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RAPPER NEWS
On August 20, Kanye West shared a new track - a remix of his latest single "Power" featuring Jay-Z - via his blog. Two days later, the rapper announced plans to continue releasing one new song every Friday through Christmas.
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Wyclef Jean's bid for the Haitian presidency has ended, with the former Fugees rapper and music producer left off the electoral council's list of eligible candidates according to Reuters.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - For more than a decade the number of women rappers signed to major American record labels has been in steady decline, leading hip-hop industry experts to ask, where have all the female rappers gone?
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Hip hop star Wyclef Jean is due to find out Friday if he can stand as a presidential candidate in his native Haiti, a day after meeting Haitian President Rene Preval.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Eminem's "Love the Way You Lie" led Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for a fifth week on Thursday, a day after the rapper logged a sixth round atop the albums chart with "Recovery."
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Jay-Z has come in as the world's richest rapper, earning £40 million last year.
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Jay-Z is the world's richest rapper, earning $63 million US last yeark, according to Forbes.com.
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Rapper Says He's Received Death Threats as Gov't Delays Ruling on His Eligibility for Presidential Bid
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Jay-Z has tops a list of the world's richest rappers, beating Diddy in a list by US magazine Forbes.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rap star Jay-Z came first in a list of the richest rappers in 2010, earning more than double that of runner-up Sean "Diddy" Combs.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - In hip hop music, business really pays off if you can sell clothing or other products, according to a recent list of rich rappers from Forbes.com.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Rap star Jay-Z came first in a list of the richest rappers in 2010, earning more than double that of runner-up Sean "Diddy" Combs.
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Haitians are to learn Tuesday whether rapper Wyclef Jean meets the legal requirements to run for the country's presidency when the provision electoral council publishes its candidates list."The definitive list of candidates for the presidency will be published Tuesday afternoon," the council's communications director Pierre Thibolt told AFP.The vote, the first since the January 12 earthquake that leveled the capital, killing at least 250,000 people, is scheduled for November 28.
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Ready or not, here he comes: New York-based rapper Wyclef Jean, of Fugees fame, has announced his intention to stand for president in Haiti’s November 28 election.
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Rapper Kanye West has sparked rumours of a collaboration with teen sensation Justin Bieber after the pair struck up a bizarre friendship on Twitter.com.
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Following hip-hop musician Wyclef Jean's bid for the presidency in Haiti, RT's Marina Portnaya talked to US rapper Immortal Technique to find out what the music industry can offer to the quake-struck country.
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Eminem has gone to the top of the album charts with Recovery for a third time.
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Nigerian rapper Vocal Slender rose to fame as a Lagos rubbish tip scavenger featured in a BBC documentary, but has found reaching the top of the heap in the music business equally as tough.The 28-year-old singer, real name Eric Obuh, was due to kick-start his international bid for stardom in May as the main act at a show in London's prestigious 2,350-capacity IndigO2 Arena, but pulled out in disputed circumstances.
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LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. rapper Flo Rida and French DJ David Guetta have reached the number one spot with their song "Club Can't Handle Me" after a three-week climb up Britain's singles chart, the Official Charts Company said on Sunday.
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Rapper Flo Rida and Eminem prevent UK girl group The Saturdays from scoring their first number one single.
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