AP - Jul 11, 2007
The son of hip-hop legend KRS-One was found dead in his apartment in an apparent suicide, authorities said Tuesday. Randy Hubbard Parker, 23, died of a gunshot wound to the head and the death was classified...
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(9/6/02, 3 p.m. ET) -- Rap veteran and activist KRS-One released a collection of 13 songs called The Mix Tape on August 27. The set includes the tracks Ova Here and So You Really Don t Want It, two disses...
More »USRN - Jul 6, 2002
(7/6/02, 7 a.m. ET) -- KRS-One was the headliner of the Stuck On Earth rave which was held at New York s Hammerstein Ballroom on Wednesday (July 3) night. While opening drum and bass act Rabbit and The...
More »USRN - Jul 1, 2002
(7/1/02, 6 p.m. ET) -- After a brief pause, KRS-One and Nelly have resumed their negative verbal exchange. Nelly took the air on Power 106 in Los Angeles on Wednesday (June 26) and dissed KRS-One in a...
More »USRN - May 10, 2002
(5/10/02, 4 p.m. ET) -- KRS-One has stoked the flames in his ongoing battle with Midwestern rapper Nelly with a new, live, freestyle release, The Real Hip-Hop Is Over Here. The two rappers had already...
More »USRN - May 1, 2002
(5/1/02, 10 a.m. ET) -- Hip-hop pioneer and historian KRS-One has lately been the subject of speculation that he and superstar rapper Nelly are going at each other in recent releases. Nelly released...
More »USRN - Apr 23, 2001
(4/23/01, 10 a.m. ET) -- Elder statesman of hip-hop KRS-One releases his ninth album, The Sneak Attack, tomorrow (April 24). The first single from the album, Hot, was produced by Grand Daddy I.U. and...
More »USRN - Jan 22, 2001
(1/22/01, 4 p.m. ET) - KRS-One s new single, Hot, is the first release from his forthcoming Sneak Attack album, which is scheduled for a March 27 release. The song was produced by Grand Daddy I.U. and...
More »USRN - Jan 3, 2001
(1/3/01, 3 p.m. ET) - KRS-One will release his fourth album, Sneak Attack, on April 24. The latest collection from the Bronx, New York, rapper has been delayed for close to two years. During that time...
More »USRN - Aug 16, 2000
(8/16/00, 3 p.m. ET) - Rapper KRS-One will release a greatest-hits album Tuesday (August 22). Titled A Retrospective, the new collection includes 16 of the legendary hip-hop artist s best-known songs,...
More »USRN - Nov 8, 1999
(11/8/99, 1 p.m. ET) - Hip-hop pioneer KRS-One, born Kris Parker, will take his message to the Internet with a live chat presented by LAUNCH at www.chat.yahoo.com tonight at 9 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. PT. The...
More »USRN - Apr 5, 1999
(4/5/99, 1 a.m. PST) - Internationally syndicated hip-hop DJs Sway and Tech will donate proceeds from their forthcoming The Wake Up Show mixtape to KRS-One s school Temple Of Hip Hop, among other charities...
More »USRN - Dec 7, 1998
(12/7/98, 1 p.m. PST) - The only problem with the Hip-Hop Unity Festival, which was held Dec. 4 at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, was that several of the big-name acts originally advertised did not show...
More »USRN - Aug 26, 1998
(8/26/98, 2 p.m. PDT) - Immortal Records has emerged victorious in the battle to release the soundtrack to Slam, 1998 s winner of both the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Camera...
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