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Kool Rock-ski

9/6/2010
Julian Brentlinger

Kool Rock-ski is a member of the legendary hip hop group, The Fat Boys. TheCelebrityCafe.com's Julian Brentlinger spoke with Kool about his hip hop past and the current music scene.

TheCelebrityCafe:When was the moment in your life that you knew that you wanted to do music?

Rapper Menice Isn’t Following The Trends, He’s Setting Them

6/21/2010
Channing Hargrove
Don’t let the name fool you, this rapper is really sweet as candy.

Timothy Dollinger isn’t your regular rapper. He’s part Iraq vet, part family man and part hustler. Part hustler because, as he says, “If you’re not working, then you’re losing out.”

At 28, he has a different mindset that makes him different from most of the other rappers out. He jokingly hesitated about giving away his age, “28 is kind of old in the game.” Perhaps it may seem a little older when you compare it to whatever the kids are listening to that having them jumping around and snapping their fingers.

Ginuwine

3/13/2009
Kimberly H
R&B singer Ginuwine has been in the music industry for over a decade. His music defined R&B in the '90s and his talent brought him multiple platinum albums and chart topping songs. After a four-year absence, he is coming back strong with a new album this year. TheCelebrityCafe.com's Kimberly caught up with Ginuwine and talked with him about his music, charity work, and life as a father.

TCC: Your new single, "Last Chance," is fantastic; it is a perfect re-introduction of your music after a four-year hiatus. Are you nervous about how your new album, "A Man's Thoughts" is going to be received by audiences?

Ginuwine: Thank you. I'm kind of anxious, a little nervous also because you know the music business has changed and you never can tell.

Lupe Fiasco

9/12/2008
Dominick A. Miserandino

Chicago-born rapper Lupe Fiasco is making headway in hip-hop, winning awards for his albums and performances, and now he's a featured artists inXbox 360's new karaoke game, LIPS. TheCelebrityCafe.com's Dominick Miserandino spoke with Lupe about his venture in the video game industry.

DM: What got you started in the video game industry?

LF: They came to me with an idea that I really liked and I also liked the calibre of artists they were bringing into this particular job.

DM: Were you always into video games growing up?

LF: Oh yeah.

DMC

3/31/2006
Dominick A. Miserandino

DMC is known as a part of the trio Run DMC, which since the death of Jam Master Jay, caused DMC to take this step forward in a solo record. Over the past few years Darryl McDaniels has had to deal with alcoholism, his father's death, one of his best friend's deaths, learning he was adopted, suicide, and that's just the beginning. In the process, he listened to Sarah McLaughlin's song "Angel" and felt inspired to take a step forward.

His latest album is now a reflection of that.

Crooked I

4/13/2003
Dominick A. Miserandino
Crooked I talks about his newest single and why he loves working with Suge Knight. He also explains why the label should be known for more than just music as they do positive things for the community too.

Crooked IDM) I understand you have a new album coming out in the fall?CI) Yep, I have a new album, on Death Row. I can't wait to drop it on the whole world.DM) What's the sound behind it?CI) It's a ghetto, hip-hop version of Stevie Wonder's classic. Something on that level. If you ain't heard it... it's timeless. Put it that way, it's timeless.DM) You seem to have a lot of confidence in it.CI) You've got to. If you don't have confidence, nobody will. We've got a lot of confidence because we work hard.

Young M.C.

12/6/2002
Dominick A. Miserandino
Rap artist Young M.C. "busts a move" on the art of creating legitimate rap music, the difficulty in achieving it, but ultimately finding the true beauty of the art form.

DM) You've written some of the biggest rap hits with your initial few albums. Some critics, however, claim rap isn't a "legitimate" means of songwriting, and in fact is the re-interpretation of other people songs. How do you see writing rap?

YM) If you choose to write original things, then it is. It goes in degrees, because I even think that taking a sample and manipulating it in a clever way is musical. But definitely, there are rap songs with that similar amount of care put into them. Not all of rap is taking somebody else's music, sampling it, and calling it a day.

Coolio

11/29/2000
Dominick A. Miserandino
Coolio, renowned for songs like Gansta's Paradise talks about supporting the troops, patriotism and thinking for yourself.


DM) How did the troops react when they saw you on the last tour?

C) They went crazy. Most people don't get to see someone they consider a celebrity on a regular day, but to be in another country where they could just walk up to me... I'd just walk around the base, go to the store, just kick it...

DM) Was this trip directly because of the events of September 11th?

C) No, I had it planned for a while already, way before that happened. When that happened it made it more important, but we weren't at war when it started.

Warren-G

11/29/2000
Dominick A. Miserandino
Warren G, famous for the hit album 'Regulator' talks about his latest album 'Return of the Regulator'

DM) One thing that struck me immediately about your new album is how many collaborators you have on it.

WG) I got Dr. Dre, Nate Dogg, and all my old friends.

DM) How was it working with a group of your old friends?

WG) I looked at the whole thing as that I wanted to do something different, and I also wanted to go back and do different stuff with people that I was successful with from the beginning. It's the same people, but a different type of music and style. That's what I did, when I did those collaborations. I didn't just use them for doing a verse or whatever.

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