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Chris Rock as Albert Brown / M.C. Gusto, the protagonist and a rapper who steals the identity of a hardened criminal to sell records.; Allen Payne as Euripides / Dead Mike, Albert's childhood friend who joins CB4 but eventually grows disenchanted with pretending to be a gangsta and starts making more politically-themed rap music.
Propelled by Serrano's engagement with his enthusiastic Twitter following, [8] The Rap Year Book repeatedly ranked on 2015 The New York Times best-seller lists. [9] The book's first pressing of 20,000 copies sold out in pre-orders before The Rap Year Book even hit shelves; [10] a mock "feud" on Twitter between Serrano and Books-a-Million sold out the retailer's stock of the book in one day ...
Beef takes a chronological look at battles (some friendly, but many personal) dating back to rap music's infancy in the early 1980s. The notable rivalries discussed include KRS-One vs. MC Shan, Kool Moe Dee vs. Busy Bee, 50 Cent/G-Unit Records vs. Ja Rule/Murder Inc Records, Tru Life vs. Mobb Deep, Common vs. Ice Cube & Westside Connection, the break-up of legendary group N.W.A, which includes ...
Bodied is a 2017 American battle rap comedy-drama film directed by Joseph Kahn, written by Alex Larsen and produced by Eminem, his manager Paul Rosenberg, and Adi Shankar. [6]
How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC was published by Chicago Review Press on December 1, 2009 with a foreword by Kool G Rap. [2] [5] [6] Publishers Weekly states that it “goes into everything from why rappers freestyle to the challenges of collaboration in hip-hop”, [7] and Library Journal says, "instruction ranges over selecting topics and form, editing, rhyming techniques ...
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, says AI will enable people to work 3.5-day weeks in future.
Throughout the movie, it is difficult to tell if the members of N.W.H. truly believe what they are saying, or are just portraying an image. A lot of time also goes into describing N.W.H.'s feud with another rap group, the Jam Boys. The groups constantly insult and discredit each other, sometimes resulting in the brandishing of weapons.
Throughout the book, Dean refers to himself and various individuals as being "down-low" or "down-low gay": men who have sex with men but do not consider themselves gay or are in the closet. [ 1 ] Dean discusses the "macho", "gangster" image that is the corner-stone but does not define the hip-hop industry, [ clarification needed ] and how it ...