxing Club, in Phoenix. The former heavyweight champion was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor criminal damage for allegedly
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Jail never made anybody tougher. Youâre either tough before you go in or youâre not. If anything, jail makes you paranoid. Hopkins, 39, is probably boxingâs most paranoid representative.
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Rapper Snoop Dogg scored his first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart Thursday with "Drop It Like It's Hot," which had spent four weeks in the runner-up spot.
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LOS ANGELES (Dr.Dre Fans Website) - Rapper Young Buck, known as David Darnell Brown, 23, is wanted as a suspect in a stabbing at hip-hop&#39;s Vibe awards, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.
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One of the most flamboyant characters in hip-hop, the rap artist ODB, collapsed and died in a recording studio on Saturday at the age of 35.
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He started rapping less than four years ago, but the Game is already positioned to become one of 2005's early breakout acts.
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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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The rapper Busta Rhymes was sentenced on Wednesday to three yearsâ probation and 10 days of community service for assaulting his former driver and a fan, The Associated Press reported. Busta Rhymes, 35, whose real name is Trevor Smith, was also fined $1,250 and ordered to pay court costs for driving while intoxicated and with a suspended license. He pleaded guilty to the charges, stemming from four separate incidents, in Manhattan Criminal Court.
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Rapper Busta Rhymes was arraigned Sunday on an assault charge after he was reportedly accused of attacking a man for spitting on his car. The New York Police Department released few details about the arrest, saying only that the incident occurred Aug. 12.
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Ahmet Ertegun, who helped define American music as the founder of Atlantic Records, a label that popularized the gritty R&amp;B of Ray Charles, the classic soul of Aretha Franklin and the British rock of the Rolling Stones, died Thursday at 83, his spokesman said.