San Diego artist Lil Rob opened doors for Chicano Rap by receiving mainstream attention for his singles " Summer Nights ", and " Bring Out the Freak in You ".

By the 2000s, Rap and Hip Hop had reached their commercial peaks, and the genre continued to dominate the music scene of the decade The best-selling artist of the decade was the American rapper Eminem, who sold 32 million albums, followed by The Beatles ( who split in 1970 but have stayed extremely popular since ).

* Rap / rock artist Kid Rock, who hails from nearby Romeo, MI, began his professional stage career as a DJ / rapper in Mt.

* B. G., the Prince of Rap, Bernard Greene, American rapper and dance music artist

A number of Laotian-American musicians have achieved some renown, such as the members of the Royal Lao Orchestra in Tennessee, the traditional singer Khamvong Insixiengmai of Fresno, California ; R & B, Rap, & Hip Hop artist ERANETIK of California ; hip-hop artist Khan-X of Iowa ; Supasang of California ; Gumby aka Pryce of Minneapolis ; Bird of Minneapolis ; Supamon of Providence, LaoZBoyZ of Detroit, Lao Crimino Boys of California ; and St .- 509 aka Steven T of Tri-Cities, Washington.

Rap artist Sean " P Diddy " Combs led " Vote or Die ", a not-for-profit organization, arose the 2004 elections that was geared to draw more youthful voters into the polls.

It was also the first Rap album to be released by a South African artist < cite >.

In 1958, his song “ Born Too Late ” was number one on the Billboard charts, and in 1999 the quadruple platinum Hard Knock Life ( Ghetto Anthem ) by artist Jay-Z ( which sampled " It's The Hard Knock Life " from Annie ) was the winner of a Grammy for Best Rap Album of the year & the Billboard R & B Album of the Year.

Rap music in Finnish language made its first breakthrough in 1990 when groups Raptori and Pääkköset and artist Nikke T got their records to Finnish charts.

The British artist DJ Rap produced a UK ' Ardkore single in 1992 by the name of " Divine Rhythm " which heavily sampled the intro and vocal from Mr. Mister's single " Kyrie ".

* Rap artist Method Man references Astral Plane in the song ' Bring the Pain '.

* Complex ( artist ), an American Rap artist

According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award is presented to artists for " a newly recorded Rap / Sung collaborative performance by artists who do not normally perform together ", and the " collaborative artist ( s ) should be recognized as a featured artist ( s )".

* MCU ( artist ), Japanese HipHop / Rap artist, formerly member of Kick the Can Crew ; currently working as solo artist

The Cold Crush Brother Punk Rock Rap was so widely popular that at the time a new a up coming Hip Hop artist sample the phrase, " Oh My God!

* The Rap artist Canibus refers to betatrons in his song " Levitibus ".

Rap artist Tupac Shakur attended the fight and shortly after was shot four times in a drive-by shooting in the Las Vegas metropolitan area of Nevada.

Notable contributors include recording artist Killer Mike, Charlamagne the god, DJ Wally Sparks ( known heavily for his successful mixtapes ), Wendy Day ( founder of Rap Coalition, contributor for other publications such as Murder Dog as well ), and Rohit loomba.

Jackson is the only artist to having nominations spanning the Dance, Pop, Rap, Rock, and R & B categories.

The Lonely Island has collaborated with many major artists including T-Pain in " I'm on a Boat ", Akon in " I Just Had Sex ", Justin Timberlake in " Dick in a Box ", " Motherlover " and " 3-Way ( The Golden Rule )" ( the last of which also featured Lady Gaga ), Beck in " Attracted to Us ", Rihanna in " Shy Ronnie " and " Shy Ronnie 2: Ronnie & Clyde ", Michael Bolton in " Jack Sparrow ", Nicki Minaj in " The Creep ", Julian Casablancas in " Boombox ", Jack Black in " Sax Man ", Norah Jones in " Dreamgirl ", Snoop Dogg in " Turtleneck and Chain ", Will Ferrell in " Cool Guys Don't Look at Explosions ", Santigold in " After Party ", Natalie Portman in " Natalie's Rap ", E-40 in " Santana DVX ", Adam Levine in " Iran So Far ", and Seth Rogen in " Like a Boss ".

