Cam'ron

After years of denying an apparent mutual disdain for each other, Cam'ron and Jay-Z appear on the brink of a full-on battle, as Cam has released a diss track against Jay Z titled "You Got to Love it" (referring to Jay-Z's girlfriend, Beyonce Knowles) The seven-minute cut starts out with Cam outlining five reasons for his attack on Jay, including accusations that the Def Jam president stole the Roc-A-Fella empire and Kanye West from ex-partner Dame Dash as well as the Rocawear clothing line; even going as far as to insinuate that Jay m ...

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Cam'ron, Cam'ron - Early Career, Cam'ron - S.D.E., Cam'ron - Roc-A-Fella Records, Cam'ron - Later music projects, Cam'ron - Shooting, Cam'ron - Jay-Z Beef, Cam'ron - Discography

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With his release from Sony Records, Cam'ron moved on to sign with his childhood friend Dame Dash and Roc-a-fella Records. In 2002, he released his third and most successful album, Come Home With Me, along with the biggest hits of his career, "Oh Boy" and "Hey Ma," both featuring Juelz Santana. Dash even went as far as to propose naming Cam'ron Vice President of Roc-a-fella, but Jay-Z rejected the idea. He went on to star in the Damon Dash produced film, Paid In Full in 2002. Cam'ron then teamed up with his fellow Diplomats, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana, and Freekey Zeeky, to rel ...

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Cam'ron, Cam'ron - Early Career, Cam'ron - S.D.E., Cam'ron - Roc-A-Fella and The Feud With Jay-Z, Cam'ron - Later music projects, Cam'ron - Shooting, Cam'ron - Discography

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With his release from Sony Records, Cam'ron moved on to sign with his childhood friend Dame Dash and Roc-a-fella Records. In 2002, he released his third and most successful album, Come Home With Me, along with the biggest hits of his career, "Oh Boy" and "Hey Ma," both featuring Juelz Santana. Dash even went as far as to propose naming Cam'ron Vice President of Roc-a-fella, but Jay-Z rejected the idea. He went on to star in the Damon Dash produced film, Paid In Full in 2002. Cam'ron then teamed up with his fellow Diplomats, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana, and Freekey Zeeky, to release the Diploma ...

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Cam'ron, Cam'ron - Early Career, Cam'ron - S.D.E., Cam'ron - Roc-A-Fella Records, Cam'ron - Later music projects, Cam'ron - Shooting, Cam'ron - Jay-Z Beef, Cam'ron - Discography

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1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). 1976 - Events. January 12 - UN Security Council votes 11-1 to admit the Palestinian Liberation Organization January 15 - Would-be Gerald Ford presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore is sentenced to life in prison January 16 - Trial against jailed members of the Red Army Faction begins in Stuttgart, West Germany January 18 - The Scottish Labour Party ...

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Christopher Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), also known as Biggie Smalls (after a stylish gangster in 1975's Let's Do it Again) and Frank White (from the film King of New York), but best known as The Notorious B.I.G. (Business Instead of Game and, since his death, Books Instead of Guns), was a popular Brooklyn-born rapper of the mid-1990s. Following his untimely death in 1997, he has been immortalized as a hip hop icon. The Notorious B. ...

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• The Notorious B.I.G. - Movie
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• The Notorious B.I.G. - Singles
• The Notorious B.I.G. - Featured Roles
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See also: 1975 in music, other events of 1976, 1977 in music, 1970s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1976 in music - Events. 1976 in music - January-February. January 7 - Kenneth Moss, a former record company executive, is sentenced to 120 days in the Los Angeles County Jail and four years probation for involuntary manslaughter in the 1974 drug induced death of Average White Band drummer Robbie McIntosh. January 13 - A trial begins for seven Brunswick Rec ...

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Affirmative action (U.S. English), or positive discrimination (British English), is a policy or a program promoting the representation in various systems of people of a group who have traditionally been discriminated against, with the aim of creating a more egalitarian society. This typically focuses on education, employment, health care, or social welfare. In employment, affirmative action may also be known as employment equity or preferential hiring. In this context affirmative action requires that institutions increa ...

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In the United States, carjacking is the crime of motor vehicle theft from a person who is present. Typically the carjacker is armed, and the driver of the car is forced out of the car at gunpoint. The word is a portmanteau of car and hijacking. Carjacking - Discussion. The crime is extremely hazardous to the physical safety of both the carjacker and victim. The victim may be able to outmaneuver the carjacker and run over him. To secure compliance, the carjacker may shoot the victim or physically push the vi ...

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Russell Jones founded the Wu-Tang Clan in 1992 with his cousins, the RZA, and the GZA (with whom he had previously comprised the underground trio Force Of The Imperial Master, which subsequently became known as the All in Together Now Crew after they had a successful underground single of that name). The cousins soon added six more friends and associates to the Clan, and released their debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) in 1993 (1993 in music). Most of the members of the group received individual praise from critics and fans ...

