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June 2005 Headlines
Ante Up! (Part 1)-How Conscious Consumption Can Help Us
BAW: RepubLIcans are Tryin to Recruit Russell Simmons
Twista Calls On Chicago Artists to Help Children's Academy
dead prez & Others Set to Release DVD About Police Terrorism
Left Eye's Mother Suing Mitsubishi Over Fatal Crash
A Mother Who belongs to a 2Pac Cult Decapitates Daughter
Cassidy Set to Turn Himself in for Murder
Adult Contemporary Hip Hop
GoGo Godfather Chuck Brown Honored by NEA
Kanye Causes Problems for Diamond Industry w/ Remix
DJ Consequence Set to Release Remix LP Tribe Called Quence
Black Eyed Peas Bridge Gap Btwn Hip Hop and Pop
NY Times: Mixtape Crackdown Sends a Mixed Message
The Bay Today: What is Thizz (History of Hyphy pt 2)
Common Narrating Movie on Former Gansta Disciple 'Noonie' Ward
Trillville Vs Lil’ Scrappy Beef Surfaces
How the Street Gangs Took Central America
Radio Listeners Craving Old-School Hip-Hop
Game's Publicist Shemia Breaks Silence on 50 Cent Beef
Thug Life Army Interviews Siri Khalsa (Hip Hop Photographer)
Church's Hip Hop Service Draws Large Crowds
Bishop Don Juan Lands Advice Column In Elemental Magazine
George Clinton Wins Back Rights To Four Swindled Albums
Commercial or Underground?: Matters of Life and Death
NYPD Police Arrest Mixtape Retailers in East Village
Pharrell Williams Skate Team Captain Shot
`Hi-Tek Hip-Hop,' TV show put Focus on Local Scene
Jay-Z Jumps On Three Tracks For Foxy Brown's New Album
The Colony Raps Back -New Documentary on Kenyan Hip Hop
New LA Hip-Hop Oldies Station Brings Memories of Original KDAY
Murder Dog; Interview w/ Saigon
Rap Cointel-Pro: Saigon, Immortal Technique, Mikkey, and Papoose
Rappers and Graf Artists Bring New Rhythm to Video Games
Grand Wizzard Theodore Hosts 30th Anniversary Of The Scratch
RZA Launches Wu Tang Latino
She Speaks Hip Hop-F$%k An Apology
Tupac Amaru Center Set to Open This Weekend
Why is Hiphop MIA on Missing Women and Children of Color?
Soldier Rap-the Pulses of the War
Legalize the Sideshows: An Open Letter to Mayor Jerry Brown
Somethings to Ponder…Hey Game-When is Enough, Enough?
About to be a Girlfight-New Documentary on Women in Hip Hop
Miss K-Sly's Sleaze Report-Common brings out the Stars
The Hip-Hop Media - a World Where Crime Really Pays
Hot 97 Media Reform Committee REACH to Hold Townhall
Senate Gives FBI More Patriot Act Power
A Sidewalk Trip Down Memory Lane: The Hip Hop Roots Album
One on One w/ the Legendary Roy Ayers
Young Buck Set to Stand Trial
Snoop Dogg's Brother Bing & DJ Quik's Cousin Hit-Team Up
Ain't No Love Loss Between Game & 50 Cent at Hot 97
Chuck D Speaks to the People
Miss Tibb Bits Entertainment News #105
MC Lyte Set to release Book
The Bay Today-What is Hyphy?
Jimmy Henchmen Blast 50 Cent-Hot 97 Restrains Interview
Informant Changes Tune About Notorious BIG Murder
Don’t Let the Name Fool You: Misogyny in Conscious Rap
Is Lauryn Hill R&B or Hip Hop?
Hip Hop: Radical in its Roots, but Will It Continue?
HR 1528: Hip-Hop Cultures Newest Threat
More Than A Hip-Hop Radio DJ - Wendy Williams
Mos Def Headlining Act For 8th Annual Black August Concert
Universal Zulu Nation Responds to Hip Hop Sucks Articles
Blackalicious Set to Make Big Moves in '05
Girl Power Dances to It's Own Groove (B-Girl Be Summit
50 Cent Sues DVD Company Over the Real 50 cent Portrayal
New Dances Set to bring Hip Hop Spotlight to the West Coast
Seattle Fan Says Snoop & Game Beat Him on Stage
Roc's Young Guru & Gangstarr's Guru Clash Over Name
Vibes of the Pro-Black-Brother J Speaks Out
NY Times: Young Bolivians Adopt Hip Hop Personas
May 2005 Headlines
Mos Def and Dead Prez Set to Stand Up For Assata Shakur
Miss Tibb Bits Entertainment News #104
P-Diddy Goes to NY's Highest Court to Appeal Child Support Ruling
Lil Kim in Hot Water for Trying to Sell Trial Tapes
Former Bad Boy Prez Pleads Guilty to Obstructing Justice
Violence Erupts Outside Two NY Hip Hop Clubs
Snoop Says He Wants to Reach Out and Help Suge Knight
MTV Debates the Top 10 Hip Hop Albums of All-Time
Alleged Members Of G-Unit Wounded In Shootout In Queens
The HipHop Police and the Racial Profiling this Thursday
Afeni Shakur Speaks on the Reolution of Hip Hop Beefs
50 Cent Wants To Sign Mobb Deep, M.O.P. To G-Unit Records
Freeway Opens Rim Shop In Philly
Hip-Hop Gets “Punk’d” By Cops & MTV
Irv Gotti Gets to Seperate From 'Supreme' McGriff
TheOG.net Interviews Joe Budden
Jin Says Rap Career Is Over, Records 'I Quit'
Adult Film Star Heather Hunter Releases Album
Rap Star Incites Violence Among Isreali Settlers
Hip-Hop, Gangsta Rap 21st-Century Scourge (The N Word)
A Discussion of the Female Experience in Hip Hop
MTV's Sway & King Tech Take It Back to Basics in 2005
Beyonce Fires Dad who Is MIA at Record Label
Reverend Run Set to Do Reality Show-'Run's House'
K-Sly's Sleaze Report-May 19th
D12 Set to Loan Likeness and Voice to Video Game
Judge Rules Against Jay Z's Countersuit to R Kelly
"Murder' INC close to Being Cut by Def Jam
Film on Kenyan Hip Hop Comes to San Francisco
Hip-Hopping Mad Over Beats and Hooks
Nelly Does Underage Drinking Commercials
Bay Area hip-hop Artists Vie for National Attention pt 2
Hip Hop Community Steps Up to Help Save the Filibuster
Don't Believe the Hype-Simmons Says It's Propaganda
Pioneering Rap Star Syder D Buys Basketball Team
Hip-Hop Smackdown: It's All a Game
Black-Brown Tensions in LA-What’s Behind It?
Dave Chappelle Speaks Out
The Connection Between Hip Hop, New Wave and Punk
Femmixx.com: Exclusive Interview with Kim Osorio
Suge is not the Boogeyman-In Defense of Suge Knight
Busta Rhymes In Studio With Timbaland, Dr. Dre
M.O.P. Split From Roc-A-Fella And Dame Dash
Eastbay Express: Meet Oakland's Frestyle King Mistah Fab
Eminem Settles Lawsuit With Apple
Tom Green Digs Deep To Unearth His Hip-Hop Roots
Jimi Hendrix's Home on the Block
April 2005 Headlines
NY's Hot 97 Hopes to Withstand the Heat-Awaits Ratings
Has Green Latern Been Kicked Out Shady Aftermath Camp?
