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...increasingly absurd feud 50 is conducting with rapper Ja Rule. Two years ago, Ja Rule was robbed of several thousand dollars' worth of jewelry; later he saw 50 hanging out with the robber. 50 insists he had no connection with the crime and that, because of his background, he just happens to know people who do such things. But rather than let things cool down, 50 has gone after Ja Rule (and his record company, manager and friends) for their soft style of music. "He claims he's a rapper," rants 50. "He isn't even rapping. He's doing...
Hagedorn's book could have offered more background on the slave empire and the workings of the Underground Rail-road beyond Ripley, Ohio, Rankin's town. But the ground-level focus gives Hagedorn's story the flavor and fire of an era when even the newspapers had names like the Agitator and the Castigator. And the Rankins turn out to be a redoubtable clan. After a gang of armed men demanded to search her house for a runaway slave, the minister's wife Jean did not bat an eyelash. "If you do not hereafter keep away you will feel...
...never shied away from mentioning her educational background for fear of alienating anyone. “I put it in there because I’m proud of it. I worked hard,” she says. Apart from what her education means to most of her readers (not much, she concludes) Pottinger hints that it is also important for her, on some level, that she has Harvard and Yale credentials. “Maybe just because of my background, most people do go on to grad school, and I decided not to, it is some validating thing...
...chemistry, they all note in unison, was undeniable, enriched by the fact that each member brought his unique style and background to the League. Owusu-Kesse clearly shows his influences from the lyrical prodigy Jay-Z, with his low-slung staccato rhymes; Terry brings the in-your-face gangsta excitement with wit to spare; Barnes utilizes a Jamaican accent and silky vocals to represent a dancehall flavor with straight-up “ragga” delivery; and Deleon rocks a style that merges the playful, smooth lyricism of underground acts like De La Soul with the rapid-fire flow...
Spiegelman said she initially approached O’Neill for the job because of her strong background at Harvard, as well as her connections with key players in the Allston project, such as Mayor Thomas M. Menino...