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...July 7-9, northseajazz.com Wireless, London This London weekender brings the best in hip-hop, grime and R&B from both sides of the Atlantic to Finsbury Park....
...But it is only in close-up that we detect the six letters — N-I-G-G-E-R — that float randomly, yet with deadly purpose, inside a gas can....
...As much a collective as a band, they drew on different strands of black music, bringing together reggae, soul, R&B, hip-hop and house....
...There are notable omissions (for instance, R’n’B band Loose Ends, the pirate station London Weekend Radio, and Reinforced Records’ creative monopolisation of the early hardcore scene) but this in no way...
...And rappers such as Cruz’s duet partner Tinchy Stryder, who emerged from east London’s “grime” scene, have adopted a chart-friendly dance-pop direction....
...But Jung, a Canadian who succeeded Charles R. Perrin in 1999, has not always enjoyed such buoyant times. Four years ago, she steered Avon out of one of its most difficult periods on her watch....
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