Chuck D: Johnny Cochran, Jay-Z & Air America
Darryl James: How the White Man Got Us
Game and 50 Cent Hit w/ Lawsuits Over DC Beating Incident
T.I. Squashes Beef w/ Lil Flip
Ice Cube Working on New Album
Artist Known as 'No Puff Daddy' Set to Make Moves
The Revolutionary Heart Of The Dirty South
Pam Anderson Lashes out at P-Diddy & J-Lo
Miss Info Returns to Hot 97 w/ Funkmaster Flex
2Pac's Mom Says No More Albums After this Next One
Houston is On A Roll-Dirty South getting More Respect
Sri Lankans to Ask Bill Clinton to Condemn Hot 97
Shell Toes Live on in the Heart of Hip Hop
Linkin Park Builds Fort w/ Common, Black Thought & Jay-Z
Friends Remember 'Hate Eye' an Emerging Who Was DC Killed
It Needs to Be Ced: Lack of Parental Guidance
Hip Hop Stars and Bars-Keeping An Artist Hot While in Jail
Lyrical Content Undo Deals For 50 Cent and Snoop
Peace Magazine: An Interview w/ Raza
Harvard Cancels Snoop Show
Feds Investigating Irv Gotti in Beating Death of Drug Dealer
Author Adissa Banjoko Teams w/ Jeff Chang and Oliver Wang
Heavy D Set to Star in Will Smith Movie-'Medal of Honor'
Sleeping w/ Artists and Lap Dances
Al Sharpton's Hip Hop Townhall Meeting
Insightful Conference Looks at Role of Women in Hip-Hop
West Coast Artists Come Together and Make Peace
Playahata News; April 15th Tax Day
Outkast and Rosa Parks Settle Lawsuit
P-Diddy Makes it Official w/ Warner Brothers
Hip-hop Mogul Simmons Returns to Def Jam
McDonald's "Big Mac" Hip-Hop Campaign Gets "Cold Shower'
Eve Set to Deal w/ HIV Issues
Snoop & Game Launch West Was One Tour
The Shady Business of Commercial Radio-Payola Is Still Alive
50 Cent Gaining on the Beatles
Can Hip Hop be Feminist?
Fat Joe And Roy Jones Settle Differences
Dame Dash Set to Snatch Chains in New Apprentice-like Show
C-Murder Changes His Name to C.Miller
March 2005 Headlines
Hip Hop Summit Coming to New Orleans on Financial Empowerment
Gorillaz Replace Dan The Automator w/ Dangermouse
Pharrell Williams Launches Ice Cream Skateboarding Team
New Laws Allowing Police to Levy Drug Charges on Club Goers
1st Annual Bay Area Rap Summit (Mini-BARS)
Community Activist Damu Smith Needs Your Help
Hip Hop Mourns the Death of MC Conscious
My Two Cents-Hypocritical Hip Hop
FCC Chair: Let's Regulate Cable-Congressman Calls for Jail Time
2Pac's Godfather Geronimo Ji Jaga Remembers Johnny Cochran
Vast Aire & Mighty Mi Present: The Best Damn Rap Show
Afrika Bambaataa & Grassroots Hip Hop Community Set to Meet with Hot 97
Corporate Executive Challenges Hip Hop to 'Knock the Hustle'
Chi-Town Gearing Up for Hip Hop Feminism Conference
Eminem, 50 Cent and Lil Jon Hook Up for Tour
Jamie Foxx Set to Team Up w/ Kanye West & 50 Cent
Ms Tibbs Entertainment News: #100
Peep This Speech Johnny Cochran Gave in 95 at Essence Festival
RIP: Johnny Cochran He Held It Down For A Long Time
Russell Simmons, Jim Jones Set to Launch Vote Initiative
Emmis and Hot97 Face more Tough Times
Beyond Beats and Rhymes: Masculinity in Hip Hop
Home Grown Hip Hop-Davey D & Jeff Chang at Commonwealth Club
Playahata News: Game Gets Dissed in Mexico
Rappers Battle Over Brand Names
The Bay Today: Thizz The Season
Master P and Silk The Shocker Charged w/ Gun Possession
Nas Responds: 50 Needs to Put in More Work-He's Not Deep
FCC May Soon Hold Hearings About Hot 97
Hot 97 Ordered to Stop Smackfest Contests
Essence Hip Hop Debate Gets Chaotic in New York
Black Electorate Speaks w/ the Hip Hop Minister-Bro. Conrad
Def Jam Prez Jay-Z Says He Feels the Artist's Pain
Jadakiss Fined for Gun and Drug Charges
Hip Hop's Racial Stereotypes with Angry Black White Boy
Our Condolences to Nelly
New Laws Allowing Police to Levy Drug Charges on Club Goers
HSAN & HHSYC React to Protests-They Defend Hot 97 w/ an Open Letter
Davey D Responds to HSAN/ HHSYC Letter About Hot 97
Phat, Joe -Rapper's Hit 'Lean Back' Revives His Career
Lil Kim Rejects Peace Talks w/ Those Who Testified
Taye Diggs Tired of Being Beat Out By Rappers
Why Is Hot 97 in the Hot Seat? Barry Mayo Blames Rappers
Eddie Murphy Set to Star in Hip Hop Task Force Movie
Shooting at Nas Concert (Eye Witness Account)
JT The Bigga Figga Preps Another Game Album
Lil’ Kim Records Music; Braces For Jail
In Wake of Rap World Violence, Honoring Hip-Hop's Cool Side
Fred Hampton Reborn
Playahata Newsletter: Slim Shady Withdraws Lawsuit
Lil Kim Convicted-Could Get 20 Years
The `Most Sampled Woman in Hip-Hop' Mourned
Radio Facts Editorial: Killing For Dollars
Hip-Hop Doesn't Live Here Anymore
NY Times Covers Anti-Hot 97 Coalition and Protests
Bushwick Bill Of The Geto Boys To Release Solo Project
Hadji Williams Clarifies His Multi-Cultural Hip Hop Position
Hip Hop Activist Rosa Clemente Responds to 'Do Non Blacks Owe' Article
Xzibit Nabbed In Guam For Weed Possession
Where's the Beef? Ask Hip Hop
Christian Hip Hop Concert is an Inspiration to All
The Bay Today: Direct Connect March 2005
Ms Tibb Bits Entertainment News # 99
Playahata Reviews: Game - The Documentary
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Playahata Review: 50-Cent - The Massacre
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Playahata Review: Ludacris - The Red Light District
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Playahata Review: Big Noyd - On the Grind
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Soul Legend Lyn Collins Passes Away
Former Korn Singer Wants to Save 50 Cent's Soul
Prosecutors Accuse Lil Kim of Acting Above the Law
Corporations Destroyed Hip Hop & All I Got was a Throwback Jersey
MCs are Born Not Paid
LA Hip Hop Pioneer Mixmaster Spade Passes Away
Havana's Female Rappers and Cuban Hip Hop
Ex-Child Soldier Now Kenya's Hottest Rapper
Stanely Crouch: The Tide Is Turning Against Rap
Rap War for the Ages
Mass Appeal Magazine Editor Killed On Subway
AHH: FBI Closes Investigation Into Murder Of Notorious B.I.G.
Dial Straits-Hot 97's Timeline of Violence
While the World Watched 50-Senate Passes New Bankruptcy Bill
NY Times Guns and Posses-Hip Hop Follows Blues Traditions
Was 50 and Game Truce a Farce?
Lil Kim Takes Stand-Says She's a Victim
Sharpton's People Respond to Davey D Article
Jadakiss Named Artist of the Year at Justo's Mixtape Awards
NYPD Beef Up Rap Task Force-In Wake of Hot 97 Violence
Anti-Defamation League Attacks Russell Simmons
How Much Is Your Stolen Music Worth?-More Than U Think...
Now Al Sharpton Wants to Jump In..What's the Hustle?
