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The world's largest chipmaker is looking to promote its technology products through a new association with the seven-time Grammy Award winner. Says will.i.am: "When I see an Intel chip, I think of all the creative minds involved that help to amplify my own creativity."

For many rap and hip-hop artists, behind all the trash talk and posturing, it's all about business. Forbes recently released its Hip Hop Cash Kings list, and the 20 big names on it racked up a total of about $300 million, despite the weak economy and the Internet revolution that is killing the CD business.

Remember Schoolhouse Rock!? Meet Flocabulary, a program that teaches science, Shakespeare, SAT words and ancient civilization through hip-hop. The music, developed by producers who have worked with Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige, is the reason students take it seriously -- it's used in more than...

Six weeks after it shut down, Vibe is coming back for another spin. The urban music magazine has been acquired by a new publisher that plans to relaunch it, in somewhat scaled-back form, while beefing up its web presence. The new owner, InterMedia Partners, hopes to make Vibe profitable again by...

Vibe magazine, the urban-music magazine founded in 1993 by Quincy Jones, is the latest victim of the media recession. Multiple sources both within and outside the magazine confirmed that it is shutting down. Reached for comment, chief financial officer Angela Zucconi said, "We will be making a...

This is a good lesson for kids everywhere: When you make it big in the music industry, don't invest in jewelry.After years of buying diamond-encrusted pendants, gold teeth and heavy gold chains, hip-hop artists and rappers are facing the recession by asking their jewelers to use less-precious...