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Ol' Dirty Bastard, Ol' Dirty Bastard - Biography, Ol' Dirty Bastard - Legal troubles, Ol' Dirty Bastard - Death, Ol' Dirty Bastard - Aliases, Ol' Dirty Bastard - Discography, Ol' Dirty Bastard - Albums, Ol' Dirty Bastard - Singles & EPs, Ol' Dirty Bastard - Appears On

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Probably the most famous rap feud of recent times is the early to mid-1990s rivalry between the East Coast's Bad Boy Records and the West Coast's Death Row Records, which was widely thought of and reported in the media as an East Coast vs West Coast dispute. Hip hop had originated in New York, and the city remained the undisputed capital of hip hop until 1992, when Dr. Dre's The Chronic became one of the biggest-selling hip hop albums in history, followed shortly by Snoop Doggy Dogg's breakout album Doggystyle in 1993. D ...

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Hip hop rivalries, Hip hop rivalries - East Coast vs. West Coast, Hip hop rivalries - Nas vs Jay-Z, Hip hop rivalries - Eminem vs Benzino, Hip hop rivalries - Boogie Down Productions vs the Juice Crew, Hip hop rivalries - LL Cool J vs. Kool Moe Dee, Hip hop rivalries - LL Cool J vs Canibus and the Refugee Camp, Hip hop rivalries - Ja Rule vs 50 Cent, Hip hop rivalries - 50 Cent vs The Game, Hip hop rivalries - Other known rivalries not necessarily chronological order

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This is a list of songs that are about, or appear to be about, cocaine. This is an incomplete list of songs, which can or may never satisfy any subjective standard for completeness. Revisions and additions are welcome. List of songs about drugs - A. "Angry Chair" by Alice in Cha ...

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List of songs about drugs, List of songs about drugs - Cocaine, List of songs about drugs - A, List of songs about drugs - B, List of songs about drugs - C, List of songs about drugs - D, List of songs about drugs - E, List of songs about drugs - F, List of songs about drugs - G, List of songs about drugs - H, List of songs about drugs - I, List of songs about drugs - J, List of songs about drugs - K, List of songs about drugs - L, List of songs about drugs - M, List of songs about drugs - N, List of songs about drugs - O, List of songs about drugs - P, List of songs about drugs - Q, List of songs about drugs - R, List of songs about drugs - S, List of songs about drugs - T, List of songs about drugs - U, List of songs about drugs - V, List of songs about drugs - W, List of songs about drugs - X, List of songs about drugs - Y, List of songs about drugs - Z, List of songs about drugs - Psychedelics, List of songs about drugs - Heroin, List of songs about drugs - Marijuana, List of songs about drugs - Other drugs

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R. Kelly - Early Life. Born into poverty and distress in Chicago's projects, young Robert Kelly and his two brothers and sister and mother Joanne struggled. After a shooting by a mugger as a teenager, Kelly looked to basketball and music to get him away from the atmosphere. Guided by his teacher Lena McLin, Kelly entered a career in music after singing the classic ballad, "Ribbon in the Sky" at a talent show to his high school friends. See also:

R. Kelly, R. Kelly - Biography, R. Kelly - Early Life, R. Kelly - Early Career, R. Kelly - 12 Play and Aaliyah, R. Kelly - R. Kelly: The Singer Songwriter and Producer, R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly R. Sparkle TP-2.Com, R. Kelly - The Best of Both Worlds at the Worst of Bad Times, R. Kelly - Sexual allegations, R. Kelly - The Pied Piper of R&B, R. Kelly - Music Facts, R. Kelly - Discography, R. Kelly - Albums, R. Kelly - Singles, R. Kelly - Grammy Awards

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With the inclusion of promotional releases, the single has seen over 38 individual versions of release. The most common was a 7" vinyl single (with varying cover artwork) released in 1983/1984 (depending on the country), with the second most common being a 12" vinyl single (also with varying cover artwork) released in 1983/1984. The song was written by Robert Hazard, who recorded his version of the song in 1979. Lauper changed the lyrics slightly to allow it to be performed by a female and Hazard approved the minor changes. Her versio ...

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Girls Just Want to Have Fun song, Girls Just Want to Have Fun song - Song information, Girls Just Want to Have Fun song - 7 vinyl track listing, Girls Just Want to Have Fun song - Credits, Girls Just Want to Have Fun song - 12 vinyl track listing, Girls Just Want to Have Fun song - Credits

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Def Jam - Def Jam Records. Nas Cory Gunz Ghostface Killah Joe Budden Juelz Santana LL Cool J Method Man N.O.R.E. Ne-Yo Redman Rihanna Young Jeezy NAS Def Jam - Def Soul. 112 Patti LaBelle Ron Isley The Isley Brothers Musiq Def Jam - ...

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Def Jam, Def Jam - Current Def Jam artists, Def Jam - Def Jam Records, Def Jam - Def Soul, Def Jam - Def Jam Left, Def Jam - Def Jam UK, Def Jam - Artists on Def Jam distributed labels, Def Jam - Roc-a-Fella Records, Def Jam - Roc-a-Fella West, Def Jam - Disturbing Tha Peace formerly Def Jam South, Def Jam - Roc La Familia, Def Jam - Dame Dash Music Group, Def Jam - Russell Simmons Music Group, Def Jam - Former Def Jam artists, Def Jam - External link

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His early career began in a group called Children of the Corn with fellow Harlemites Ma$e (then known as Murda Mase), Bloodshed and Cam'ron (then known as "Killa Cam"). His first recording under the name Big L was made in 1995 with Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous. He gained recognition within the genre of rap music for his renditions of Put it on; No Endz, No Skinz; Street Struck and Da Graveyard (which featured a then unknown Jay-Z). His biggest success came with Ebonics which he recorded on h ...