Hot 97's Landlord Wants the Station Out of the Building
Oakland's Zion I Set to Release 3rd Album
All Hip Hop Special of 50 Cent/ Game Press Conference
Rap Crews Face Ban Over Shootings-No More Posses
New Zealand Hip Hop Icon Passes Away
The Apprentice Meets Fat Joe, Lil Kim & Hip Hop Slang
'Mos' or 'Less'-Mos Def Scheduled Appearance Disappoints
Emmis and Three Other Radio Companies to meet w/ Sharpton
8 Ball & MJG Fesatured in Upcoming Book on Dirty South
A Double Dose of Damon Dash's Rap Projects
Game & 50 to Hold Press Conference-End Dispute
Hannity and Colmes Speak with Hot 97 Whistleblower
Maxine Waters Pays tribute to LA Hip Hop Radio Show
Canada Has a Rap Task Force
Miss Tibb Bits Entertainment News #98
The Bay Today by T-Kash-10 Hard Questions
Scarface Fronting 'Formaldehyde Funk' Band
Ja Rule Pleads Guilty to Assault in Toronto
Eastbay Express: Keak Da Sneak da Mayor
US Hip-Hop Acts to Make Local Debut in Korea
Hip Hop Against Rascist War
Thug Radio-Beef and Bullets in Rap's Corporate War
Shame on Hot 97-Complain to the CEO
Beef! What About John Lennon vs Paul McCartney
Emmis Deejay Booted for Protesting Song
Playahata Newsletter: Fiddy Calls for a Truce
Author Gives Hip Hop a Bad Rap
Hip Hop Protest a Tonic for the Easily Offended
Gentler Voices Emerge in Rap, Hip Hop
50 Speaks About Where He Got His Name From
Game Takes the Offensive and Downplays Beef
FNV Newsletter: Stop Racist Hot97
Blood Money: The Financial Fruit from the Deaths of Game & 50 Cent
50 Makes First Public Comments Since Shooting
Love Hurts (Rap's Black Eye)
Fat Joe and Jadakiss Slice Beef w/ 50 Different Ways
Playahata Newsletter March 4th
50 Cent Does More Shit on NYC Radio Then I care About
Women carry the fight against hip-hop misogynists
Witness Says Lil Kim On Street During Shooting
Crazy Like a Fox or Young and Reckless? 50 Cent Loves Beef
All Hip Hop Update on Game-50 Cent Drama-Who Got Shot
Friend or Foe More Drama For 50 Cent.More Drama at Hot 97
February 2005 Headlines
No More Groupie Luv
Clear Channel Responds As to Why they Aren't Playing Styles P
Playahata Breakdown the Oscars
Interview w/ Kaygee of the Cold Crush Brothers
HipHopMusic.com Gives Breakdown of Public Enemy Weekend
P-Diddy in Trouble w/ Animal Activists Over Penguins
Greedy Record Labels Trying to Raise Price for Downloads
50 Cent LP Preview: Even 'Great' Can Look Like Falling Off
Ja Rule Launches Film Company
A Celebration of Hip Hop Life, Culture & Intellect
Public Enemy and Paris Collaborate Again
Marvin Gaye's What's Going On-2005?
Female Hip Hoppers Come Together for Herstory
Media Monopoly and the Lies Told By Fox News
FAU Symposim Tackles Hip Hop & Politics-Davey D to Speak
Bridging the Gap-Hip Hop & Reperations Conference @ UC Berkeley
Hip-Hop as Seen by Benzino
Debaters Seek to Answer-Who To Blame For Hip Hop
It's Bigger Than Hip Hop Conference in NYC w/ GW Theodore
Public Enemy Conference @ NYU This Weekend
Hip Hop Author Adisa Banjoko to Speak at Harvard
Cuban Link Set to Make Big Moves in 05
Is Hip Hop a tool of White Supremacy? Meeting of the Minds 2
Rappers & Martial Artists Unite to Aid Tsunami Victims
Playahata News: Paris Teams Up w/ Public Enemy
Hot 97's Sista Station Power 106 Threatens Artists in LA
Fighting Words -Rap During War Times
Anti-Defamation League Orders Simmons to Drop Farrakhan
Rascist Hot 97 is Threatening to Fire Asian Co-Host Miss Info
Grammys Not Quite in Sync with Hip-Hop Community
Have You Heard "I’m Black" by Styles P., Yet?
Danger Mouse Completes Production of Gorillaz Album
Bay Area Artists Messy Marv And Guce Go After 50 Cent & G Unit
Bay Area Rappers Play Role in Sucka Free City
Hip Hop Concert Rattles San Lorenzo, Cali Suburb
On Abuse of Activist Women by Activist Men
Say It Ain't So Snoop-A Gangsta Rapper in Trouble
Eastbay Express: The Godfathers of Gay Hip Hop
Spike Lee's 'Sucka Free City' Draws Bay Area Criticism
Hip-Hop Hype in Denver
Simmons Anti-Semitic Ad Campaign Causes Feud
50 Cents Hartford Suburban Home-No Thug Attire Allowed
JT Tha Bigga Figga Set to Release A New Game Album
P-Diddy Being Sued by Book Publisher
Simmons and Beastie Boys Set to Boycott KFC
Suge Knight to Serve Out Time Via Home Arrest
DJ Clue Made Into a Cartoon
2Pac vs Martin Luther King-Students Compare Eras
Lord Finesse Represents For Big L, Hosts Tribute Show
Million-dollar Baby of Hip-Hop Hits the Plexiglas Ceiling
Hip Hop Artist Seek to Build Bridges Between Generations
Hip Hop Hooks Up w/ Eric Clapton
Cuban Hip-Hop Icons Orishas Release New Album in Spain
Hip Hop Half Time Show Deemed Offensive & Halted
Russell Simmons Rushes to Head NAACP (satire)
Virginia Set to Outlaw Saggin' Pants
Will Ms Info Return to Hot 97's Morning Show?
Queen Of Denmark Takes On Missy Elliott In Logo Dispute
Ong-Bak-Hip Hop & Martial Arts Come Together
Humboldt County Has Hip Hop Organization
Jackson, Mississippi Rapper Speaks on City Banning Rap Concerts
The School for Democracy & Leadership Hosts Historic Hip Hop Summit
The Bay Today: Extra Shady, Extra Crispy
Mos Def Knows Success
January 2005 Headlines
From Sri Lanka-A Stunning Gift of Hip Hop
Ms Tibb Bits Entertainment News #91
Are the Ying Yang Twins & WPGC Next to Come Underfire?
Crips, Bloods and Laura Bush
Suge Knight Arrested
How to Do Battle (Emcees)
Hip Hop Station Offers Fried Chicken for Blk History Month
Message to Hot 97: Hip Hop is All About Skillz
The Elimination of Hip Hop
A Special Message to Street Organizations (Bloods & Crips)
Michael Jackson Comes After Eminem
Black Folks and Media Conference Sparks Off In Philly
Another Perspective to the Hot 97 Scenario
Who Cares About Hot 97? I Don't Because Hip Hop Doesn't
Bushwick Bill of the Geto Boys Reacts to Houston's Suicide Attempt
Rapper Tray Dee of the Eastsidaz Sentenced to 12 Years
Hip-Hop Anthem Unites and Speaks to Ukrainians
Hip Hop Wall Street Hits the Stands
Master P and Silkk The Shocker Arrested On Gun Charges
Jay-Z Sues R.Kelly
More Racial Drama w/ Police in Cincinnatti
Hot 97 Fires Co-Host Todd Lynn..Set to Donate 1 Million Bucks
Russell Simmons Comes Out in Favor of GOP Governor
Snoop Accused of Raping a Woman on Jimmy Kimmel Show
Jeff Chang's Long Awaited Book 'Can't Stop Won't Stop' Released Today
Outkast Set to Release Their Own Movie
Bob Johnson Set to Leave BET
Nas' Baby's Mother To Release All In Tell-All Book
Incarcerated Rapper C-Murder Releases New Album
FCC Says It Will Not Fine Hot 97 for Racist Song
Hip Hop Pioneer Calls Out Congressman For Reintroducing Draft
Public Enemy Comes to NYU To Talk About Making of Landmark LP
Rahzel, Doug E Fresh, C Rayz Walz Set to Help Tsunami Victims
Hip-Hop will Take Center Stage at ISU During Black History Month
Ms Tibb Entertainment News #94
Spike Lee Teams Up w/ Rap Stars for 2 Projects
Lil Kim's Manager Pleads Guilty To Shooting-Kim Set to Stand Trial
2nd Annual Organic Hip-Hop Celebration Brings African Presence
Hot 97-NY's Number One Station For Blazin' Hip Hop & Racism
2Pac's Dad Mutulu Shakur Has Praole Hearing This Week
Game Releases an Official Statement About Recent Incidents
Another Columnist Caught Doing An 'Armstrong' For Bush
'Strange' Tale of Flavor Flav Rapper's Cred Takes Hit
You People Are a Bunch of Hypocrites
Game Banned From Radio One After Alleged Beatdown
2Pac Documentary 'Resurreection' Nominated for Oscar
Crunk Idol Contestant Watched His Big Debut from Jail
Russell Simmons Wants to Help File Your Income Tax
SHG & Hip Hop Pioneers Tour Touches Down in Cleveland This Weekend
Aotearoa New Zealand Announces Fall Hip Hop Summit
Ahmad & 4th Avenue Jones Prepares New Album Release!
