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Gucci Mane attends the BET Hip Hop Awards 2010 at Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center on October 2, 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images)

Gucci Mane denied bond in assault case

Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) - Gucci Mane has been denied bond on charges stemming from a fan's accusation that the rapper hit him in the head with a champagne bottle at an Atlanta nightclub...
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Chief Keef pic stirs up anti-violence campaign

Marcus Riley, NBC Chicago
NBC Chicago - Chicago rapper Chief Keef is proving to be a lightning rod in more ways than one.
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Rick Ross performs onstage at the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards at Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center on September 29, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Chris McKay/Getty Images for BET)

Rick Ross date rape lyric causes uproar

Veronica Miller
OPINION - a verse on the song 'You Don’t Even Know,' Ross raps about drugging a woman, and then raping her while she is incoherent...
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Gucci Mane performs during the BET Hip Hop Awards '10 at Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center on October 2, 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images)

Gucci Mane jailed on assault charge

Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) - Rapper Gucci Mane was being held in jail on an assault charge after a fan told police the artist smashed a champagne bottle on his head in a downtown Atlanta nightclub...
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Rapper Gucci Mane attends 2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors at Hammerstein Ballroom on June 3, 2010 in New York, New York. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

Gucci Mane wanted in alleged assault at Atlanta club

Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) - An arrest warrant was issued for Gucci Mane after a fan told police the rapper hit him in the head with a champagne bottle at a downtown Atlanta nightclub...
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Kendrick Lamar performs during the BET Music Matters Showcase at Brazos Hall on March 14, 2013 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for BET)

Is mainstream hip-hop a threat to our children?

Chuck Creekmur
OPINION - Sometimes I think rappers are deliberately trying to get kids killed out here...
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Nitty Scott (courtesy of theGrio)

The top 5 rap lyrics of the week

Shawn Setaro, Rap Genius
RAP GENIUS - As the RG camp recovers from an exhausting and successful SxSW, we somehow stopped sneezing and coughing long enough to bring you the best in this week's music...
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Lil Mouse (youtube.com)

Chicago parents slam 13-year-old rapper's show at nightclub

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - While many 13-year-olds could have been tucked away in their beds early Thursday morning, at least one was nearly moments away from a shooting that injured seven people on the South Side of Chicago...
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Terrence J and Rosci at 106 & Park Studio on April 9, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images)

Blame industry, not artists, for negative hip-hop

Sebastien Elkouby
OPINION - Is hip-hop destroying black America? To answer this question fairly, we must first discard the distorted image of hip hop that mainstream media has passed off for the past 20 years...
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Chuck D speaks in the press room during the 27th Annual Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Public Hall on April 14, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

Why doesn't hip-hop respect its elders?

Lauren Carter
OPINION - In today’s hip-hop landscape, pioneers are typically dismissed and marginalized by the mainstream, trotted out once a year during VH1’s 'Hip-Hop Honors' and then conveniently forgotten...
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