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  • It is a hip-hop piece inspired by the Billy Wilder comedy Some Like It Hot and called, you guessed it, Some Like it Hip-Hop.

    Nitin Sawhney to become associate director at Sadler's Wells 2010

  • Most recently, a group of “B-Girls” assembled and showcased their contributions to hip-hop in the annual national event, B-Girl Be: A Celebration of Women in Hip-Hop.

    My Super Post: Black Feminist Legacies Anxious Black Woman 2008

  • Hip-hop artist Nas released an album titled Hip-Hop Is Dead.

    The Pirate’s Dilemma Matt Mason 2008

  • So not only are we meeting a brand new locale, but we're experiencing music that we've either never heard or never called Hip-Hop until now.

    unknown title 2009

  • During his stand at the Famous Door, Prima made the first recordings of his songs, including “House Rent Party Day,” in which Prima sings and speaks lyrics in the drum rhythms and which was therefore, according to The Vibe History of Hip-Hop, the first recorded forerunner of rap.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • Reuters Mary J. Blige Of all the artists who need not resort to making a sequel to stay relevant, the rightfully crowned "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" may be queen among them.

    Kings of New Wave and an R&B Queen Andy Beta 2011

  • And it has hired an activist whose experience includes running the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network to lead a young-voter drive.

    Winning Youth Vote Will Be Crucial for Obama in 2012 Gerald F. Seib 2011

  • With five touring groups, that's 35 acrobats touring the world mixing cutting-edged music think Chemical Brothers mixed with contemporary Jazz, Hip-Hop and even a little Yael Naim flavor with as many dance and acrobatic influences.

    Charles Karel Bouley: Traces: Cirque of the Street Charles Karel Bouley 2011

  • Hip-Hop may have been born in New York, but it moved out of the five boroughs in around 2000, when its most vital and progressive statements were being produced in Southern locales like Memphis, Atlanta, New Orleans and Houston—each city making its own hip-hop superstars, with New York's hometown heroes forced to the sidelines.

    Sonic Science Projects Andy Beta 2012

  • On a night branded "Hip-Hop History Live," two local acts that led hip-hop's early-'90s golden age are set to re-group.

    Hip-Hop Heroes, Alt-Rockers and Some Dark Angels Andy Beta 2011

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