BERLIN, Germany (AP) — The World Health Organization says the number of measles cases in Europe jumped sharply during the first six months of 2018 and at least 37 people have died.The UN agency’s European office said yesterday that more than 41,000 measles cases were reported in the region during the first half of the year — more than in all 12-month periods so far this decade.
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Europe sees sharp rise in measles
After all, earlier this decade, back when his fellow Harlemites in the ASAP Mob first broke onto the hip-hop scene, and were almost immediately …
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ASAP Ferg has taken everything — rap music, fashion, hype — by storm
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia judge denied rapper Meek Mill's petition for a new trial in his decade-old drug and gun convictions Monday …
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Judge denies rapper Meek Mill's request for new trial
The 1950s were certainly not years known for strides in equality. But amid the decade's teeming racism, sexism, anti-Semitism and many other -isms, …
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'Soul Harmony' Highlights Origins of R&B Pioneers
Between 1985 to 1995, a plethora of young divas that would become the leading ladies of modern R&B as we know it rose to prominence. Acts like Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Toni Braxton and others dominated that era. However, the middle of the decade became a …
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20 Years Later: Mya's Self-Titled Debut Album, Ranked
R&B . Funk., published next month by Taschen. In the early 1970s, as a young black kid from Los Angeles, Talamon had plans to go to law school, but instead found himself backstage and front-row as soul, funk, and R&B entered the American mainstream. Capturing the infectious spirit of the decade …
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Visit the Whitney, Shop for Some Instant Classics, and Revisit 70s Funk
For the better part of the decade, Toronto's hip-hop and R&B scenes have been dominated by male solo acts who've found success in revealing the emotions, their heartbreaks, and at times, a overpowering cockiness — but the Sorority are here to challenge that and give a new voice to the scene.
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The Sorority Pledge
For the better part of the decade, Toronto's hip-hop and R&B scenes have been dominated by male solo acts who've found success in revealing the emotions, their heartbreaks, and at times, a overpowering cockiness — but the Sorority are here to challenge that and give a new voice to the scene.
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The Sorority Pledge
