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...year is 1995. Vanilla Ice is nothing more than a pop culture joke, Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. are alive, and an intensifying “East Coast/West Coast” rivalry is sending hip-hop albums to the top of the charts. In other words, it’s not quite the right moment for a random white guy from the Midwest to embark on the path to rap superstardom...

Author: By Nathan Burstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Eminem Show | 11/7/2002 | See Source »

That the film generally succeeds is a testament to Eminem’s talents as a musician, provocateur and hip-hop thespian. Earlier this year, Britney Spears and Mariah Carey proved remarkably unconvincing in roles as aspiring singers; in comparison to his MTV peers, Eminem’s passable portrayal of a white rapper from Detroit qualifies him as a character actor...

Author: By Nathan Burstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Eminem Show | 11/7/2002 | See Source »

...then great; it’s all about the people,” he says benevolently. Oakenfold also enjoys excursions into Hollywood (besides Swordfish, he’s proud of his brand-new reworking of the James Bond theme) and keeping his chin above dance music. “Hip-hop and rock are currently the two most exciting forms of music out there, not dance,” he says without a drop of irony...

Author: By Ryan J. Kuo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: up from underground | 11/7/2002 | See Source »

MAKING THE BAND 2 It didn't set the ratings on fire last season , but with Idol fever, MTV figures it's worth another try. This time, P. Diddy runs a hip-hop boot camp. Diddy hogs the spotlight--but at least there's one real star onstage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Search Of Divas...And Ratings | 11/4/2002 | See Source »

DIED. JASON MIZEL, A.K.A. JAM MASTER JAY, 37, one of the forefathers of rap and turntable maestro for the iconic New York rap band Run-DMC, famous for stripping down hip-hop music and injecting it with rock, and for its storming cover of Walk This Way with Aerosmith; by gunmen in New York City. Although street violence has always haunted hip-hop, the music of Run-DMC, known as "the Beatles of Rap," never celebrated gun culture. Rather, with almost religious fervor, it preached unity and peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 11/4/2002 | See Source »

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