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  The Very Best on Hanging with Hyenas and Ezra Koenig

  July 13, 2012 – Given that the Very Best are the result of a less-then-immediately-intuitive cultural collaboration between a Malawian singer, Esau Mwamwaya, and a Swedish producer, Johan Hugo, it's fitting that the M.I.A.-approved band's second full-length of buoyant world-pop, MTMTMK, out July 17, was the product of some unusual circumstances. …
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  Nas, Damien Marley, the Roots Lead Rock the Bells Bill

  April 7, 2009 – The lineup for this year's installment of the Rock the Bells festival has been unveiled, and it's jam-packed with top-notch artists: Nas, Damien "Jr. Gong" Marley, the Roots, Common, and Big Boi of Outkast are just a few of the acts billed for the traveling hip-hop event. Additional artists scheduled to appear include KRS-One, Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek, K'naan, Busta Rhymes, and the Wu-Tang Clan's RZA, Raekwon, and GZA. …
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  K'naan

  December 18, 2008 – If growing up in a tough hood makes you "real" in the hip-hop world, then K'naan has cornered the market on credibility. The MC was raised in Somalia's most dangerous region: Wardhiigleey, "the River of Blood." "The government targeted this neighborhood, tried to destroy it, because the rebels always came out of this zone," says K'naan (born Kaynaan Warsame). …
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