Simmons Calls for Economic Equality & Social Reform
Asian American Music Conference This Weekend in SF
Hip Hop Poetry & Politics Panel Kick Off in The Bay
Tools of War-Grassroots Hip Hop Newsletter 1/28/05
Dame Dash Gets Married, Enters Into Boxing World
Initiating Social Action Through Hip-Hop Culture
HOT 97 Sings, Asians Scream and the Polticians Lean Back
Entertainment Lobby Ask Supreme Court to End File Sharing
Ernie Paniciolli Breaks Down the Best 10 Writers on the Web
'BOO'-ing Black History Month: The Big Take Black
Reggeaton Artist Tego Calderon Turns Down P-Diddy
Irv Gotti Surrenders to the FBI
Jin Brings Heat to Hot 97 Over Anti-Asian Remarks
An Open Letter to The FCC About Hot 97
OCA Demands Accountability for Racist Hot 97 Song
Jay-Z Disses R.Kelly in Drop It Like Its Hot Remix
Lawmakers Call For Fines Against Hot 97
Hot 97 Issues Weak Apology & Berate Asian Co-Host Miss Info
Game Involved in Radio Station Beating in Wash DC
Feds Expected To Make Murder Inc Arrests this Week
Should Russell Simmons Lead the NAACP?
Vast Aire & DJ Mighty Mi Set to Launch Best Damn Rap Show
Tame One Returns With Sophomore Solo-LP
Jermaine Dupri Named Prez Of Virgin Records Urban Division
A Real Indepth Breakdown of Hip Hop in New Zealand
C.R.I.S.I.S Scores First On Zambian Hip-Hop Scene
Parenting Columnist Says Rap Not Suitable for Young Kids
Rhymin' and stealin'; Nelson George Breaks Down Hip Hop
Hip Hop in Vermont is Happenin'
Planned Demonstration & Rally at Hot 97-Enough is Enough
Hot 97 Angers Asian Community w/ Racist Song
UK Philharmonia Orchestra Chief Blasts Rap Music
Playahata News: P-Diddy Trying to Buy Broadway Theater
Kanye West Collaborating With Lauryn Hill On New LP
Playahata Movie Review: Assault on Precint 13
Jean Grae Shows Her Brilliance in Wash DC
Usher Accusses J-Lo of Jacking Beats
Rza Set to Release Book-The Wu Manual
Rap Critics Step Up or Sit Down and Hold Your Peace
Ice Cube Keeps Gangster At Bay
Dr Dre Comes Full Circle in the Game
Russell Simmons Recruits Stars For Yoga-Eyed For NAACP Gig
Ice Cube's New Rap-He's Done Drama & Comedy
Hip Hop Hall of Fame Company Goes Public
Hip Hop Pioneers Come Together to Aid Tsunami Victims
Arabic Rap Moves Islamic Youngstaz In a New Way
Ethiopians In Isreal face Two Worlds of Rap Music
Star Gunning For Stern-Says He Ratted Him Out to FCC
The New Game in Town Generates West Coast Buzz
Singer Seal Comes After 50 Cent and Puts Him on Blast
Clear Channel Accussed of Attacking Cali Hip Hop Station
The Game Nearly Ended Up Signed to Bad Boy
Rosa Parks Has Dementia-May Have Been Manipulated to Sue Outkast
The Good, The Bad The Ugly For Hip Hop in 2004
Young Buck Pleads Not Guilty to Vibe Assault
Man Who Assaulted Dr. Dre Claims Suge Knight Paid For Punch
Crtitical Mass-Hip Hop at 30
Wyclef Jean Says Haiti Too Violent to Hold Credible Elections
Will It ever End? The Problem w/ Chronic Candy
50 Cent Continues Verbally Assaulting Fellow Rappers
Niggas Can Still Be Bought-Ask Armstrong Williams
The Rap on Religion-No Wonder Kanye Struck a Chord
What’s wrong with Kenyan Hip Hop?
2Live Crew Member in Accident
Playahata End of Year Awards 2004
Eminem and Dave Mays Square off at Detroit Radio Station
Lil Jon Hooks Up w/ Adult Movie Company
Playahata News: Feminism & Hip Hop Conference Announced
Rap City's 'Cousin Jeff Lands New Political Show on BET
Jay-Z Re-Signs Foxy Brown to Def Jam
Sam Jackson Serious About Not Working With Unproven Rappers
Andre Harrell Producing HBO Drama On Hip-Hop
Playahata Newsletter Jan 11 2005
Suspect Pleads 'Not Guilty' in Dr Dre/Vibe Awards Brawl
The Game Album -Documentary Preview
Oakland's Laney College Offers Hip Hop Anthropology Class
California High School Says 'No' to Dipping it Low
Star and Bucwild Officially Return to New York
Ms Tibb Bits Ent News #91-End of Year Wrap Up
Hip Hop's Influence Reaches Beyond Pop Culture
Stanely Crouch says Hip Hop Invites A Bad Rap
Norweigian Rap Group Madcon Breezes In
Women Also Exploit Mass Media's Obsession w/ Rap & Sex
Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of The Word "Pimp"
Stockton Cali Artist Address Rap's Treament of Women
Nelly Donates 50k To Martin Luther King Jr. Monument
Ja Rule Making Moves w/ New Flick Assault on Precint 13
The New COINTELPRO Def Poetry Jam Artist Underfire
Are Rappers Sending a Mixed Message About Jesus?
Dead Prez and Their Thoughts On Revolution
Village Voice: the Numbers Beyond the Bling
Keak Da Sneak & The Dope Game Posse Ready to Blow Up
Andre 3000 Mark Wahlberg & Tyrese Hook Up/ John Singleton
Snoop Set to Star in 5 Films This Year
Biz Markie Is Back With the Wackiness on DJ Circuit
The Rap on Hip Hop Clubs-Are They Violent?
Marketing Hits a New Low w/ Spinning Gold Teeth
Police Pepper Spray 85 Year Old Man During Traffic Stop
Update on Senate Hearings-Senator Boxer Stood Up...Watch C-Span
Dear Senators-Don't Sell us Out..We Are Watching You..
Senator Boxer Says She'll Stand Up and Support John Conyers
Benzino Says Truce w/ Eminen is a Farce
Mos Def Clowns Limp Bizkit & Other Rock Rap Groups
Predictions: Hip-hop to take Latin Direction
Veteran Journalist Jeff Chang Releases Hip Hop History Book
From Satire to Reality-Mark Skillz Confronts Spinning Gold Teeth
P-Diddy named Person of the Year by BET
Eminem's Lawsuit Against The Source Going To Trial
UCLA Set to Offer 'Hip Hop Music Business' Class
New Hip Hop Movement Aims to Bring Peace in Newark
A Q&A w/ Nas About God, Tupac and Fame
Hip Hop Hits the Road w/ Missy Elliott
Studio Owner Of Eminem's First CD Killed in Detroit
Ernie Paniciolli's Message to 2Pac
Missy Elliott Calls New LP 'My Favorite I've Ever Done'
Da Brat Speaks Out About Her Stint on 'The Surreal Life'
An Open Letter to the Hip Hop Community-Asian Aid
Beastie Boys, Chuck D. Encourage Sampling With Contest
Take Back the Music Campaign set to Launch
Remy Martin Teams Up w/ Lady Saw for 'I Got Your Man'
Luda Vs. Austin Powers? Cris Gets Villainous In Next Clip
All Black Music is linked, and the Chain is Unbreakable
Bill Cosby Busted-Reminded of Hometown Roots
Top 40 Doesn't Chart for Hip-Hop Champion-Jazzy Jeff
Mos Def Struggles to Take Back Hip Hop
Essence Magazine Set to Take on Abusive Hip Hop Lyrics
Senior Airman Bobby Cheeks Keeps Hip Hop Alive
Temple of Hip Hop Launches First Education Center in Cali
Jae Millz Set to melt the Streetz in 2005
Rosa Parks and Outkast Agree to Mediation
FIU Gears Up For Organic Hip Hop Conference in February
Ras Kass Comes Home From Prison
December 2004 Headlines
Funkmaster Flex, 50 Cent and Publicity Stunt 101
Clear Channel Strikes Again-Shuts Down Ad Campaign
Is the US Stingy When It Comes to Giving AID?
I Had a Hip Hop Kwanza
Has the Hip Hop NBA Become the Thug League?
Playahata: Thugs, Pimpin'’ & Revolutionaries
Jay-Z For President
Ras Kass Comes Home From Prison
Playahata Newsletter 12-27-04
What Do 50 Cent and Prof John McWhorter Have in Common?
