His hard-hitting hip-hop record Ill Manors accompanies his film of the same name - a tale of life on the streets of London.

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He dropped out of Harvard to start a hip-hop record label.

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Now to another ailing wing of the entertainment industry. 2007 has been a particularly bad year for record sales, especially hip-hop.

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After Mike Hussey's non-descript slow medium-pacers were briefly employed, Clarke was given a bowl but a long hop was punched through mid-wicket by Dhoni to record the fifty partnership and more significantly the 300 lead.

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To compile the Cash Kings list, which charts pretax earnings for all living artists whose work is primarily classified as hip-hop or rap, we looked at income from touring, record sales, publishing, films, merchandise sales, endorsements and other ventures.

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Such hip-hop heavyweights as Jay-Z, Linkin Park and Nas are pushing out new vinyl at a record clip, so to speak.

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