Welcome to the home of Sir Luscious Left Foot, a.k.a. the Courvoisier Lounge, or just the plain old Boom Boom Room. Big Boi’s Stankonia Recording Studio is an inner sanctum/ playground where Big and his guests, including Lil Jon, E-40 and Raekwon, come to play after the work is done … or to inspire more work.
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Grandmaster Flash details his life story � from his violent family life to his drug addiction to creating turntable techniques that have come to define hip hop � in a new autobiography titled ” The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash: My Life, My Beats.”
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Now that Barack Obama has clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, some of his biggest support is coming from the hip-hop community.
“Today is one of the greatest and proudest moments of my life,” Diddy said Wednesday (June 4) of Obama’s nomination. “Not just as a black man, but as an American. Senator Obama becoming the Democratic nominee for president is history in the making and proof that we do live in the greatest country in the world!”
“It goes Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama,” Young Jeezy raps at the beginning of The-Dream’s “I Luv Your Girl.” The Snowman says he’s been really interested in the political race this year.
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After word spread that Prince covered Radiohead’s “Creep” at the Coachella festival, the tens of thousands who couldn’t be there ran to YouTube for a peek. Everyone was quickly denied — even Radiohead.
All videos of Prince’s unique rendition of Radiohead’s early hit were quickly taken down, leaving only a message that his label, NPG Records, had removed the clips, claiming a copyright violation. But the posted videos were shot by fans and, obviously, the song isn’t Prince’s.
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