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...shows. Clark says his kids wrote the lyrics and choreographed the dance for "You Can Vote However You Like" on their own, and practiced for only a few days. Their rap, in which half the group extols McCain's merits while the other half backs Obama, shows a savvy grasp of the campaign's messages. A pro-McCain verse...
...drive, but I don't know how to get places." He sells himself a bit short: in addition to being a devoted father, he's a talented graphic artist, and the book contains a series of impressive sketches depicting the superheroes of rap (Tupac Shakur, 50 Cent, himself) and comic books (the Incredible Hulk, Spiderman...
...skip words so people can't ever figure out where I'm going, just in case my written words slip away into the wrong hands." Frustrating as that may be for readers, this safeguard against creative theft illuminates the tooth-and-nail feistiness required to reach the pinnacle of rap...
...manager over a Burger King Whopper - Eminem couldn't afford one and figured any manager unwilling to shell out for a client's lunch wasn't serious about the rapper's prospects. And while the opening scene in 8 Mile - in which his character suffers stage fright during a rap battle - may have been cinematically embellished, he "choked" in the finals of a 1997 battle in Ohio, returning to Detroit "depressed and totally broke...
...called himself the "Godfather of Rap," but others remember Rudy Ray Moore simply as Dolemite, the tough-talking character he played in the 1975 film of the same name. As a pimp surrounded by a group of kung fu--fighting prostitutes, Dolemite became a blaxploitation icon. Moore, however, found fault with the term, once telling a reporter, "I never heard The Godfather called 'Italian exploitation.'" Unbeknownst to many, Dolemite was first part of Moore's stand-up comedy routine, becoming a ghetto hero long before hitting the big screen. Moore...