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Students here at St. John's have been complaining about the lack of campus life for the past few years.

We've asked local music bloggers to offer their recommendations on must-see performances at this year's City Stages.

Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West is on O'ahu, recording and working on his next album at the Avex Honolulu Studio.

Gallery: Common Ground Music ... Purchase this photo at photos.statenews.com Shuntel Esters of Lansing, left, and Cody Dibean, 12, of Grand Ledge, center, cheer as Snoop Dogg takes the stage Wednesday night at ...

Virginia rap got a huge boost in 2006 with Clipse's stunning breakout, "Hell Hath No Fury" . The formerly-angry Skillz now drops another rich VA disc.

Taking their cue from classic hip-hop artists such as Common and Talib Kweli, Central Pennsylvania based band The Nothing takes pride in thoughtful lyrics and the sounds of soul.

He might call himself Common, but his journey is anything but. The Chicago-born rapper says that growing up on the city's rough-and-tumble South Side influenced him, but he doesn't make a big deal of it.

"Put it this way: I want to not only be the leading man, I want you to be able to say, 'Common's one of the great actors of our time,'" the rapper known as, well, Common, says with all earnestness.

Lyric-spitter RA Scion and his producing partner-in-crime Sabzi first fueled their way out of Seattle's rain-soaked streets with the Black Patch War EP earlier this year, but if the title track to Tobacco Road ...

From the rap world to the film world, many talented artists have that transition but there are only a few who have instant credibility and respect from their acting peers and Common happens to be the latest to ...

Over the years, Hip- Hop MC's have evolved from your standard b-boy's to streetwise lyricists that report on any number of subjects.

It's a bit of a stretch, but the bullet-curving, dome-popping, morality-flouting shenanigans so kinetically depicted in WANTED could be charitably explained away as a metaphor for young male empowerment.

But meeting with Cinematical in Los Angeles, the veteran of films like Smokin' Aces and Street Kings is warm and obviously enthusiastic about his experiences, talking about everything from his preparation ...

Dwele is in a hip-hop kinda mood. The soulful, effortlessly cool Detroit R&B singer just released his third album, "Sketches of a Man," on Tuesday.

When it comes to American indie mavericks, LAFF guest director Melvin Van Peebles virtually wrote the book.

He's a wanted man, that Common. The rapper-turned-actor is one Chicago guy whose participation is desired at every turn.

The Roots have been known to deliver electric and improvisational hip-hop performances.

With all the woes of losing the Fez Club as a major venue for local bands, look east and you'll find a venue that could easily become the hub of a new scene.

Yet another delay of The Game . The chart-topping hip-hopster has pushed back the release of his third album, LAX , from July 8 to July 22, avoiding a showdown from his former-mates-turned-archenemies in 50 ...

As many of you know, there's nothing quite like a live Hip Hop show. So without further adieu, HipHopDX brings you this week's edition of Hip Hop Live ! This week has quite a few great Hip Hop shows lined up, ...