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Simon Says: "No more samples."

Rawkus is having to remove all versions of the Pharoahe Monch song Simon Says from shelves.

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MC Hammer to Launch New Label

The poster boy for fallin off is making a comeback, and will shortly be launching his own label, and a new album.

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Automator Hard At Work

Super-producer Dan the Automator is busy working on several big-name indie projects right now.

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BEP Band Goes Solo

The Black Eyed Peas' back-up band, The Beat Pharmacie, will be releasing its own album called Metropolis.

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Former Rap Star Arraigned by NY court

Play, of Kid N' Play, has been called to court to answer charges that he owes his ex-wife child support.

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Kardi cleans up at Urban Music Awards

Toronto's Kardinal Offishall won three awards at Urban X-Posure 2001, held Wednesday night in Toronto.

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No Limit Soldier Succumbs to Cancer

Big Ed, a former member of Tru, has died of cancer, making him the second rapper to fall to the disease in less than two weeks.

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Run DMC to play anti-racism Concert

Run DMC will headline an anti-racism concert called Respect 2001 in London, England, after recent racial clashed raised tension over there.

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Wu-Tang.com Warns: ODB May Be in Danger

The Wu's website has posted a press release warning New York State that it will be sued if ODB is killed in jail.

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B.G. Recovering From Over Dose

Cash Money man B.G. suffered a drug overdose two weeks ago and fell into a coma, the reports are now confirmed.

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Ice-T to Host DMC Finals

Ice-T will host the U.S. DJ DMC championships in San Francisco. The event takes place on August 24.

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Too Poetic Memorial Planned

A memorial service for Too Poetic has been planned for August 4, after the rapper passed away from colon cancer.

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R.I.P. Too Poetic

Rapper Too Poetic of the Gravediggaz lost a battle with cancer and died on Sunday in a Los Angeles hospital.

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Sputnik7 Wins Best Music Site

The 5th annual Webby Awards were held Wednesday night and the winner of the best music site was www.sputnik7.com.

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ODB Gets 2 - 4 Years

ODB has been sentenced on drug charges and will go to prison for two to four years. Poor Dirty.

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Freaky Tah's Killer Admits Crime

A man told a New York court that he was responsible for killing Freaky Tah, a member of the Lost Boys, over two years ago.

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KRS-One to host Politically Incorrect

KRS-One will host an episode of Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, in a special taping to take place in Brooklyn.

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Kardi, Baby Blue lead the way for Urban Music Awards

The Urban X-Posure Awards are drawing near, and Canada's best and brightest urban stars will soon be honoured at a ceremony in Toronto.

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J-Live Goes Legit

After years of toiling in the underground, J-Live is finally releasing a full-length on a label, even though it ain't a major.

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PE wants YOUR beats

Calling all producers, Public Enemy wants to hear your beats for their new album, which is due out this fall on slamjamz.com

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The Mid-East conflict in Hip Hop

Rapper Sakinah Nabi is getting quite a reaction to her album cover, which features a Palestinian boy throwing a rock at an Israeli tank."