Rap / Hip Hop was often used in the regional movies as fillers in between songs and off late has started to become main stream songs.

The History Of Rap, which he produced and wrote, has been planned for a cinema release.

Marley Marl has also been a legend as a radio deejay along side Mr. Magic in the 80's on a show called Rap Attack on WBLS New York.

Since the late 1960s other songwriter's award has been presented for genre-specific categories including Grammy Award for Best Country Song, Grammy Award for Best Rock Song, Grammy Award for Best R & B Song and most recently in Grammy Award for Best Rap Song and Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song.

Baron Cohen has stated that BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood was an influence on the development of his character – Westwood hosts Radio 1's Rap Show and speaks in a faux Multicultural London English and Hip-Hop dialect.

In keeping with their target market of young males, Red Bull has also enlisted help from celebrities, such as Eminem that would appeal to this group ( sponsoring the Red Bull " EmSee Battle Rap championships ").

Lyte has been featured on television as herself on such shows as MTV Unplugged, In Living Color, Moesha, New York Undercover, My Wife and Kids, and Sisters in the Name of Rap.

Pipes has accused CAIR of demanding that a billboard declaring Osama bin Laden " the sworn enemy " be brought down in 1998 as " offensive to Moslems ", denying bin Laden's responsibility for the Africa embassy bombings, calling the conviction of the 1993 World Trade Center bombers " a travesty of justice ," calling the conviction of the blind Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman a " hate crime ", calling the extradition order of suspected Hamas terrorist Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook " anti-Islamic ", calling President Bush's closing of the Holy Land Foundation for collecting money used to support Hamas " unjust " and " disturbing ", praising and defending convicted murderer H. Rap Brown as well as convicted attempted murderer Adnan Chaudhry, and their LA office head calling Israelis " zionazis "; he also quotes the FBI's former chief of counterterrorism Steven Pomerantz saying that CAIR " effectively " gives aid to international terrorist groups.

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Odier has also written many other books ( such as The Rap Factor, about a detective agency in Florida ) under his pseudonym.

In 1995, G Rap started his solo career with the album 4, 5, 6, which featured production from Buckwild, and guest appearances from Nas, MF Grimm and B-1 – it has been his most commercially successful record, reaching No. 24 on the US Billboard 200 album chart.

Kool G Rap has also had a few other children with other women.

Hip hop / Rap has gained considerable popularity in Mongolia.

Rap has been known to emerge on the charts from time to time.

Rap music released in the Philippines has appeared in different languages such as Tagalog, Chavacano, Cebuano, Ilocano and English.

From that period to date, Jaz has accumulated volumes of songs of his own to be released in 2006 titled JazO: THE LEGACY ( Kingz Kounty Entertainment / Red Line Music Distribution, Inc .) Being the producer of the demo that got The Lox their deal with Bad Boy in ’ 96, JazO has blessed the likes of Rakim, M. O. P., Foxy Brown, Queen Latifah, Kool G Rap and numerous others.

Besides being an emcee, he has produced songs for several hip hop artists other than Jay-Z, such as Group Home, M. O. P, Ras Kass, Rakim, Kool G Rap and others.

On April 22, 2010, " Rap Basement " reported that Obie Trice has announced that he would be launching his own independent music label, Black Market Entertainment, on May 7.

Sparxxx has featured on MTV's My Super Sweet Sixteen ( Kristy Landers episode ) and was a mentor in MTV's Celebrity Rap Superstar.

Rap music released in the Philippines has appeared in different languages or dialects such as Tagalog, Chavacano, Cebuano, Ilocano and English.

In " Pranksta Rap ", it's revealed Marge has a picture of Lenny in her hair.

He is well known for winning Miller 2005 Freestyle Rap Battle and has then set his goal in popularising this freestyle-rap culture.

Rap verse has been one of the main distinguishing elements of Eurodance.