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  Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Kingston, Jamaica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Kingston (population 600,000) is the capital of Jamaica.
Two parts comprise the central area of Kingston: the historic but troubled Downtown, and New Kingston, which is home to the city's most visited attraction, the Bob Marley Museum (built at his former residence).
Kingston is served by Norman Manley International Airport and also by the smaller and primarily domestic Tinson Pen Airport.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Kingston,_Jamaica   (484 words)

  
 Disc jockey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eric B. (born 1965), one half of duo Eric B. and Rakim, popularized the James Brown-sampled funky hip-hop of the late 1980s.
Terminator X (born 1966), DJ of the highly influential hip-hop group Public Enemy.
late 1950s - Jamaican sound systems, a new form of public entertainment, are developed in the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Disc_jockey   (5293 words)

  
 John Tu
In 1996 they sold 80% of Kingston for $1.5 billion and gave $100 million to their employees as a bonus; they bought back the 80% three years later for $450 million.
Tu is president of Kingston, which makes some 3,000 different components that are used in computers, laser printers, and other electronic products.
Funky Kingston: John Tu lets his hair down in tech firm's band.(Media & Technology)(Kingston Technology Co.)
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0880727.html   (264 words)

  
 Can't Stop Won't Stop :: Buzz
"One of our most insightful commentators on urban music takes a panoramic survey of hip-hop's entirety, sweeping from the music's prehistory in the concrete jungles of the South Bronx and Kingston, Jamaica, to its current state of global popcult hegemony.
Jeff Chang shows how deeply rap's endless drama has always been embedded in real-world struggles for power, respect, and justice.
Chang hunts down crucial, long-neglected voices with a beat-digger's passion, blends them with Flash-worthy dexterity, and hits us with the special unreleased extended versions of the stories we thought we already knew, from Kool Herc's first party to Professor Griff's last stand.
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