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...billion athletic-footwear market. That's where Iverson comes in, with his tattoos, corn-rowed hair and 'hood bravado. Allen is indispensably cool, which is why, a few months ago, when Reebok was the object of shrill protests over the obviously homophobic, misogynist lyrics in the basketball star's debut rap song, Fireman stood by his man. "I didn't agree with the song," says Fireman, who conceived the Reebok Human Rights Awards. "But he had a right to sing...
...Aaliyah's debut album, "Age Ain't Nothing But a Number" was a beautifully restrained work - her girlish, breathy vocals rode calmly on R.Kelly's rough beats. While other R. and B. divas turned their songs into workouts or prayer revivals or wild romps in the sack, Aaliyah's work was calm, almost prayerful. On her latest album, she came into her own as a vocalist - she was still laid back, but her voice, as a result of training and maturity, was even better able to emotionally detail a song. She was setting an example for all the other young...
That's because Ridker made his debut in the prestigious medical journal not as an author but as a research subject. He was nine years old, just returned from living in India and suffering from symptoms that none of his doctors could explain. He became the subject of a study at the National Institutes of Health, where doctors finally diagnosed his problem--a novel immune disorder that allowed certain parasites in his body to flourish--and published their findings. Ridker's curiosity was piqued--permanently. "My first real exposure to medicine was at such a high level of research, with...
Jason Hall and Matt Kindt need to get a hold of themselves. To get their graphic novella and comix debut, "Pistolwhip," published they made their own "mock" print run and shopped it around the San Diego comicbook convention. They also handed out P.R. giveaways like trading cards of the characters, a paperdoll cutout with outfits, and a novelty cigarette. Many people assumed the book had actually been published...
...Shelf, the Marietta, Georgia publisher, immediately signed them and has now put out this remarkable debut. But wait, there's more! They have also put out a slimmer, one-shot comicbook by Hall and Kindt, "Mephisto and the Empty Box," simultaneously with "Pistolwhip," for a double debut. Somebody tell those guys to calm down. The one book speaks for itself...