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Adele's '21' wins album of the year at Grammys
www.variety.com | Feb 12, 2012
The Vegas oddsmakers were right: Adele was a sure thing at this year's Grammy Awards.

Ice-T's rap documentary set for theatrical release - Movies Wires - MiamiHerald.com
www.miamiherald.com | Feb 10, 2012
Snoop Dogg, Mos Def, Q-Tip, Eminem, Nas and Kanye West are coming to a theater near you.

Drake 'Proud'-ly Rewrites Record for Most Rap Songs No. 1s | Billboard.biz
www.billboard.biz | Feb 3, 2012
With his 11th No. 1 on Billboard's Rap Songs chart in Make Me Proud featuring Nicki Minaj, Drake rewrites the mark for most leaders in the list's 23-year history, breaking...

IBOC By State: Virginia (Feb 2012)
radiomagonline.com | Feb 3, 2012
There are 50 stations in the Old Dominion State broadcasting 90 HD Radio channels.

Why Don Cornelius Matters : The Record : NPR
www.npr.org | Feb 1, 2012
The host and creator of the long-running TV show Soul Train died Wednesday morning. His show proved a truism about America and race that so few people, even today, understand: Black culture, expressed in undiluted form and unapologetically, will by virtue become accepted by the American mainstream.

Sundance Fest Embraces Hip-Hop on Stage and Screen
www.backstage.com | Jan 27, 2012
Along with a slew of performances by rappers and DJs around town, this year's festival includes documentary and narrative films about hip-hop culture.

Urban Airship shutting down SimpleGeo services on March 31 - FierceMobileContent
www.fiercemobilecontent.com | Jan 13, 2012
Push messaging platform Urban Airship will shutter location services provider SimpleGeo's Places, Context and Storage products on Mar. 31. Urban Airship acquired SimpleGeo in late October for a Read more >>

Keith Urban Cuts Original Track For Navy SEAL Thriller Act Of Valor - CinemaBlend.com
www.cinemablend.com | Jan 11, 2012
Miraculously, this is Urban s first musical collaboration on behalf of a motion picture. Apparently Mr. Nicole Kidman prefers to keep his personal life separated from his professional life at least until the project proves worthy enough to mix the two together. After seeing Act Of Valor , my

Keeping it reel: urban film and the riots | Culture | The Guardian
www.guardian.co.uk | Dec 15, 2011
This year's UK riots made gritty dramas such as Kidulthood and Shank look all too real. But could these films be part of the problem, asks Live magazine's Zindzi Rocque-Drayton

Drake spins his web - San Jose Mercury News
www.mercurynews.com | Dec 14, 2011
Drake is getting stranger and weirder but his music is getting even stronger.