"The group's music crossed genres and color lines, and helped bring rap to a wider audience, " said Neil Portnow, president of the Recording Academy.
But they are more likely to listen to rap or reggae than to native music.
This belief conflicted with the postmodern professoriat that prefers cutting rap records to teaching--or, if forced to teach, teaches liberation theology over the American Revolution.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor later added the example of violent rap music to the list of media that are currently protected by the First Amendment.
FORBES: Supreme Court Considers Videogame Free Speech Rights
Nike China invests in underground street-ball tournaments, sponsoring local rap artists to write street-ball anthems, and even designing and freely giving away customized street-ball Nike products.
FORBES: Can China Lead The Development Of The Shared Value Economy?
It was the first rap group to have a Top 10 album on the pop charts, the first to have a gold and platinum album, and the first nominated for a Grammy.
Securities analysts and money managers need to pay more attention to the themes and prices of contemporary art, and to rap lyrics, if they want to feel the undercurrents of each cycle.
This was back when plasmas had a bad rap due to rumors were flying around about refilling the gases and HAZMAT accidents, but still, everyone wanted one - except their five digit price tag.
He also sees endorsements as an opportunity not only to help fund tours and album parties (and host an award ceremony for his top fans at the celebration, during which he presented awards to Rap Genius and others), but to personally hold major companies accountable for their practices.
FORBES: Power of Music Part 2: Lupe Fiasco And The Business Of 'Conscious Rap'
A., Roxanne Shante, Queen Latifah and others, but when I want to hear a lady rap, my selection to choose from remains pretty slim.
When it comes to Glover and to misogyny in rap, I have less to say.
If he fails to find a consensus, though, he will have to take the rap for what is sure to be a very unpopular reform.
From the fight of handicapped women for motherhood to a man's battle against desertification, from the use of rap and dance to escape violence to reflecting on the concept of "home" and migration, these films are currently being broadcast worldwide, leading viewers to consider important societal issues.
The rap on converting to server-based has long been that it was big business complicated.
So if I went on to rap about it in Kashmiri, that would be useless.
You've got to do the whole rap thing - people still need to be educated.
"The rap stars like to pull up and just look at you, " says Milliner, typically nonplussed.
As he grew up, Koushik's own tastes spread to all sorts of rock, and to rap music.
An old lady was peering through the side window, knobbly knuckles poised to rap on the glass again.
On occasion he's added punk, rap and rock to his core trip-hop sound.
WSJ: Tricky Business: Style Built on Samples | By Jim Fusilli
He has never left Kashmir, but he speaks excellent English and has taken a strategic decision to rap in English.
"I listen to rap and fusion music, but mostly rap, and especially Si Simo because he's from this neighborhood, " said a local man.
And you guys -- there's nothing wrong with having fun and fooling around and playing sports and listening to rap music and all that stuff.
WHITEHOUSE: The President Brings Christmas Cheer to Boys and Girls Club
What made you decide to rap about videogames?
FORBES: Dan Bull's Hip Hop Videos Are Better Game Trailers Than the Official Ones
You know, I've been to rap concerts where there were white rappers and completely white audiences, and they're not rapping about, you know, the kind of traditional hip-hop concerns about what life is like in the African-American community.
But where other so-called socially conscious MCs get bogged down in brainy, all too righteous rhymes about social ills and politics, Rhymefest has a sharp whit, a sense of fun, and loads of other subjects to rap about - including his strong libido and how other lesser MCs have made him quote, whacktose intolerant.
"In Da Club" marks the joyful, playful start of a depressing era of party rap somewhat akin to the hair metal situation of the '80s a stretch that nonetheless yielded some gems (thanks Lil' Jon, Usher and Luda) and only now, at the end of the decade, seems to be drawing to a close.
Again, I think that wegroes kind of come with their own set of issues, among them the desire to be the, you know, the one, you know, down white boy who can find his way to escape the responsibilities of the past, goes to rap concerts and is like thrilled that there is this multiracial experience that we're taking a part of, which I'm not sure.
应用推荐