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MAY 15,2013

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In this issue of RAmPage 5 Gucci Mane in jail again 6 Macklemore

8World BBOY classic 10Boston Bombing 11World news 13Chris Kelly death 14 LAKERS 16DIDDY 18International 22 Eminem 24 Lady Pink 26 ICE CUBE 28Women in Hip Hop

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GUCCI MANE ARRESTED ONE DAY AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM JAIL

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Rapper Gucci Mane was arrested one day after he was released from jail. He was arrested for assaulting a man in Harlem Nights Atlanta nightclub with a Champaign bottle. Victim of Mane’s assault is a US military soldier, who told the press that all he wanted to do is to get a picture with the rapper. Soldier was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital , where he received ten stitches.

Later on controversial picture went viral on the internet. It shows that Gucci Mane telling the judge “B*tch I might be” when asked if guilty. This picture is totally fake and somebody used Photoshop to make this image.

The problem with it is if FOX actually had this picture on LIVE television , they would most likely censor the word B*TCH , which is not censored on the particular picture.

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RETURN OF THE MAC….

Ben Haggerty known by his stage name MACKLEMORE made his return to Hip Hop in 2009 after recovering from use of substances . Macklemore teamed up with Ryan Lewis and had a big musical BOOM in 2012-13. His music video “Thrift Shop” was viewed over 250 million time and reached number 1 on the U.S. Billboard hot 100.

Macklemore started to have appearances on talk shows http://club937.com/thrift-shop-is-where-macklemore-and like CONAN and Letterman -ryan-lewis-go-video/ shows. In 2013 Macklemores song “Wings” was used as a theme song for NBA ALL STAR game , The song itself talks about basketball and shoes.

Video of the song has Lewis and Macklemore wearing ALL STAR jerseys. Macklemore released his dehttp://popdust.com/2013/02/02/why-is -macklemore-letting-his-anti-nike-wingsbut album in 2012 its called :the Heist” be-used-as-nbas-all-star-anthem/ which sold 78 thousand copies in the first week and was charted number 2 on US billboard 200 chart.

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B-BOY CLASSIC COMING TO EINDHOVEN On June 15 2013 B-Boys from all over the world will be gathered in Eindhoven, city in The Netherlands , to find out who is the best break-dancer in the world. B-Boy classic is a two on two dance battle. B-Boys all over the world have to go through qualifiers in their own countries before one team from each country will enter the tournament . So far only China has finished their qualifiers and their winners are from STO crew Lil Chao & Blackie. Rest of the qualifiers are scheduled to take place mid May. The qualifier for Birmingham, UK has been postponed due to massive snow fall. Current champions B-Boy Palmer and B-Boy Kareem are representing the United States http://beitsalomon.ucoz.com/index/ of America and world_bboy_classic_2012/0-158 they will be the favorites to win the 5th annual B-Boy classics. It would be exciting to see B-Boy Junior from France to http://video.dejavot.org/ Gxvxefecxyw/Les-Twins-France-vsenter the classics. Junior is known for his LilO-Tyger-B-USA-Juste-Debout2011-SemiFinal-YAK-FILMS.html “crazy� moves. When Junior takes the floor he breaks all the laws of gravitation. Some people believe that Junior doesn't have any bones . Lets wish good luck to all of the participants .

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BOSTON BOMBING 2013 On April 15 2013 Boston Marathon became the target for terrorists. Two bombs exploded killing 3 and injuring 183 people.

Suspects are two Chechen brothers Tamerlan and Dzokhar Tsarnaev. Tamerlan was killed by Boston police during the shootout while Dzokhar was wounded and was taken to hospital. A week before the bombing FOX released the new episode of “Family Guy” called “Turban Cowboy”. In that episode main character Peter wins Boston Marathon http://www.webpronews.com/ fox-pulls-family-guy-episodeby killing people. http://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/ over-boston-marathon-jokefamily-guy-epizoda-povucenaLater on Peter be2013-04 zbog-slicnosti-bostonskomcomes friends with a tragedijom-clanak-540696 terrorist . FOX removed that episode from their website and from HULU. Was it just a coincidence ? Or did Family Guy know about the bombing? One part of the episode shows how Peter makes phone call which causes explosion he does that twice just like Boston Marathon bombing 2 explosions . http://newsrescue.com/ turban-cowboy-family-guyshow-weird-boston-bombing -prediction-joke-buildsfrenzy/#axzz2REY1cQJc

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Again somehow people try to blame this on Hip Hop, saying that Dzokhar was good boy

and student until he started to listen to Hip Hop.

World news of HIP HOP Armenian rapper HT Hayko was attacked by anti rappers and was hospitalized. This event drove rappers in Armenia to go low and cancel all of their concerts until further notice. Sources report that one of the attackers was events head of security. Doctors say that Hayko should be fine within a week or two. He suffered minor concussion and fractured couple of bones.