Wyclef Launches Yele Haiti to Help Rebuild Country
Paul Mooney vs Star & Buckwyld
Playahata News: DMX Has Bi-Polar Disorder
Harvard's Hip Hop Archives Set to Move to Stanford
Ms Tibb Bits Entertainment News #91
Australian Officials Warn D12 to Chill Out
Steve Harvey Speaks Out About MiJacs and Eminem
Lil Kim Launches Clothing Line
Rhode Island Officials Ban Hip-Hop At Club, ACLU Reacts
DMX Arrested Again For Driving Violations
Dame Dash Will Retain Control of Roc-A-Fella Artists
Akon's Manager Gunned Down Preventing Robbery
Rap News Network: 2Pac Album Review
Why Do We Hate Black Women So Much?
Unwrapping the Myths & Origins Surrounding Santa Claus
Mumia: When The Media Manages Us
African Americans and Social Security
Ol' Dirty Died From Cocaine And Prescription Painkiller
Nelly Tells Chingy To Calm Down And Pay Him More Respect
A Tribe Called Quest: Reunited and it Feels So Good!
Ivy Queen: The Story of Reggaeton Royalty
Destiny's Child: When Will These Sisters Learn?
Hip Hop Must Look Back, to Move Forward
Man Up Ron Artess-Don't Be A Punk
Neon Deion Comments on Kobe Situation
Breaking News Voting Fraud Exposed in Ohio
Dame Dash Disagrees w/ Russell Over Rockerfeller Bill
Morris O'Kelly: Enough With Kobe Bryant
Mos Def Forced to Pull Song Off Album
How the Police Can Mess w/ a Rapper's Career
Rosa Clemente: The Rockefeller Drug Reform Sham
The Wire's Springer Bell Did Not Know He Was to Be Killed
Gary Webb Who Wrote About CIA & Crack Found Dead
Four Bush Biographers Have All Killed Themselves-Why?
NYPD Boycotts Christmas Party At Jay-Z's 40/40 Club
Rap News Direct: Should Eminem Be Producing 2Pac?
Kanye Apologizes to the AMAs Explains Arrogance
Drama For E-40 in Oregon-Concert Cancelled
Baller Status: Why Rap Should Be the GOP’s Theme Music
South Carolina Hip Hop Set to Step Up
Who The Hell Am I? (Nas Forgot to Name a Few 'Coons')
Why Don't Rappers Comment on Police Brutality Issues
Clear Channel Teams Up w/ New Venture Def on Demand
Mumia: The American Politics of Morality
Ms Tibbs Entertainment News # 90
Kanye West, Jesus Walks and Holy Hip Hop On the Radio
Hip Hop Summit Cites Changes in Rockerfeller Drug Laws
The 'Wu Jew'-Remedy Blazes A New Path
White Man's Burden-Eminem's Talent & Elevated Stature
Rainbow Eminem: Who's More Gay Eminem or Michael Jackson?
More Food for Thought pt 3 from Ernie Paniciolli
NY Times: Sax and Hip-Hop Flirting With a New Idiom
Emotions Vs Intelligence How It Impacts Elections
AHH: Jay-Z named President of Def Jam Records
Industry Rule 5080 The US Army is Shady-We Mean Really Shady
Playahata News: Kanye Gets 10/ Cam'ron Leaves Def Jam
The Game 'Documentary' is Set to Rebirth West Coast Hip Hop
A Breakdown of Carmelo Anthony's 'Stop Snitching' Video
Major Drama For (Murder) Inc as Feds Move Closer
It Needs To Be CED..... Who stole the soul?
Bush Picks Controversial Conservative to head Civil Rights Commission
Toni Blackman: Is Spoken Word On Its Way to Become Rap?
The Failures of Hip-Hop and U.S. Foreign Policy
ODB's Wife and Mother Clash Over Estate
An Interview w/ L.E.GA.C.Y of Justus League Crew
Playahata Newsletter 12/7/04
More Food For Thought By Ernie Paniciolli
Village Voice: Nelly & Mos Def: Hip Hop Doppelgangers
NBA Star Carmelo Anthony Comes Underfire For 'Anti-Snitch' DVD
Black Dems Must Clean Up Own House
Will Smith Speaks Out-Gets Put on GOP Blacklist
Stevie Wonder Speaks Out Against Eminem
UK Actor Colin Salmon Bashes Hip Hop For James Bond
50 Cent Involved In Scuffle At Airport In Nigeria
NY Times Breaks Down Nas and His Dad Olu Dara
Hip Hop Collides w/ Corporate America
Hip Hop Organizations Works w/ LA Schools
Popular Boston Hip Hop Jock Lands Veejay Job
Remembering Fred Hampton: Power Anywhere...
RZA & Davey D Take On Conservative Armstrong Williams
New Movie w/ Hip Hop Undertakings...
2Live Crew May Cause California Club to Lose License
Playahata: An Interview w/ RapCoalition's Wendy Day
What Do You Think of Nas' Lyrics to 'Coon Picnic'?
Hip Hop and the Reparations Movement
Hip Hop Activist Rosa Clemente Launches Historic Presentation
A Revolutionary Take on "Fight Night in the NBA"
Ukranians Using Hip Hop to Express Outrage & Protest
3 White Guys Dressing Black & Rapping in Japanese in Japan
NY Daily News Readers Including DJ Kutting Kandi Respond to Article
Are Black Ministers Wimping Out?
Black PR: Why Blacks Never Really Came Down On Eminem
It Needs to Be Ced: Payola on Mixtape CDs and Tapes?
Nas Sparks Controversy w/ 'Coon Picnic' Song
The Poetess Celebrates the Life & Times of NWA & Eazy E
Jurassic 5 Step Up To Help Women's Shelter
Kevin Powell Set to Do 4th Annual Holiday Clothing Drive
Did Suge Knight Violate Parole at the Vibe Awards?
Rap News Direct: An Interview w/ DJ Quik
A Satirical Lyrical Exercise (Asians/Blacks In Hip Hop)
Alternet: He Got Shame (Ron Artest)
November 2004 Headlines
Chuck D: Too Much Time, Dollars, No Damn Sense & Blind As a Bush
Jay-Z The Best Rapper Alive After Fade to Black
Eminem Goes Crazy w/ 2Pac Accapellas
Lil Jon Gets Married Over the Weekend (Yeah-Okay!)
Nas Performs w/ Fire In His Heart in Anaheim
A Review of Mos Def's 'New Danger' Album
Conservative Writer Accuses Aaron McGruder of Being White
Tavis Smiley Set to Leave NPR After 3 Years
Pistons-Pacers Brawl Can't Be Analyzed in Black and White
An Open Letter to Radio One's Founder Cathy Hughes
Zero Tolerance in the Music Biz?-More Drama For Dangermouse
The Quest for Realness in Religion, Hip Hop and Politics
TBWT: Let The Real Thugs Stand Up
Hip Hop Photographer Ernie Paniccioli Speaks Out About Ron Artest
The World According to Nas
Hip Hop Getting A Bad Call-Basketball & Hip Hop
Florida Atlantic University Cancels Ying Yang Twins Concert
NY Times: Hip Hop Embraces Techno Via Lil Jon
War Against Downloading Launches In Canada
Ernie Paniccioli: Food For Thought
Playahata Reviews: Nas - Street's Disciple
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Playahata Reviews: Eminem-Encore
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Playahata Review:Kool Keith - Diesel Truckers
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Playahata Review:Fabolous-Real Talk
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The Hatin' That hate Produced
Breaking News: Federal Judge DENIES Ohio Re-vote Count
P-Diddy Designs NBA Uniforms-Makes Debut
Ludacris Loses All Respect for Chingy</a>
Snoop Teams Up w/ the Legendary Doors
Black Rob Arrested For Robbery
A Hip Hop Conversation in North Carolina
And They Don't Stop: Hip Hop in NC's Triangle
Trickin' White Folks: Why the Hood Loves Ron Artest
Meet Rising Rapper JenRo-Latino, Queer and Gangtsa
Angie Martinez Speaks w/ Benzino About Eminem Squashing Beef
MTV's Sway Interviews Eminem About Bush, Beefs & Politics
Greg Fields Column: ODB Will Be Missed
Somethings to Think About... Fights and More Fights
Wyclef Comes Under Fire About His Stance on Haiti
Haters Try to Stop the Roots For Supporting Mumia
The NBA Brawl, Ron Artest and His Connection to Hip Hop
Interview with Bay Area's Jacka of C-Bo's Mob Figaz
Daz Makes Song that Addresses Vibe Awards Melee
Toronto Rapper JB is Number 1 on Canadian Radio
Is Fair Use In Peril? Fast Forward a Commercial & Go to Jail
Drama For Eminem in UK Toilet
Young Buck Turns Himself In to Santa Monica PD
Voters, Fighters, Citizens & Youth
Oakland's Jahi & Zion I to be Profiled on MTV2
Sugar Hill Gang Files Lawsuit Against The Beastie Boys
RZA Eulogizes At ODB's Funeral
Blackelectorate.com: Remembering Ason Unique and O.D.B.
