DAMON WINTER NEW YORK TIMES

Rick Ross is the embodiment of the current state of rap-as-theater, thanks to his huge personality (and physique), secret past as a prison guard and elaborate Internet-driven feud with 50 Cent, who calls him Officer Ricky.

It’s hard to say when, exactly, 50 Cent crossed the line in his feud with the Miami rapper Rick Ross. …
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ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has revealed via a posting on his MySpace page that the band will begin mixing its first new studio album in six years, “Worship Music”, the first week of May. “We’re gonna give birth to a really heavy baby,” he writes.

ANTHRAX will bring its brand of New York metal to Oklahoma when it kicks off the third annual, four-day Rocklahoma festival set for July 9-12 in Pryor, Oklahoma. …
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