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By Richard Watson
Finally making the headlines for something positive, DMX was released from jail, where he’d been serving a sentence for reckless driving. Of course, a few hours later he was pulled over by Five-O for a traffic violation. Welcome back, Earl. Meanwhile, X’s fellow wrong ’un Foxy Brown was indicted for [...]

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HHC Digital’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
Down With The King: This week, there was heartening news for anyone missing hip-hop’s early-’90s fixation with pyramids, pharaohs and all things Egyptian as Kanye West visited the Tutankhamun exhibition in Times Square. Yeezy returned satisfied that, while the late King Tut had the jewelry and interior design games on [...]

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HHC Digital’s Rap Round-Up…
By Richard Watson
The Hill that’s real: Rocking the crowd − and an ensemble straight from her local branch of Dr Barnados − Lauryn Hill surfaced at Cali’s Harmony Festival. Also keeping it live, one-time Evil Bastard (copyright The Daily Star) Snoop Dogg made a triumphant return to surprisingly dry UK soil as [...]

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HHC Digital’s Rap Round-Up…
By Richard Watson
Down With The King: Just when you thought hip-hop had paid its last tributes to Michael Jackson, Redman came off the wall with his new video − although The King of Pop was surely pirouetting in his grave as Reggie bigged up his own Argyle socks over MJ’s trademark sequinned [...]

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HHC Digital’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
Children’s Story: Seemingly intent on outdoing Jim Jones’ recent cameo in the classroom, Swizz Beatz adopted a Bronx arts school − his first move was kitting the music lab out with a load of Bontempi organs damaged during the making of ‘Money, Cash, Hoes’. Meanwhile, when not hyping a [...]

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HHC Digital’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
Hey Mama: As Mother’s Day rolled around, Lil Wayne paid tribute to “every positive matriarch” in the world, which is the least he could do considering the bulk of them are saddled with one of his sprogs. Meanwhile, Dead Prez celebrated the day by dropping a special song [...]

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HHC Digital’s online rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
Above The Clouds: In the wake of Guru’s tragic passing, the web was inevitably awash with tributes, the most significant and sincere coming from Guru’s brother Harry and a typically nimble-wristed Premo, who also broke his silence on Guru’s controversial cohort Solar. Dusting off a classic Gang Starr instrumental, [...]

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HHC Digital’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
Pop champagne like we won The Championship: Proving that his bank account goes considerably deeper than his knowledge of English football, Diddy threw his name into the bidding for beleaguered Crystal Palace. And lest you think that Mr Combs simply wants to bring Sean John tracksuits to Selhurst Park, apparently [...]

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HHC Digital’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
I’m out for presidents to represent me: This week, Jay-Z and the missus popped round Barack’s crib, a cultural convergence that represented either the incredible power of hip-hop in smashing social barriers, or the incredible power of cardigans in rehabilitating the image of a man who once stabbed a peer [...]

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By Phillip Mlynar
Having migrated from France to set up base in London, producer-on-the-rise dEbruit is now looking to take his patented bump-hop sound worldwide. But be forewarned: his super slick sound is best enjoyed with the use of 3D glasses…
Where does the name dEbruit come from? And what’s the significance of the capital E in [...]