GROUPS APPLAUD BET FOR NIXING 'RAP CITY': PTC, Enough is Enough release joint statement. (Eurweb)
*The Parents Television Council, the Enough is Enough Campaign for Corporate Responsibility, the National Congress of Black Women, and Industry Ears jointly praised the announcement that BET has cancelled the music video show, "Rap City."
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Minneapolis Musical Theatre's 'Bright Lights, Big City' gives audience little reason to care (Pioneer Press)
There are five musicians backing Minneapolis Musical Theatre's current production of "Bright Lights, Big City," but the pit band needed one more instrument to really capture the feel of this show.
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Hip-hop musical ‘Clay' hits Broadway (The Kansas City Star)
It’s been a whirlwind,” Eric Rosen said. Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s artistic director was talking about shifting Matt Sax’s one-man hip-hop musical “Clay” to New York, where it began previews last week. The show, which closed in Kansas City on Sept 28, will open Wednesday at the Duke on 42nd Street.
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Rapper whose video claimed New City drug use gets year in prison for coke possession (The Journal News)
A rapper who rhymed about affluent white New City teenagers using cocaine was sentenced to a year in prison yesterday for possessing the drug.
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Cop's bum rap doesn't sour him on justice (Chicago Tribune)
SAC CITY, Iowa — Mike Mette, the wrongfully convicted Chicago cop released from an Iowa prison Wednesday, sat in the backyard of a family friend, finally free.
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CITY OF LOCKPORT: Local rapper C-Dot appears on national TV (Lockport Union-Sun & Journal)
A local rapper took part in a rap battle on national television last week, and even though he didn’t win, he said the appearance has opened up some new doors.
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Rap music gets kids to spot stroke and call 911 (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A novel stroke education program that uses hip-hop music to teach 9- to 11-year-olds living in a high-risk community to recognize when a person is having a stroke and summon help quickly can work, researchers have found.
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Only 10 channels — and nothing's on, inmates complain (Daily Press)
Newport News jail TV is restricted to limit programming that's considered disruptive. Concerned about the effect that violent rap videos and gory films might have on inmates, the Newport News Sheriff's Office is filtering TV viewing in cellblocks and encouraging prisoners to get in touch with the past, the animal kingdom or their feminine side.
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Trader files mauling rap vs mayor-dad (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) A businessman has filed a complaint at the Makati police against his father, an incumbent, not former mayor in Bulacan as reported earlier by Philippine Daily Inquirer, and his bodyguards for allegedly mauling and throwing him out of their home in Makati City, police said.
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Utica bike ride encourages healthy habits (The Observer-Dispatch)
Students from seven Utica schools cheered on about 60 bike riders Friday as they rode through the city to encourage healthy living.
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