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It's Been a Year Since Steven 'Butter' Miller Was Killed. Does Anyone Remember?new

When Butter was shot dead by police -- shot at 85 times, hit about 20 -- he was high, standing on a corner and waving a loaded gun. He hadn't pointed it at anyone, or if he had, it had been completely accidental, coincidental, because Butter was blank-eyed, detached from the world.
Philadelphia City Paper  |  Tom Namako and Doron Taussig  |  07-29-2008  |  Crime & Justice

How a High-gloss Mag About Mixtapes is Actually Making Itnew

Foundation was started by three street-smart guys with no publishing experience, no money and no distribution.
Philadelphia Weekly  |  Kate Kilpatrick  |  07-21-2008  |  Media

The Biggest Fuck-Up in the History of Mainstream Media Hip-Hop Coveragenew

The Los Angeles Times royally screwed up a big story about Tupac's 1994 robbery and shooting. What else did it get wrong?
East Bay Express  |  Eric K. Arnold  |  04-10-2008  |  Media

Hip-Hop's Shadowy Empirenew

"Big Meech" Flenory and the Black Mafia Family were hip-hop royalty -- but investigators say they had a darker side.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Mara Shalhoup  |  12-07-2006  |  Crime & Justice

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