Russian rapper Timati’s official website announce that rapper will be starting his 2013 tour around the world in August. He plans to visit cities like Milan, London, Paris, Bielefeld , Barcelona, Kiev , New York , and Los Angeles. If everything goes right Timati will be in LA in October. He plans to perform at the Nokia center.

Graffiti has been one of the biggest problems in Latvia. Country which surrounded by Baltic sea and has ridiculous laws about smoking and walking on the grass , can not fight against Graffiti. Taggers find ways to put their “art” on everything possible ; walls , cars , gas stations and even grass

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CHRIS “MAC DADDY” KELLY IS DEAD!!!!

Chris Kelly, better known as “Mac Daddy” from rap duo “Kris Kross” was pronounced dead on Wednesday, May 1st . He was found unresponsive in his home in Atlanta.CNN Reports: "After paramedics took him to the hospital, a http://naijagists.com/rapperwoman who identified herself as Kelly's chris-kelly-aka-mac-daddy-isfriend told an investigator that Kelly had taken a mixture of heroine and cocaine Tuesday night, and that she had brought Kelly home 'to recover from his drug use,' according to a police report. "Kelly felt nauseous while at home, and then passed out on Wednesday afternoon before his mother called 911. As peoples cites: "Paramedics found Kelly unresponsive on the living room couch. Efforts at CPR failed to revive him, and Kelly was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead." As of May 2, 2013, an autopsy has been completed.

The police report documents Prate's statement that "they had brought Kelly home to recover from his drug use and had done this several times in the past", and his uncle told police Kelly "had an extensive history of drug abuse".

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NO KOBE, NO LAKERS!!

After injuring his Achilles tendon, Kobe Bryant left his team short ended and was sidelined for up to http://chewthedirt.com/unless-youve-been-living-under 9 months. Which meant -a-rock-you-know-black-mamba-is-out-6-9-months/ that Kobe had to miss Lakers playoff clash vs mighty San Antonio Spurs. Despite the fact that Bryant couldn't play, he was being active on Twitter commenting on the game against Spurs. On the last game at home Lakers were down 3-0 in series and had to win to stay alive. After Dwight Howard got ejected for second technical foul, things got worse for Lakers.

Even Jack Nicholson lost hope and was about to leave the staples center, when Kobe made a surprise return on crutches to try and support Lakers. That wasn't enough.

Lakers end up losing the game 103–82 , 4-0 in the series and the season for Lakers ended with a humiliating loss.

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WATCH NBA 2013 PLAYOFFS ON TNT

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DIDDY JOINS WWE's BE A STAR PROGRAM to FIGHT AGGAINST BULLYING Sean “Diddy” Combs joins World Wrestling Entertainment to help http://lasvegasnightlifeservices.blogspot.com/2012/07/seanencourage young people p.html to treat each other with respect and tolerance. Diddy said that “Bullying is a very serious issue. No matter form or the location, it’s got to stop. Remember, were all in this together. So, look for help.

Its out there. If its not you being bullied, help somebody who is. Be a star and stand up to bullying”. Diddy was named Be a STAR ambassador.

WWE chairman Vince McMahon stated “WWE is proud to continue its partnership with Sean and join together to put an end to bullying”.

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INTERNATIONAL HIP HOP Hip Hop is not only popular in the USA. People all over the world listen to Hip Hop music. Not everyone approves the style, a specially in countries that were part of Soviet Union. Russia took a big step on developing Hip Hop artists. The most famous one is Timati. He’s known all over the world. Timati has collaborated with artists like Snoop Dogg , Xzibit , Busta Rhymes, Diddy, Fat Joe and Timbaland. Timati copies a style of a typical American Rapper. Hes covered in tattoos, has big chains hanging from his neck, wears a big diamond watch , shows up to places in expensive cars. He didn't do all that in the beginning of his career.

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Timati is Russian , but he has dark skin. That is why he calls himself Black Star. Timati is not the only famous Hip Hop artists that hails from former soviet union. 3 Armenian guys who leave in Glendale ,Ca formed a Hip Hop Band . They call themselves “EREVANSKI�. In Armenia Hip Hop is not popular, and Hip Hop artists get criticized all the time. Guys from Erevanski came to USA to do what they loved to do the most , be a Hip Hop artists. Erevanski raps in Armenian. Sometimes they invite underground Rap artists to feature on their tracks . Erevanski was voted as artist of the month by the fans. I am glad to have friends who are in Hip Hop industry.

