Nui nā makana a me nā hana like ʻole: nui nā mea pena rap i mamao loa mai ia mea. Ua lanakila koke ʻo Sean John Combs ma mua o ke kahua mele. He kanaka ʻoihana kūleʻa ʻo ia nona ka inoa i hoʻokomo ʻia i ka helu Forbes kaulana. ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻopaʻa inoa i kāna mau mea i loaʻa i nā huaʻōlelo liʻiliʻi. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu pehea i ulu ai kēia "pōlele hau". ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi […]

He mea hoʻokani pila ʻo Thomas Earl Petty. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Gainsville, Florida. Ua iho kēia mea hoʻokani pila i ka mōʻaukala ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokani pila kahiko. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Thomas ka hoʻoilina o nā mea hana kiʻi kaulana loa i hana ma kēia ʻano. ʻO ke kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio o ka mea pena ʻo Thomas Earl Petty I nā makahiki mua o […]

Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo DJ Khaled ma ke kikowaena media ma ke ʻano he beatmaker a me ka mea pena rap. ʻAʻole i hoʻoholo ka mea hoʻokani pila i ke ala nui. "He mogul mele au, mea hana, DJ, executive, CEO a me ka mea pena iaʻu iho," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia. Ua hoʻomaka ka hana a ka mea pena i ka makahiki 1998. I loko o kēia manawa, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i nā mele mele 11 a me nā ʻumi o nā mele kūleʻa. […]

Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Daniel Dumiley i ka lehulehu ʻo MF Doom. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma ʻEnelani. Ua hōʻike ʻo Daniel iā ia iho he rapper a mea hana. Ma kāna mau mele, hoʻokani maikaʻi ʻo ia i ke ʻano o ke "kanaka ʻino". ʻO kahi ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ke kiʻi o ka mea mele ke ʻaʻahu ʻia i ka maka a me kahi hōʻike ʻokoʻa o nā mea mele. Ua loaʻa i ka rapper kekahi mau Alter egos, ma lalo o kāna [...]

ʻIke ʻia ʻo Tracey Lynn Kerry i ka lehulehu ma lalo o ka pseudonym hoʻokumu ʻo The DOC. Ua hoʻomaka ka mea rapper, haku mele, mea hana mele a me ka mea hoʻokani pila i kāna huakaʻi ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka Fila Fresh Crew. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Tracy he mea hoʻokani pila. ʻAʻole kēia he mau ʻōlelo lapuwale. ʻO nā mele i kāna hana i ʻoki maoli i ka hoʻomanaʻo. ʻAʻole hiki ke huikau ka leo o ka mea mele me nā ʻelele ʻē aʻe o ka rap ʻAmelika. […]

Ua ola ʻo Naya Rivera i kahi ola pōkole akā waiwai nui. Ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ka mea mele ʻAmelika, ka mea hoʻokani a me ke kumu hoʻohālike e ka poʻe pā ma ke ʻano he kaikamahine nani a akamai. ʻO ka kaulana o ka mea hana keaka i lawe mai i ka hana o Santana Lopez ma ke kīwī kīwī Glee. No ka paʻi kiʻi ʻana i ka moʻo i hōʻike ʻia, ua loaʻa iā ia nā makana hanohano. ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio Ka lā hānau o kahi mea kaulana - 12 […]