Ms Tibb Bits News # 88
Young Buck Negotiating His Surrender
The Hip Hop Hatin' that Hate Produced
Welcome to Politics Hip Hop: U Got Knocked The F!@# Out
Trigger Man: Face to Face w/ Mix Master Mike
The Godfather Speaks: Up Close with Afrika Bambaataa
Should We Tell Jack To Hit The Road?
Ja Rule's Manager Arrested For Laundering Money
Was it Good Journalism to Show the Vibe Awards Fight?
Limbaugh: P-Diddy Holds Back Blacks to Democratic Plantation
Xzibit Blasts Today's Commercial Rap Music
Local Hip Hop & Social Activism-How Close Are They?
ODB Buried Yesterday-Fans Pay Their Respects
Rap's Now a Game of Chants
Gangsta Rap Musical Set to Screen in NY & LA
Bill Cosby & Ras Baraka Set to Bring Hip Hop For the People
EastBay Express: An Interview w/ the Villain MF Doom
Pittsburg Hip Hoppers to Set to Host Election Aftermath Forum
Suge Knight denies Involvement in Vibe Incident
Africa's First Hip Hop Music Marathon Starts Today
Furor Over Terrell Owens NFL Skit Is Really About Race
Pacifica Radio Covers Election Fraud in Ohio Today
Young Buck Wanted for Vibe Stabbing
White Freedom: Village Voice Breaks Down Eminem
Snoop Dogg Hooks Up w/ USC Football Team
Chuck D Still Fights the Power-Set to Visit Santa Cruz Nov 18
MC Eiht Tapped by Grand Theft Auto
Interview w/ Flavor Flav: Flavor Vision Ain't Blurry pt 2
Danger Mouse Honored By GQ
Big Noyd Set to Release Sophomore LP 'On The Grind'
Music Is Not A Loaf of Bread-Giving Your Music Away
New US Bill Targets People Who Speak Against Isreal
HIP HOP READ THIS: Sweeping, Disturbing Changes in Copyright Laws
Hip Hop in New Zealand-What's Crackin Overseas?
Rev Run Celebrates His 40th w/a Rolls-Ernie Paniciolli Repsonds
J-Live Signs to Penalty Records
The Return of Guru (Formerly of Gang Starr)
Bad Vibes at Vibe: EUR's Lee Baily Gives Ultimate Breakdown
Morris O'Kelly: Why the Violence at Our Shows?
Violence Erupts at Vibe Awards-Dr Dre Attacked
Hip-Hop Lessons from 2004: Organize and Educate or Die
Playahata News: Fat Joe Makes Roy Jones Lean Back
Remembering ODB: May He Rest In Peace
NY's Hot 97 Gets A New Program Director
Freddie Foxxx Returns w/ 'American Black Man'
Ms Tibb Bits News: Kerry People Blame P-Diddy For Lose
Drama In Ohio-Voters Tell About Election Day Fraud
A Legitimate Effort to Recount in Ohio is Underway
Final Call: A Conversation w/ Professor Griff
Rip, Mix, Burn & Swap: Music Cops Can't Do a Thing
A Review of Rock The Bells Concert-Anaheim
Secret Service Jams Up High School Students
Shock & Gawk-The Democrats Must Go
Norwegian Rap group Faces Charges For Threatening George Bush
Baller Status: Mac Dre's Murder & Preventing a Rap War
New Zealand's Hip Hop Pioneers UHP Make Noise
Hip Hop on the Frontline in the Middle East
Murphy Lee Arrested on Drug Charges
Murder Inc Bookkeeper Busted for Money Laundering
Cuban Hip Hop at a Crossroads
Seattle Weekly Gives Producer Jake One Gets His Props
Colorado School Bans Insane Clown Posse T-Shirts
Christian Hip Hop Concert in Planning Satges for Palm Beach
Will Eminem Stack Up w/ The Release of His new Album?
Hip Hop Culture is Polarizing Older White Basketball Fans
Big Ced: An Open Letter to the Democrats?
Hip Hop Saviors Came to Cornell
They Chose, We Lost-Did The Hip Hop Vote Go For Bush?
Ms Tibbs Entertainment News #86 Nov. 8th
Hip Hop Pioneers Launch Federation to Preserve Hip Hop Culture
Hip Hop History: DJ Hollywood-Straight No Chaser
Flavor Flav's Vision Ain't Blurry-Interview pt 1
UAN: Interview w/ Brand Nubian
UAN: An Interview w/ Talib Kweli
And The Hip Hop Band Played On: Election '04 by Min Paul Scott
Foxy Brown Set to Make Comeback w/ Jay-Z & Shyne
Kwame is Back Doing production for Will Smith & Youngbloodz
Dr Dre Set to Revive Detox Album Project
New 2Pac Song Surfaces 'Thugs Get Lonely Too'
Hip Hop Vote Turns Out in Record Numbers in Pittsburg
Playahata Newsletter Nov. 8th
Music Builds Unity in the Heart of Compton
After the Election: Confessions of a Crazy Woman
Post Election: Hip Hop, Are We Dead Yet?
George Bush: The American Taliban
The Election Aftermath: Hip Hop Where Do We Go From Here?
Four More Years? America Gets What It Deserves by Paris
Kerry Won: Here Are the Facts by Greg Palast
Julianne Malveaux: After the Election
17 Reasons Not to Slit Your Wrists by Michael Moore
Cynthia McKinney Victory Speech 'It's A New Day'
The Election Aftermath: Hip Hop Where Do We Go From Here?
Playahata: Piss and Vinegar-The Great Depression Is Here
Republicans Win Big Time; Who To Blame This Time?
Record Number of Youth Come Out to the Polls-21 Million
Don't Sleep (We Represented) by Adrienne Maree Brown
P.Diddy: I Was Reckless to Yell 'Get Bush's Ass Out of Office'
Universal Zulu Nation Celebrates Hip Hop's 30th Anniversary
Damon Dash to Be Honored at 3rd Annual Shine Benefit
Mis Tibb Bits Entertainment News #85
Pop and Politics Election Day Blog
Truth.org Election Day Blog
An Election Day Message From P-Diddy & Michael Moore
Blackelectorate.com Election Special: Vote and Live
Marvin X- Votaste Negro
African Hip Hoppers Ask U.S.A. Hip Hoppers to Go to the Polls
Missy Elliot Rents Bus to Take Miami Voters to Polls
Bay Area Hip Hop Organizers Mobilize the Hip Hop Vote
Hip Hop vs Arnold Schwartznegger: Vote Yes on Cali Prop 66
Drop Us A Line and Let Us Know How The Election is Going in Your Area
Fed Judges Overturns Ruling.. Bush Boys Can Challenge Voters
Why Voting Matters-An Election Day Perspective From NY
Greg Palast: An Election Spoiled Rotten
Where Have All The Lawyers Gone? 25 Thousand Are in Swing States
A Day Of Shame-Voter Suppression Returns for Blacks
Voting Feedback From Chicago-It's Raining
Voting Feedback From Cincinnati, Ohio-Long Lines
Voting Feedback from Philly-Where's My Absentee Ballot?
