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Monday, November 21, 2005
  • 50 cent

    Rap Sheets

    Rapper 50 Cent has just launched a new line of hip-hop novellas and graphic novels through Pocket-MTV Books. But other hip-hop producers are making news for less noble ventures - notably with the money laundering trial of Murder Inc. employees Irv and Chris Lorenzo. Today, how fantasy and real life intersect in hip hop. Also: a visit with singer and actress Joan Morris and her husband, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and pianist William Bolcom. They perform live selections from their latest CD, which features musics with words by lyricist Gus Kahn. Finally, a look at writer Walt Whitman: The music he was inspired by, and who inspired him.

Rap on Trial, and on the Page

Rapper 50 Cent is to publish a series of fictional novellas and graphic novels featuring characters based on former members of his G-Unit group.
» 50 Cent plans to Publish Novellas

Bolcom and Morris

Singer and actress Joan Morris and her husband, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and pianist William Bolcom perform live in the studio.
» Bolcom and Morris Web site

The Swell Season in The Greene Space

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Joshua Bell in The Greene Space

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