February 09, 2012
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Adele is the rare star that doesn’t need multiple magazine covers, a cosmetics contract or a clothing line to sell albums. She does it all based on the strength of that sumptuous voice and those stirring songs.
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January 09, 2012
NEW YORK, N.Y.
Through a rap verse, Jay-Z has confirmed the birth of “the most beautiful girl in the world” — his newborn daughter.
The song “Glory” made its debut on his social website Life and Times on Monday — two days after he and Beyonce gave birth to a daughter, Blue Ivy.
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December 12, 2011
NEW YORK, N.Y.
Hey Justin Bieber — Selena Gomez already has plans for New Year’s Eve.
Gomez will be ringing in the New Year in New York City’s Times Square with fellow star Demi Lovato for MTV’s live special.
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December 02, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Michael Eric Dyson parses Jay-Z’s lyrics as if analyzing fine literature. The rapper’s riffs on luxury cars and tailored clothes and boasts of being the “Mike Jordan of recording” may make for catchy rhymes, but to Dyson, they also reflect incisive social commentary.
Dyson, a professor, author, radio host and television personality, has offered at Georgetown University this semester a popular — if unusual — class dedicated to Jay-Z and his career.
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November 21, 2011
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Overheard at the 39th annual American Music Awards, presented Sunday at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles:
— “We’ve never won an American Music Award, and it’s wonderful to be acknowledged for our music. It’s very sharp, though, so we’ll have to be careful around the house.” — Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine backstage on the pyramid-shaped AMA trophy.
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October 18, 2011
TEMPLE, Ga.
Authorities say hip-hop star Soulja Boy is facing a drug charge after police stopped his rental car in west Georgia and found marijuana.
Temple Police Chief Tim Shaw tells The Associated Press that police stopped the rented Cadillac Escalade early Tuesday. He says officers found marijuana and guns inside.
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