More touring followed, but personnel changes within Blue Note's parent company, Capitol Records, allowed Wilkinson to leave and sign to Sony, working with the A & R executive that initially signed him in 1992 .. Blue Note samples were not included and two new vocalists joined the group: rapper Michelob, and singer Alison Crockett.

Influential youth radio station Triple J introduced the Hip Hop Show, a weekly program initially hosted by Nicole Foote, then rapper Maya Jupiter and now ( 2008 ) by Hau from Koolism.

The female spot in the group was initially given to half-Caucasian half-African American rapper Say, but was soon replaced by teenage artist Jessica H. o.

Although initially chosen to be a back-up dancer, in their later singles, Chiba contributes to their songs as a back-up vocal and rapper.

Although he initially had trouble convincing Roc-A-Fella Records executives to let him make his own album as a rapper, he was able to change their minds after the song's release.

That same year Dutch rapper Extince released his first record: Rap Around The Clock.

In 2007 rapper, Jay-Z, released American Gangster, his first concept album, inspired by the movie of the same name.

British rapper Plan B released a concept album titled The Defamation of Strickland Banks in which he plays a soul singer named Strickland Banks.

House of Pain is an American hip hop group who released three albums in the 1990s before lead rapper Everlast left to pursue his solo career again.

He began his career as a rapper in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987, when he released his debut album Rhyme Pays, the first hip-hop album to carry an explicit content sticker.

The single was released in 1986, and Marrow learned that " 6 in the Mornin '" was more popular in clubs than its A-side, leading Marrow to rap about Los Angeles gang life, which Marrow described more explicitly than any previous rapper.

In 1979, aged twenty, Kurtis Blow became the first rapper to be signed by a major label, Mercury, which released " Christmas Rappin '".

* The College Dropout, the debut album released by rapper Kanye West in 2004.

In 2011, American rapper Yelawolf released a song called " Let's Roll ", which talks about Southern patriotism.

*" Evergreen ", a song by rapper mc chris originally released on his 2004 album " Eating's Not Cheating "

In 2009, DCide / Templar Label Group released the debut EP's from Shabazz Palaces, the new project from Ishmael Butler, the creator, rapper and producer for the Grammy award winning rap group Digable Planets.

In 2011, rapper Tyler, The Creator of Odd Future released his song " Yonkers " as the second single from his sophomore album Goblin.

Also in 2005, a collaboration between Williams and underground rapper Phoenix Orion, who had also been known for scientific lyrics, yielded the album Def Con Zero, released on the independent Head Trauma Records label, owned by K-1 kickboxer Dewey Cooper.

As a result, DMX was the second rapper in history ( following Tupac Shakur ) to have released two albums in the same year, which both debuted at number one on Billboard 200.

On 11 November she released the official remix of " Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes " with a new video and it featured the Cuban rapper Pitbull.

Though Juvenile received some criticism for not attending the funeral for his daughter and her mother, several statements were released that the rapper was " shocked and devastated " by the event, and also " was extremely saddened to hear the reports.

As a rapper, he released his debut self-titled album in 2003 with the hit single " Gigolo ", a collaboration with singer R. Kelly.

On October 3, 2011, Cannon released another diss song called " Warning ( Remix )" which also features Uncle Murda aimed at Eminem, radio host Charlamagne Tha God, and the feud between R & B singer Ray J and rapper Fabolous.

She released a mixtape, Mickey and Mallory Knox: Natural Born Khronicles on March 22, 2012 alongside rapper Dutchie Man.

The album's first promotinal single, " Anything ( To Find You )", was officially released on August 2, 2011, it features rapper Rick Ross.

Representing the street oriented side of Hip Hop, D. C .- bred rapper Garvey “ The Chosen One ” released his debut album Hard Hat Area Volume # 1, on independent record label Triple Team Entertainment and distributed by DTLR.

Big Apple Rappin, perhaps Spyder's most famous album from the post-disco era, was released on his own Newtroit Records in 1980, making him the first rapper to make an independent release.

In April 2010 they released the single " Get to Know Me Better ", featuring rapper Pitbull, while the B-side of the single was called " I Gotta Lotta ".

