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Ex-gang leader sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for Tupac Shakur murder

Authorities said they long believed Davis was involved in Shakur's killing but lacked sufficient evidence to charge him.

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Rapper Tupac Shakur
Azealia Banks performs at O2 Academy Brixton on September 13, 2024 in London, England.

Rapper Azaelia Banks announces move to Tel Aviv days before planned show

“If you would have told me years ago I'dd end up moving to Tel Aviv and liking it, I would have said you're crazy,” Banks shared in a post on X/Twitter along with a picture of her new apartment. 

|ByGOLDIE KATZ, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
FILE PHOTO: Singer Macklemore performs on ABC's "Good Morning America" show in New York City, US, July 22, 2022.

Macklemore sets 'Free Palestine' tour after being dumped from Ed Sheeran shows

The Grammy-winning rapper had been due to perform at eight additional Sheeran shows when he was removed last month from the tour following remarks at a show in New Jersey.

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Singer Ed Sheeran appears on NBC's "Today" show at Rockefeller Center in New York, U.S., June 6, 2023.

Ed Sheeran's supporting acts quit US tour after Macklemore dropped over pro-Palestine comments

AOC said earlier on Wednesday that she is boycotting Sheeran over the Macklemore controversy, accusing pro-Israel philanthropist Robert Kraft of attempting to censor speech on "the genocide in Gaza."

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Police chief met with Travis Scott before stampede that killed 8 at Houston concert

Scott said on Monday he would cover all funeral costs and offer aid to those affected.

NOVEMBER 9, 2021ByREUTERS
An ambulance is seen in the crowd during the Astroworld music festiwal in Houston, Texas, U.S., November 5, 2021 in this still image obtained from a social media video on November 6, 2021.

Kanye West legally changes his name to 'Ye'

Performer filed the petition in August and stated that he wanted to make the change for "personal reasons."

OCTOBER 19, 2021ByGADI ZAIG
Kanye West

Anti-Israel rapper removed from government campaign

Tamer Nafar is a rapper who has spread anti-Israel messages, including comparing Israel to Nazis.

OCTOBER 8, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Tamer Nafar

Iran regime arrest Iranian rapper who criticized the government

'In several songs, he talks about Iran being occupied, colonialized and isolated. We must save Toomaj Salehi'

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Iran flag at Britain embassy 311 R

Drake's new album breaks Apple Music, Spotify records in under 24 hours

Drake's newest album, Certified Lover Boy, has now become the platform's most-streamed, and its songs have broken the best debut record three times over.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Drake performs during the iHeartRadio Music Festival at The T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, US September 23, 2016

Israeli-Palestinian duo promote co-existence by being blunt

Palestinian rapper Sameh Zakout and Jewish-Israeli educator Uriya Rosenman spew racist remarks at each other in a viral video.

JUNE 29, 2021ByKEREN SETTON/ THE MEDIA LINE
Sameh Zakout and Uriya Rosenman share the inner dialogue that many Jewish and Arabs have in "Let's Talk Straight."

Lil Yachty, Bhad Bhabie invest in Jewish dating app

The app describes itself as being a "private, membership-based dating app for Jews with ridiculously high standards" that "started as a half-joke."

JUNE 5, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
2018 Billboard Music Awards – Arrivals – Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., 20/05/2018 – Recording artist Bhad Bhabie

Concerns mount about young Iranian rapper jailed for singing

“I can’t breathe” said the rapper who is being compared to George Floyd

MAY 30, 2021ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters, before the beginning of a board of governors meeting, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Vienna, Austria, March 1, 2021.

Israeli rapper Nissim Black breaks into the liquor business

He met a guy in Mahaneh Yehuda who made whisky, and they agreed to be business partners. The result is “Hava Whisky: A Blackened Whisky.”

MAY 12, 2021ByALAN ZEITLIN
NISSIM BLACK is thrilled to be able to do concerts again.

Rapper, actor DMX, five-time Billboard chart topper, dead at 50

Celebrity publications TMZ and Billboard said he overdosed on drugs triggering a heart attack.

APRIL 9, 2021ByREUTERS
Rapper DMX exits the US Federal Court in Manhattan following his presentment on income tax evasion charges in New York