1.   Along with rap artists and basketball players, these are the black men the black boys look up to.

2.   All three had criticized Time Warner in recent months for representing rap artists they considered offensive.

3.   As the wrongly accused man, the rap artist and actor Ice Cube has surprisingly little to do.

4.   Barrow, a burgeoning rap artist known as Shyne, is being tried on a charge of attempted murder.

5.   Bennett and his compatriots are not saying rap artists or record producers should be imprisoned or sued into poverty.

6.   A few smaller independent record labels already are selling music online, joining a handful of artists, including the rap artists Public Enemy.

7.   A number of witnesses previously testified that Barrow, a burgeoning rap artist known as Shyne, fired a gun, hitting three people.

8.   A rap artist has moved from the apartment complex where five people were wounded Sunday in a limousine outside her residence.

9.   After starting the studio so his friend, rap artist Ras Kazz, could get a jump start on his profession, Whitfield took it seriously for a while.

10.   Busta Rhymes, the rap artist, was uncharacteristically bowed and solemn as he addressed the MTV audience in a video message late last week.