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EMINEM TO RELEASE A NEW A

Eminem's official online store debuted a M baseball cap styled like the famous blue-and-w wear. Instead of the iconic D, the new Slim Shady-inspired he backwards E and an inscription with the years Em dropped e icated to the landmark Eminem solo albums. A portion of the reads the description on the site. The 1996 inscription comm marks the drop of Marshall's last LP Recovery, but fanatics w album for next year — even though his label has not confirm Shady Records debut, Em confirmed to MTV News correspon mode. "I've actually kinda just started. I've been on the move here and there," Em said during a radio interview flanked by month, platinum producer No I.D. confirmed exclusively with dio together. "I definitely sat down and spoke with Eminem a what we could do," he said. "He's one of the best, I want to w tributions. I think that would be one of the next steps in that sion, last week SIlm Shady also teamed up with his pal 50 Ce album in Michigan Central Station in Detroit.

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ALBUM IN 2013

Marshall Mathers white hat the Tigers eadwear features a each of his solo albums on the side panel. "Side panel is dede proceeds will go to the Marshall Mathers Foundation," memorates the release of indie debut Infinite while 2010 with a keen eye noticed the 2013 entry that points to a new med a date. In August, while out promoting Slaughterhouse's ndent Sway Calloway that he was once again in album e a little bit too, so I've in between things, sneak songs in Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, Royce da 5'9" and Crooked I.Last h MTV News that he and Em have made plans to hit the stuabout working and we agreed to get in the studio and see work with one of the best and try and give some music cont lineage of what I'm trying to do." On top of his solo misent to shoot a video for Fif's upcoming Street King Immortal

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LADY PINK , FEMALE TAGGER Lady Pink was born in Ecuador, but raised in NYC. In 1979 she started writing graffiti and soon was well known as the only female capable of competing with the boys in the graffiti subculture. Pink painted subway trains from the years 19791985. In 1982 she had a starring role the motion picture "Wild Style". That role and her other significant contributions to graffiti have made her a cult figure in the hip-hop subculture.

While still in high school she was already exhibiting paintings in art galleries, and at the age of 21 had her first solo show at the Moore College of Art. Pink knew that graffiti wasn't for the weak-hearted. “You’ve got to be strong , carry your own point, have a lot of endurance ,a lot of nerve. You cant go hysterical and run screaming”. As a leading participant in the rise of graffiti-based art, Lady Pink's canvases have entered important art collections such as those of the Whitney Museum, the MET in New York City, the Brooklyn Museum and the Groningen Museum of Holland. She has established herself in the fine arts world, and her paintings are highly prized by collectors. Today, Lady Pink continues to create new paintings on canvas that express her unique personal vision. She also shares her 30 years of experience with teens by holding mural workshops and actively lecturing to college students throughout the Northeast.

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ICE CUBE IS

One of the notorious Gangsta rappers Ic the United States Of America called KINGS of 325 dollars. It includes Post show meet and g Mic t-shirts signed by Ice Cube, Ice Cube logo The tour will be in Los Angeles on July 7 2013 tour Ice cube is continuing his acting career. the trilogy “the Expendables”. Ice cube team “Ride along”. Ice Cube is also working on the final piece of sequel so revealed that he is working on a new album which he is going to “"It's just really hardcore West Coast hip-hop — what I do. I don't t should be done. I think it's all about do what you do best and give t

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ced Cube is back with his tour all over f the MIC. The price for this show is greet with Ice Cube, 2 limited Kings of o towel, engraved keychain and more.

3, at the Greek theatre. Besides the Currently he works on the 3rd part of ms up with Kevin Hart in the movie which called “Last Friday”. Ice Cube alo call “Everythangs Corrupt”. He said think changing the formula is what the people what they want."

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Women have different roles in the world of Hip Hop. Most of the time the women in Hip Hop videos are African American. Media wants us to believe whores, because they expose their bodies on TV. We do not know what is cause they expose themselves do time the only thing that sells is SE other choice but to perform half n has over 82 million hits , while 50 million hits. Lets face it , Rap wise We cant blame those women in H have to do to support their famili Hop girl.

Women have other roles in H issue of RAmPage, Lady Pink is a Women also have DJ’s. The most artists like they are famous because of their style. They have weird jects . There are a lot of talented women Hip Hop artists themselves and be real. They are known in undernever heard of Rapsody or Sa Roc. Gotta admit they are

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ey looked on as sexual object. Most of the e that all African American women are the story behind those women. Just beoes not make them whores. In our day and EX. Those women in Hip Hop videos have no naked. For example Nelly’s tipdrill video 0 cent feat GAME how we do has only 13 e how we do is a better song then tipdrill.

Hip Hop videos. They do whatever they ies and have a career as a dancer or a Hip

Hip Hop culture. Previously spoken in this graffiti artist . But it doesn't stop there . famous one would DJ Spinderella. Of course lets not forget about female Nicky Minaj and Lil Kim are the most famous ones. Again, hair style choice and they portray themselves as sex obthat are not famous , because they chose not to expose ground world, but they don't have international fame. I pretty good .

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