Bay Area Rap Pioneer Mac Dre Killed in Kansas City
Judge Rules Ohio Election Poll Challenges BY GOP Unconstitutional
Thou Shalt Not Steal Elections: Bush Boys Set to get Shady
Tavis Smiley Speaks Out About This Election
John Kerry Tells MTV He's Feeling The New Eminem Song 'Mosh'
Black Radical Congress Statement About November 2
Watch Link TV's Protect Your Vote Program w/ Davey D
It's Beyond Bush or Kerry: Hip Hop vs Arnold Schwartznegger
Playahata News: 5 Things U Need to Know When Voting
Mis Tibb Bits Entertainment News #85
Listen to Our Live Radio Nat'l Election Coverage starting 3PM EST
Watch Our Nat'l TV Coverage on Link TV 7PM EST
October 2004 Headlines
A Letter to People Who Don't Listen to Our [Hip Hop's] Opinions
Impeach the President-The Hip Hop Vote
Wolves in the White House...Bush Boys Are Going Wylding Out
Miami Rapper Beaten By Police For Emcee Battling
Rocksteady Set to Celebrate 20th Anniversary of Beat Street
Playahata News: Rappers to Help Homeless
Playahata News: 5 Things U Need to Know When Voting
The Real Slim Shady Finally Stands Up: Em vs Bush
Why I Believe In Our President
P-Diddy vs Nascar: Dads-Candidates Court Niche Groups
AHH: A Commentary on Asian American Hip Hop
Hip Hop Organizations Mobilze to Get Out The Vote
Hip Hop Pioneer Easy AD to Present Hip Hop Exhibit
Lil Jon to Go On Trump's Apprentice Show
41,000 'Wake Up Everybody' CD Giveaway to Get Folks to The Polls
P-Diddy Unhappy w/ Candidates Campaign Stops
Republicans Plan to Intimidate New Voters
UAN: An Interview w/ De La Soul
3rd Annual H20 Film Festival Kicks Off in NYC Next Week
50 Cent Goes On a Hood Spending Spree
Enough Disrespect: Return Rap to its Artistic Roots
Peep the New Anti-Bush Video 'Mosh' by Eminem
The Hip Hop Community Can't Have it Both Ways
Feedback on Eminem vs Michael Jackson
Prop 69 in Cali Will Serioulsy Hurt the Hip Hop Generation
Listen to Dear Mr President-w/ KRS, Mobb Deep, Mack 10 & WC
Hip Hop vs Bush: The Street Debate
P-Diddy to Hit Swing States
Black Eyed Peas Campaign in S. Florida to Get Out The Vote
Playahata.com: A Hip Hop Interview w/ Ralph Nader
Ultimate Freedom-Why We Don't Vote by KRS-One
Eminem on Election: Bush 'Not My Homie'
Hip Hop Voters Meet w/ Local Politicians
Ludacris Comes After Bill O'Reilly
A Response to the Racist Columnist Who Blasts Hip Hop
Tenn College Is Using Hip Hop to Stay in NCAA Division I
Distortion2Static Hip Hop TV Show Blows Up in the Bay
Toronto's Kos Makes Moves
A Culture Pulses to Hip Hop Beat
Legacy of Rosa Parks Tied Up in a Rap Song
Immortal Technique Set to Drop New LP on Baby Grande
Bay Area Hip Hop News: Slo-O, The Jacka of Mob Figaz
Playahata Review: Mos Def - The New Danger
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Playahata Review: De La Soul -The Grind Date
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Playahata Review: Talib Kweli - The Beautiful Struggle
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Playahata Review: Guerilla Black -Guerilla City
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Playahata Review: Shawnna- Worth the Weight
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Ludacris Comments on Bill O'Reilly Sex Scandal
KRS-One: I Am An American Philospoher
Racist Columnist Blasts-KRS-One and Black Rappers
Freedom of Opinion-Hip Hop Speaks Truth to Power
Hip Hop vs Bush-The Slambush Mixtape Sets it Off
Actress Yvette Wilson (Parkers) Launches Record Label
Bay Area Producer Checkmate Does Track For Nas
Theaters Shut Out 'Letter' So QDIII Takes Film on Tour
The Rhythm of Afrika Bambaataa
Lloyd Banks Speaks Out On Gay Porn...
Colorado Hip Hoppers Step Up to Defend KRS
An Open Letter to the NY Daily News About KRS-One
Lost In Space: Eminem vs Michael Jackson
Roxanne Shante Set to Sue Janet Jackson
Fat Joe and Melle-Mel to Advertise Bacardi
Martha Stewart's Hip-Hop Connections
50 Cent Set to Star in Film About His Life
Hip Hop's Influence Expected at the Polls
Bonecrusher Teams up w/ Shaq
Learning to Live Like Queen Latifah
Olympic Committee Forces Kutmasta Kurt to Change LP
GOP Mad About Fliers Distrubted to Black Folks
NY Daily News Acusses KRS of Supporting Al Queda
KRS Responds to the NY Daily News
Bushisms by Mumia Abu Jamal
Lloyd Banks Denies Being In A Gay Porn Movie
Will the Real Hip Hop Documentarians Please Stand Up
Morris O'Kelly: What is a Sellout in 2004?
DMX Makes Court Appearance, Rejects Plea Bargain Deal
An Interview w/ Shock G
Paris Speaks His Mind
John Kerry Has Himself to Blame For Bush Propaganda TV
The Next President Will Re-Shape the Supreme Court
The Politics of Hip Hop
Fredwreck, WC, B-Real, Mack 10, KRS, Mobb Deep Do Anti-Bush Song
Dillusions and Confusion-Behind the Scenes at the VH1 Awards
RIAA Taking Peer to Peer/ Downloading Case to Supreme Court
Vote or Die versus FREEDOM or Death
Bush Boys Get Gangsta as They take Over TV Stations in Swing States
South Bay Hip Hop Collective Unveils Landmark Conference
Universal Considers Jay-Z for Executive Post
Playahata Newsletter 10/12/04
Steve Harvey Revokes Eminem's Ghetto Pass... BET Pulls Video
Eminem, Green Latern Drop 'Sirius' Anti-Bush Mixtape
Media EmercenC Conference This Weekend in San Diego
More Beef- The Source Awards vs Russel Simmons
Ness from Da Band Almost Shot to Death
Flava Flav Speaks-He Didn't Have Sex w/ Brigette
New CD Aims To Help Stop Genocide In Sudan
Beanie Sigel Gears up For Prison
Hip Hop Voting Bloc-Its Not Just About Benjamins Anymore
Ja Rule Set to Stand Trial for Assault in Toronto
'Get Back,' Ludacris Commands, Or He'll Take You Down
South Park Creators Diss P-Diddy Voting Campaign
Party or Protest-Cuban Hip Hop at a Crossroads
The Success Behind Slam Bush
Corporations Want Farmers to Pay Royalties for Seeds they Plant
Eastbay Express: Fight The Power-Hip Hop Radio Wars
Slam Bush Was a Huge Success-Pittsburg Woman Wins
Palestinain Rap Seduces With Political Lyrics
Canadian Hip Hop Artist Kyprios Makes Noise
Hip Hop Knowledge But At What Price? Talib Kweli
Spoiled By Success-Has Pop Culture Transformed Hip Hop?
The Diplomats Are Back-Gear Up For New Release
Court TV Examines 'Hip-Hop Justice'
PHN: GOP Kills Draft Bill/ Michael Moore Speaks Out
No Politics As Usual by Kiilu Nyasha
PHN:Edwards Beats Cheny/ GOP Call Jesse A 'Chocolate Chip'
RapAttacklives.com Brings HUSTLE 2004 to NYC
Cali Rappers Ice T, E-40, Ice Cube & WC Support Proposition 66
End SHIT-POP and Bring Back HIP-HOP
Chuck D: The Jumpoff-Is that All It Is to a Record?
Oakland Hip Hop Summit-Brings Out Former Panthers
Kanye West Makes Surprise Visit to Oakland
Rob Swift Departs From X-ecutioners, Two New DJ's Added
Foxy Brown Signs With S.Carter Records
Frank 151 Magazine Set to Celebrate the New South
Jazzy Pha Nominated for Source Awards
San Diego Counters NAB Conference This Weekend
Ten Questions for Vice President Dick Cheney
CBS: Edwards Scores Big Calls Cheney on Haliburton
Hip-Hop: From Back in the Day to Today
Living Legends Volume One: DJ Reggie Wells
You Say You Want A Revolution?-Message Music
Playahata News: Michael Moore Invitation Withdrawn
Playahata Review: Talib Kweli - The Beautiful Struggle
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Playahata Review: Nelly - Sweat/Suit
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The Roots, Chuck D Set to Headline SlamBush Concert Tonight in Miami
Playahata: Eminem Vs Madonna/ Alan Keys Hates Gays
Mos Def Set to Host VH1 Hip Hop Honor Awards
Montreal Rappers Call Bush A Serial Killer
The One and Only Kanye West Hater-What Do U Think?
