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Last year 31-year-old Staten Island, N.Y., native Robert Diggs made what he called a pilgrimage to China. After being forced from Tiananmen Square for displaying a self-promotional billboard, Diggs took to the hills. To be specific, he ascended Wu-Tang Mountain, where according to legend - his - he was received by kung fu masters at several monasteries. As Diggs exited a Shaolin temple, he says, a crowd of several hundred children awaited him. He proceeded to communicate the only way he knew: by rapping. "They didn't speak English, but I blew their minds, and they all came...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Remaking Wu | 11/17/2000 | See Source »

...heard every song, learned way too much about her, memorized her lyrics and now you want to give something back. But how? The main thing, of course, is to buy her merchandise! The Billboard and worldwide charts are based on the number of sales, and the more albums she sells the more albums she'll make...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In the (K)now | 11/3/2000 | See Source »

...enough for most small towns to have that big billboard at the edge of town, broadcasting their claim to fame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cat In The Hat And All That | 10/23/2000 | See Source »

That Chris Gaines thing was a sign. Now we have confirmation: GARTH BROOKS is in midlife crisis. Brooks told record-industry magazine Billboard this week that he and wife SANDY "both agree that we need to get divorced... Right now we're focusing on the impact it will have on the children and how to handle that best." Brooks, who more or less announced his retirement from music last year to spend quality time with his family, said he might now make another album, but he doesn't exactly sound like a man brimming with confidence. "Making music always does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 23, 2000 | 10/23/2000 | See Source »

Strike up the Tift County High marching band. On Nov. 15 the football stadium will be jammed for the celebration, and a new billboard will soon grace the highway, forever shadowing the sod industry. But how does Tifton know it has read more books per capita than any other town? "We don't," says Brumby. "But we welcome all challenges. The idea was to teach a love of books to children, and we've done that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cat In The Hat And All That | 10/23/2000 | See Source »

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