1.   Dozens of popular rap CDs, including those by Jay-Z and Puffy, are filled with boasts and threats of violence.

2.   He is a deacon at Zoe Ministries, whose congregation includes popular rap and gospel music artists.

3.   In a performance of explosive emotional heat, the popular rap star makes this potentially unsympathetic character the most endearing of the four.

4.   One popular rap group, Geisha Girls, is made up of two male comedians who began wearing geisha costumes and singing rap songs as a lark.

5.   That feeling was very much in evidence at a free concert in Harlem on Thursday sponsored by the Fugees, the popular rap group.

6.   He had a brief career as a popular rap singer -- going by the name Doggy Steve -- and often performed on television.