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...more than 12 hours--weeping and handcuffed to a bench--before prosecutors said charges against her would not be pursued. Combs was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and possession of stolen property (police say the gun was stolen); he was released on $10,000 bail. Another rapper, Jamal Barrow (a.k.a. Shyne, a new artist on Combs' Bad Boy label), was charged with attempted murder for allegedly pulling out a gun and firing when someone in the club insulted Puffy...
...presents himself as a hard-core rapper, but essentially he makes music designed to entertain suburban children. His rage-filled persona is too over-the-top to take seriously (he starts this album growling and barking) and his lyrics, ("Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop! Nigga!") lack wit. On Party Up, he tries to craft a clubland anthem and fails. It's not much fun partying with a guy who's probably just gonna start a fight and ruin everything. Still, one song, What's My Name?, does have a welcome sense of urgency...
...Rapper Eminem sued by his mother for defamation...
...RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE The Battle of Los Angeles (Epic). Because Tom Morello--who can make his guitar sound like a harmonica, a pair of turntables or a street uprising--is the most thrilling guitarist in rock today. Because rapper-singer Zack de la Rocha mixes poetry and polemics into song lyrics that would do Chuck D or Bob Dylan proud. Because in a year in which a riot of rockers copped beats from hip-hop, no other band made the rap-rock union resonate with such ferocity and intelligence...
ARRAIGNED. SHAWN CARTER (a.k.a. JAY-Z), 29, Grammy-winning rapper; on assault charges, for allegedly stabbing a record executive; in New York City...