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Beginning with the visuals for her 1997 debut single, 'The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly),' Missy Elliott has released over a dozen memorable music videos throughout her career. Her early hits range from 1997's 'Sock It 2 Me' and 2003's 'Gossip Folks' to more recent tracks such as 2008's 'Ching-A-Ling...

An aspiring rapper stalled traffic in New York City's Times Square for almost two hours on Tuesday morning (June 28), after he climbed a traffic light and perched himself on top. Raymond Velasquez, a 34-year-old Sea Gate, Brooklyn man, hoisted himself up the pole on 44th St...

Rick Ross raps of "a chopper in the car" in Lil Wayne's 'John,' but it seems like he's let his dogs do the dirty work as of late. The Miami rhymer has been named in a lawsuit, according to TMZ, after three of his pitbulls escaped from his Atlanta mansion in April, killing a 3-year-old Yorkshire Terrier...

Kreayshawn has gotten plenty of buzz for her 'Gucci Gucci' track, inking her a deal with Columbia Records, but just as she's receiving cheers there are also a few jeers. Journalist Timmhotep Aku, writing on behalf of The Root -- a daily online magazine that "provides thought-provoking commentary on today's news from a variety of black perspectives" -- all but raked the Oakland, Calif...

Two teenagers were charged Monday (June 6) in the beating death of Trenton, N.J.-based aspiring rapper Kamau "Legacy" Keita. David S. Armfield Jr., 19, and Marquis McRae, 19, both of Paterson, N.J., are facing homicide charges for reportedly stomping and kicking Keita to death in the early morning hours of May 28...

A 22-year-old Illinois woman is on trial for killing an aspiring rapper after she accepted a $5 bet to punch him in the face, to which he agreed. During a party in Joliet, Ill., where John "Fatboy" Powell, 25, and his group, Krazy Killaz were performing, Tiffany Startz threw one punch at the rhymer upon agreeing to the bet...

Curren$y has a busy year ahead of him. The New Orleans native, Shante Scott Franklin, has revealed that he has a staggering five projects scheduled for release in 2011, with plans to put out three retail albums and a few mixtapes before the year is up...

No one would argue that times have been rough on Wall Street for the last few years, but a former Goldman Sachs employee is making do in something he feels is a little more recession proof: hip-hop. Going by the name Metis, the once-successful proprietary trader is using his wealth to make rap records...

Popular singer/producer Akon has reportedly signed Sarkodie, one of the biggest rappers in Ghana, to his Konvict Music imprint. Sarkodie, who is known as Ghana's fastest MC, caught the ear of Konvict clothing brand creative director Babs, who then passed the music on to Akon...

According to reports, Haitian rapper Evenson "Shacan Lord" Francis is the latest member of the Haitian rap community to be confirmed dead. The 31-year-old MC died when his recording studio collapsed during the earthquake on Jan. 12. Shacan Lord was a member of popular rap group Gasoline Clan, and considered by many to have been a "pioneer of Haitian hip-hop ...