Topic: Hip-Hop and Rap
Getty Images | 2010-02-09 02:32:42
NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 08: Singer Mary J. Blige and musician Wyclef Jean stand in front of a tent similar to the ones being provided to earth quake victims in Haiti as they attend the Hope Help & Relief Haiti "A Night ...
Reuters US Online Report Entertainment News | 2010-02-08 15:20:38
TOKYO (Reuters) - He raps. He chants. And this month, Japan's famed hip-hop loving monk, better known as MC Happiness, will tap dance on stage, in the name of Buddhism. Kansho Tagai heads the 400-year-old Kyoouji Temple in central Tokyo, offering softly chanted prayers throughout the day amid traditional bell chimes and wafts of incense. But once in a while ...
AP News | 2010-02-07 17:17:21
Even in the middle of Super Bowl celebrations, Wyclef Jean keeps Haiti in the forefront
The contrasts are stark: As Haiti grapples with chaos, death and despair after last month's earthquake, the world's most famous VIPs party in luxurious fashion in preparation for a football game. Wyclef Jean — who has been an advocate for his native Haiti since ...
AP News | 2010-02-07 14:54:17
In this Friday, Feb. 5, 2010 photo, former President Bill Clinton and Wyclef Jean attends the SOS Saving Ourselves Help for Haiti concert in Miami, Fla. (AP Photo/Donald Traill)
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