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When gangsta rap came under fire as a threat to America's moral values, a few people stood up and defended hip-hop artists as troubadours of the ghetto, even if artists that truly deserved that tag were few and far between. Nasir Jones (aka Nas, aka Nasty Nas, aka Nas Escobar, aka Nastradamus) was one such rapper. Nastradamus, his newest album, cements his reputation as urban troubadour or, as "Come Get Me" announces, "America's foremost young poet." From "The Prediction" to "The Outcome"--prophetic and apocalyptic spoken-word joints from poet Jessica Care Moore--Nas' album...
...said, "I'll lift you." He did that with no strain at all, and he stood in reach of Judas' arms till the last breath failed, but Judas never once reached toward...
...Hamer stood in silence for so long Judas was aching with the bitterness of what he'd accomplished. Then Hamer stepped back a long four strides and stared at Judas the best he could in the slim starshine. Finally he said, "I know he told me you'd be the death...
Judas lasted on, entirely alone, through the Sabbath night and day after Jesus' death. He'd stood on the ground not 10 yards from the cross and heard his teacher's astounding final words--"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" And he'd stayed for Jesus' final hoarse shout a moment later. Then Judas had found his way to the house of another old pupil, one whom Jesus had been forced to send home when he caught him tampering with children for the second time--Hamer from Bethlehem...
...million by selling a design for an electronic translator to Sharp Corp. He was so absorbed in the process that he forgot to wheel his Porsche over to Berkeley city hall for his own wedding. He founded Softbank Corp. in Tokyo in 1981. Legend has it that after he stood atop a crate and ranted about the company's future domination of the PC industry, his first two employees quit on the spot. Despite that vote of no confidence, Softbank went on to become Japan's leading software distributor...