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How High

Director:Jesse DylanWriter:Dustin Lee AbrahamUniversal Pictures; R; 96 minutesRelease:1/02Cast:Method Man, Redman, Obba Babatundé “Rap's invalidated my ghetto credibility” announced Pharaoh…

Notorious B.I.G. Biography

Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace) (“Biggie Smalls”)singerBorn: 5/21/1972Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York The rapper's murder in 1997 highlighted the on-going west coast-east coast rap war. Under…

Nas Biography

Nas(Nasir Jones)musician, actorBorn: 1973?Birthplace: Queens, New York The son of jazz trumpeter Olu Dara, Nas first came to the attention of hip-hop fans when former 3rd Bass member MC Serch…

Alicia Keys Biography

Alicia Keyssinger, songwriterBorn: 1981Birthplace: New York City The classically trained singer and pianist burst onto the music scene in 2001 with the release of her debut album, Songs in A…

The Game

The Game, real name Jayceon Taylor, is a California rapper whose 2005 debut album, The Documentary, entered the charts at no. 1 and earned two Grammy nominations. He grew up in Compton, home of hip-…

Jay-Z

The BlueprintRoc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam He's had a mess of a year with legal battles, while awaiting two separate trials, but rapper Jay-Z's still got the world on a string. The Blueprint…

Eve Jeffers

Name at birth: Eve Jihan JeffersEve Jeffers hit the hip-hop charts in the late 1990s under the nom de rap Eve of Destruction, and by 2003 had branched out into feature films and landed her own series…

Turn It Up

Director/Writer:Robert AdetuyiNew Line Cinema; 100 minutes; RRelease:9/00Cast:Pras, Tamala Jones, Ja Rule Most Fugees fans agree that Lauryn Hill had most of the talent, then Wyclef Jean, and…

Nine Inch Nails: The Fragile

The FragileNothing/Interscope After two years in studio seclusion, Trent Reznor, the industrial art rocker behind Nine Inch Nails, has come up with a sprawling double disc that's filled with…

Mariah Carey

RainbowColumbia On her recent albums, multi-platinum diva Mariah Carey has shied away from showcasing the distinctive and incredibly high-pitched squeal that was once such a vital part of her…