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Big L rapper, Big L rapper - Performance history, Big L rapper - D.I.T.C., Big L rapper - Murder, Big L rapper - Quotes, Big L rapper - Discography, Big L rapper - Albums, Big L rapper - Singles, Big L rapper - Unreleased Tracks, Big L rapper - Music Videos

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Def Jam - Def Jam Records. Nas Cory Gunz Ghostface Killah Joe Budden Juelz Santana LL Cool J Method Man N.O.R.E. Ne-Yo Redman Rihanna Mariah Carey Young Jeezy NAS Def Jam - Def Soul. 112 Patti LaBelle Ron Isley The Isley Brothers Musiq Def Jam - ...

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Def Jam, Def Jam - Current Def Jam artists, Def Jam - Def Jam Records, Def Jam - Def Soul, Def Jam - Def Jam Left, Def Jam - Def Jam UK, Def Jam - Artists on Def Jam distributed labels, Def Jam - Roc-a-Fella Records, Def Jam - Roc-a-Fella West, Def Jam - Disturbing Tha Peace formerly Def Jam South, Def Jam - Roc La Familia, Def Jam - Dame Dash Music Group, Def Jam - Russell Simmons Music Group, Def Jam - Former Def Jam artists, Def Jam - External link

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Def Jam - Def Jam Records. Nas Cory Gunz Ghostface Killah Joe Budden Juelz Santana LL Cool J Method Man N.O.R.E. Ne-Yo Redman Rihanna Mariah Carey Young Jeezy Def Jam - Def Soul. 112 Patti LaBelle Ron Isley The Isley Brothers Musiq Def Jam - Def Jam UK. Mercury Records Panjabi Hit Squad Terri Walker Tim W ...

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Def Jam, Def Jam - Current Def Jam artists, Def Jam - Def Jam Records, Def Jam - Def Soul, Def Jam - Def Jam UK, Def Jam - Artists on Def Jam distributed labels, Def Jam - Roc-a-Fella Records, Def Jam - Disturbing Tha Peace formerly Def Jam South, Def Jam - Roc La Familia, Def Jam - Dame Dash Music Group, Def Jam - Russell Simmons Music Group, Def Jam - Former Def Jam artists, Def Jam - External link

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Big was notorized early in his career mostly for his lyrical content, which included hardcore gangsta-rap lyrics at a time when that style dominated the West Coast, and most of his native New York was dominated by the jazziness of A Tribe Called Quest and Gang Starr and the blend of Five Percenter/far East-influenced stylings of MCs like Afu Ra, Jeru the Damaja and the Wu-Tang Clan. His tales of street exploits (selling crack, robbing, shootouts, etc.) coupled with witty expressions permeated his first album and the freestyle appearan ...

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The Notorious B.I.G., The Notorious B.I.G. - Childhood and drug career, The Notorious B.I.G. - Rap career, The Notorious B.I.G. - East Coast/West Coast feud and death, The Notorious B.I.G. - Posthumous career, The Notorious B.I.G. - Legacy, The Notorious B.I.G. - Movie, The Notorious B.I.G. - Trivia, The Notorious B.I.G. - Discography, The Notorious B.I.G. - Albums, The Notorious B.I.G. - Singles, The Notorious B.I.G. - Featured Roles, The Notorious B.I.G. - B-Sides

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Aftermath Entertainment - Artists. Dr. Dre- Producer and rapper who founded Aftermath Entertainment after leaving Death Row. Under his own label, Dre released the groundbreaking gangsta rap album 2001 (album). Dr. Dre maintained success through his two leading artists Eminem and 50 Cent. Dr. Dre is preparing for his last album Detox. Eminem- Born in St. Joseph, Missouri but raised in Detroit, Eminem became the most famous rapper to be signed under Dr. Dre's label. With four alb ...

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Aftermath Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment - Current roster, Aftermath Entertainment - Artists, Aftermath Entertainment - Producers, Aftermath Entertainment - Former Aftermath Entertainment artists, Aftermath Entertainment - Affiliated Labels

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Aftermath Entertainment - Artists. Dr. Dre- Producer and rapper who founded Aftermath Entertainment after leaving Death Row. Under his own label, Dre released the groundbreaking gangsta rap album 2001 (album). Dr. Dre maintained success through his two leading artists Eminem and 50 Cent. Dr. Dre is preparing for his last album Detox. Eminem- Born in St. Joseph, Missouri but raised in Detroit, Eminem became the most famous rapper to be signed under Dr. Dre's label. With four alb ...

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Aftermath Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment - Current roster, Aftermath Entertainment - Artists, Aftermath Entertainment - Producers, Aftermath Entertainment - Affiliated Labels

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