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ARRESTED. JAMIL ABDULLAH AL-AMIN, 51, ex-Black Panther leader formerly known as H. Rap Brown; on weapons and assault charges; in Atlanta. The leader of Atlanta's Community Mosque, Al-Amin was identified as the gunman in a shooting outside a grocery he owns. He pleaded not guilty...
Rumors are swirling aroundTime Warner Inc.that the media giant will sell off its 50 percent share of Interscope Records, the controversial music label that produces many top rap acts, including Snoop Doggy Dogg and Tupac Shakur. "Time Warner may be looking for a way to distance itself from the more strident, objectionable type of gangsta rap," saysTIME's Richard Zoglin. "I think it reflects the company's general discomfort with this type of music." Michael Fuchs, chairman of Warner Music Group, has been meeting with Interscope executives in recent weeks. The company has not commented on the rumors...
...There's a basis menu of music types which wecan choose from but it's pretty much genericmusic," Kinchla said, adding that rap,country/western and rock music were among thechoices in addition to classical...
...singer, is generic pop at its most infectious. It has a little festival of familiar tropes: fiddles and steel guitars, drawling humor and tight harmonies, a pounding melody echoing Neil Young's Love Is a Rose and some "yeahs" filched from Ray Charles. There's even a snatch of rap, square-dance style, as it might be rendered by a cheerleader at Buford Pusser High...
...spot, Freeh boasted, "He is the very best the FBI has." Last week Freeh said Potts was "unable to effectively perform his duties" and reassigned his friend to the FBI's training division in Quantico, Virginia. Many agents felt that Potts was getting a bum rap; they believe he was one of the agency's staunchest defenders of civil rights principles...