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Armed with keyboard and modem, the Internet's most controversial hip-hop blogger, Byron Crawford, is waging war with celebrity rapper Kanye West.
Riverfront Times  |  Ben Westhoff  |  11-09-2005  |  Music
Tags: P. Diddy, Jesus Walks, BBC DJ Tim Westwood, Byron Crawford, ByronCrawford.com, Grammy Awards, OG.net, Rhymefest, The Drudge Report

Rap vs. Rapturenew

Christian hip-hop is on the march, but some say it's the Devil's music.
Riverfront Times  |  Ben Westhoff  |  09-22-2005  |  Music
Tags: Various Artists, Cho'zyn is Tanisha Foxworth and Dawndia Crump, holy hip-hop, kki Cantu, music director of Columbus, Ohio-based Radio, Stephen Wiley and Gospel Gangstaz

Cold as Icenew

Rappers Huggie Brown and Alphonzo Cowper deconstruct an early-'90s classic about a group of Los Angeles gangbangers who flee to St. Louis to escape the heat on them.
Riverfront Times  |  Ben Westhoff  |  09-06-2005  |  Music
Tags: Ice Cube, bloodshed, Death Certificate, HSP (Horseshoe Posse) or the Westside Mob, Hug the Block, My Summer Vacation, selling drugs, West Coast gangs

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