The 3rd Annual H2O [Hip-Hop Odyssey] International Film Festival
DMX Set to Take Paternity Test
P-Diddy & Russell Simmons Set to Do a Reality Show
Nat'l Hip Hop Get Out The Vote Tour Launched
September 2004 Headlines
An Incredible Quote from Malcolm X
Hip Hop Pioneers Salute Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5
New Hip Hop Union Secures Health Insurance for Artists
Hip Hop is a Gift From God-Kurtis Blow Has a Church in the Bronx
Jermaine Dupri Opening 24-Hour 'Def Cafe'
Dame Dash Accused of Roughing Up Ex Over the Weekend
Eastbay Express: Crackin Nutz-The Struggle for Female Emcees
Namco Sues Lil' Flip & Sony Over "Game Over" Sample
Lloyd Banks and Young Buck Team Up w/ NBA Live 2005
Hip Hoppers: Here's What the Republican Party Believes In
Playahata: Movies Everyone MUST See in 2004
Bay Area Artist Aye De Leon Is 'Running For President'
NBA Star Speaks out Boldly Against the War
18-34 yr Olds More Info on Upcoming Military Draft-Hip Hop Be Warned!
Poet Marvin X Speaks to Hip Hoppers at the Barbershop
Hip Hop Activist Malia Lazu Makes the Finals-Vote This Weekend
San Jose Hip Hop Scene Steps It Up in A Big Way
CI: A Look at Hip Hop As a Messiah
Africana.com: Is Kanye A Gospel Rapper?
Playahata Newsletter: 9/24/04
Kutmasta Kurt Set to Release Redneck Olympics
LL Cool J Is Still One of the Top Rappers Around
Jurassic 5's Charli 2Na Set to Release Mixtape
P-Diddy Ordered to Testify
Hip Hop Summit Comes to New Jersey
Cuba Gooding Praises Tupac Shakur For Family Values
Chuck D & Kyle Jason Launch the Bridge & Anti-Bush T-Shirts
Lil' Kim Bodyguard Sentenced To 12 Years Over Shooting
The Game Gives Props to the West-Has Beef w/ Yukmouth
Central Intelligence: Interests vs Ideology
Wyclef Aids Haitians After Flood
Human Orchestra Set for Vh1 Hip Hop Honor Awards
Queen Latifah's Cab From 'Taxi' Movie Hits Circuit
Rosa Parks Has Dementia-Can't Testify Against Outkast
Hip Hop Artist Produces Album Free of the 'N' Word
Hip Hoppers-George Bush Is Set to Reinstate the Draft
Star and Bucwyld Come to Philly-A Step Closer to NY
Why isn't the News Reporting this GOP Money Laundering Scandal?
Eminem Takes Aim at George Bush on Upcoming New Album
Who will Get the Hip Hop Vote?
New Twista Video Pulled From Rotation
Flava Flav and Brigitte Nielsen to Star in New Reality Series
50 Cent on Lock Down
Canadian Spoken WordLympics Set For October
San Jose Set to Host Hip Hop Political Conference
Attorney General John Ashcroft Seeking New Powers
Neo-Cons, Fundies, Feddies, and Con-Artists
Los Angeles is Greeted with the Return of KDAY
12 Point Program for Hip Hop's Revolutionary Rebirth
The Bay Today: Fact or Fiction-2004 by T-Kash
Dead Prez & Hiero Added to Bay Area Hip Hop Summit
Playahata: A Fan Breaks Down Dave Chappelle Block Party
Beastie Boys, Zap Mama Say 'Steal This Music'
'Divide and Conquer' As Political Empowerment Strategy
Pennsylvania Set to Host Hip Hop Summit
Beverly Hills Meets Capitol Hill This Past Weekend in LA
The Lynching of Dan Rather
Playahata News: 9/20/04
50 Cent Comes After Nas and Shyne in New Mixtape
Cincinnati Youth Needs Hip Hop's Help
Fat Joe Wants Respect... Shows Off New Album
E-40 Signs w/ Lil Jon
The Fugees Set to Reunite-They're on Speaking Terms
Ashanti Brings Nelly Home to meet Parents-Is Irv Jealous?
An Open Letter to the Presidential Candidates
Gospel Awards Removes Kanye West from Nominations
Mixed Message by Hip-Hop Vote Organizers
Tanya Manderson Responds to Foxy Brown Accusations
Wordsworth Back on the Scene w/ Mirror Music
Mase Clears The Air About Diddy, DMX And Jay-Z
Will Smith Made AIDs Embassador for Nelson Mandela
Beatboxing at the Ballot Box
FEDS Raid and Shut Down Community Radio Station
Ex-Felon Disenfranchisement May Help Bush -- Again
The KRS Blasts Away in Miami-The 9 Elements of Hip Hop
Bay Area Hip Hop Summit Coming October 3 to Oakland
Update on the Cause Behind Twista's Car Crash
PHN: Drama For Foxy Brown & Carmello Anthony
Nobody's Smiling: An Interview w/ Journalist Adisa Banjoko
Nelly Rocks the House at NY's Webster Hall
Hip-Hop – Ignorance as Art
Puff 'n'stuff - From Hip Hop to Jamaican Ska
Will the Hip Hop Generation Go Green?
The Long History of Caucasian Terrorism Inside the US
Lloyd Banks' Tour Bus Crashes
Will Ruling on Samples Chill Rap?
Are We Celebrating Ignorance w/ Shyne?
Identity Crisis: Do We Know Who We Be?
Hip Hop Pioneer Afrika Bambaataa Drops A New Album
Poets, Rappers Express Anti-Bush Sentiment in Ohio
Kanye West's Gospel Nomination Draws Criticism
Mutulu Shakur - 'Pride In The Panther' Tribute
Playahata Review: : Young Buck - Straight Outta Cashville
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Playahata Review: Jim Jones - On My Way to Church
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Playahata Review: Mase - Welcome Back
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Playahata Movie Review: The Cook Out
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GM Flash & Furious 5 Nominated to Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame
Playahata Newsletter 9/13/04
Jeru The Damaja Hits Hard With New Single!
MTV:Mase-The Fine Line Between Prayer and Playa
Hip Hop Stars Launch Get-Out The Vote Bus Tour
Seattle Producer Jake One Rocks w/ De La Soul & E-40
50 Cent Wanted in the UK
Gangsta Rap Culture 'is a Deadly Virus'
Hip Hop Artist Speak Out About New Sampling Law
Star & Hot 97 Battle Heating Up, Star Inks Cable Deal
Assault Charges Against Loon in LA Are Dropped
The Game of G Unit is Highly Anticipated
Kanye West Leads Source Award Nominations
BattleCat Suing Snoop-Shaq Calls Out Kobe
Africana: For Myself and Others: Bringing Crunk to a Close
Warner Brothers Refuses to Release Anti-War Film Before Election
The Truth Behind Don King's GOP Hustle & Love For Bush
Fox News Radio Affiliate Sponsoring Right Wing Film Festival
Did US Neo-Cons Have a Connection to Russian Terrorist?
G-Unit's DJ Whoo Kid Releases Rap The Vote Mixtape
Star & Buc Set to Return to the New York City Airwaves
Think you know who killed 2Pac? Wanna Bet?
Using Rhyme to Beat Bush-SlamBush Comes to Pittsburg
50 Cent Avoids Kobe-Like Incident-He Records Sex Acts
Shyne Defies Prison Authorities-Turns to Fax Machines
Chicago Doctor Uses Rap Therapy to Heal Patients
ThaFormula.com-Interview w/ Talib Kweli-Beatiful Struggle
Aloe Blacc of the Group Emanon Releases Solo Album
DJ Krush Drops 8th Solo Album, Jaku
Black Radio Pioneer 'Wildman Steve' Passes
Twista in Car Accident-Bodyguard Killed
Hip Hop Generation: Start Voting or Stop Complaining
Hip Hop History The Carribbean Connection in the Bronx
Court Rules on Sampling-Could Severly Curtail Hip Hop
Kanye Disses Mase-Questions His Sincerity
Field Mob Member Arrested On Kidnapping Charges
Cuban Rappers Popularize Anti-war Song
Hip Hop Comes Together for Talks of Peace on 9-11
Lil Jon Mixing Up a Potent New Batch of Crunk Juice
P. Diddy Challenges Hulk Hogan To A Wrestling Match
Hip Hop No Longer Has One Voice
Andre 3000 Working on Documentary About Voting
An Interview w/ Evidence of Dilated Peoples
Hip Hop Comes to the US Congress via Howard U
Toronto's IRS Nominated for Canadian Urban Music Awards
Mixtape King DJ G. Brown Making Big Moves
Bridging The Gap w/ Black Sheep's Mista Long
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