* " MVP ", a single released by underground rapper Big L, in which MVP stands for " Most Valuable Poet "

At the end of 1983 they released Hip Hop Bommi, a hip-hop version of Eisgekühlter Bommerlunder featuring New York rapper Fab Five Freddy.

The band has collaborated with several other artists, most notably with rapper Jay-Z in their mashup EP Collision Course, and many others on Reanimation.

She became a featured rapper on several singles, including former Spice Girl Melanie C's " Never Be the Same Again ", which went to # 1 in 35 countries, including the UK.

Leaving MCA following the release of Forever, Brown laid low for several years, re-emerging in 2002 where he was featured in a duet with rapper Ja Rule on the song " Thug Lovin '".

Jay-Z was also involved in and won several battles with rapper LL Cool J in the early 90s as part of a plan to get a sought-after record deal.

Of note was the inclusion of " Poet Laureate II ", a song exceeding seven minutes in length and lacking a chorus, with several changes of beat throughout ; the track was frequently singled out as one of the strongest in Canibus ' career and the album as a whole convinced listeners and the industry alike that the rapper had not lost his potential.

Later that night, Shakur was shot several times while in a car Suge was driving as they headed to Knight's Vegas Club 662 ; despite living several days in critical condition, the rapper died on September 13, 1996.

* The Lady of Rage-American rapper and actress, from Farmville, VA, best known for collaborations with several Death Row Records artists.

Eminem is the lead actor in 8 Mile and has had cameo appearances in several films and shows, while Proof also appears in 8 Mile as a freestyle rapper called " Lil ' Tic ".

For several weeks the group was subjected to vigorous and sometime demeaning tasks, including walking from midtown Manhattan to Brooklyn to purchase a Junior's cheesecake for Diddy, and Ness ' battle with Harlem rapper Jae Millz.

Mike O ' Malley is also mentioned in several songs by rapper mc chris.

After several years on and off of Cash Money Records, Brown and fellow rapper Juvenile decided to leave the label for good in 2000 and go to UTP Records, where Brown stayed until 2003.

During the ensuing gun battle Young Buck was hit several times, but instead of making his way to the hospital, the rapper and an armed associate drove around the streets searching for the assailants.

After several years on and off of Cash Money Records, David Brown and fellow rapper Juvenile decided to leave the label for good in 2000 where he would join Juvenile's record label UTP Records and the rap group UTP Playas.

The album consisted of 11 songs, and featured several guests, most notably New Orleans-based rapper Lil Wayne.

In 2002 and 2003, Shady Records was involved in several controversies with the likes of the inherited Murder Inc. feud that 50 Cent and G-Unit was involved in, on-going problems with the previous co-owners of The Source magazine, namely Benzino, as well as escalating issues with rapper Royce da 5 ' 9 ", who was previously a friend of Eminem and D12.

When Robots Go Bad was their next studio album and saw the duo pursue a more pop-electro sound that featured several vocalists including London based soul singer Sabirajade and Australian singer / rapper B +.

In 2003 RL also did work around the Minneapolis area with several artists including Kooke, an up and coming rapper from Hit Kid Records.

In 2005 she performed at the " Africa Live " festival, held in Dakar ( Senegal ) on 12 and 13 March 2005, where, several great names of African music were present, including: Malians Ali Farka Touré, Salif Keïta, Oumou Sangaré, Tinariwen, Tiken Jah Fakoly of Côte d ' Ivoire, Cameronian Manu Dibango, Algerian Khaled, Senegalese Didier Awadi, Baaba Maal and Youssou N ' Dour, and the French rapper Joey Starr.

He contributed several verses to indie rapper Duckman's new album Duckman for Presidente.

For several weeks, the contestants were subject to difficult tasks, including walking from Midtown Manhattan to Brooklyn to purchase cheesecake for Diddy and aspiring rapper Ness ' battle with Harlem MC Jae Millz.

Ozone has featured several artists that are not from the south, including New York rapper Saigon on the cover of the April 2006 issue and Chicago emcee Twista on the cover of its January 2006, and October 2007 issues.