On his 2005 album, Ceasefire, Jal raps in four languages: Arabic, English, Swahili and Nuer.
And elsewhere, Rhymefest raps about the ineffectiveness of P Diddy's Vote or Die campaign.
The duo wore their clothes backwards as a gimmick, but they won over fans with their raps.
The final raps resolve the musical phrase, just as dropping the voice in speech resolves the spoken phrase.
The group performs primarily at high schools, delivering an anti-bullying message via pop songs, raps and dance routines.
"One mistake change lives all in one night, " he raps in one verse.
Dr. Dre made the bulk of his money on headphones, but he also raps, produces and plays the occasional concert.
Meanwhile, the president has been receiving some raps on the knuckles from journalists and thinkers who've been sympathetic in the past.
This spring, he released his first major-label album called "Loco Motive"--that's two words--in which he raps over funky beats and country twangs.
He's not a great rapper by traditional standards, so he pads his message raps with what he does best: big, clunky punchlines and inspirational refrains.
In the music video entitled Fashion Shower, dello Russo, who refers to herself as the guardian of fashion, raps, dances, struts and frolics on a gold bootie.
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Tattered notepads turned obsolete, as many artists instead began committing raps to memory or constructing them off the cuff in the studio, one line at a time.
On "Valentine, " based on "My Funny Valentine, " Mr. Thaws raps over a loop of Chet Baker singing the song's title until Ms. Belmonte enters to sing a new lyric and melody.
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Unlike many raps groups, known in Senegal for their extreme dress sense and dreadlocks, Laxaso's members - who are all in their early twenties - embrace the traditional Senegalese mode of dressing and wear flowing robes, or boubous.
In a forceful but controlled statement to the judge punctuated by occasional raps with her first on the podium, Hill described how she failed to pay taxes during a period when she'd dropped out of the music business to protect herself and her children, who now number six.
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