Anthrax - ICON, Cinderella - ICON, Deep Purple - ICON, Uriah Heep - ICON, BLACKstreet - ICON, Dru Hill - ICON and both explicit and edited versions of Ja Rule - ICON

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Menacing, muscular and magnetic, DMX has been hard core rap's unrivaled top dog. After the deaths of icons 2Pac and Biggie, when rap was threatening to go soft -- DMX's uncompromising intensity and street cred kept hard core hard.

NEW YORK, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Pop sensation Christina Milian, makes a bold move to MySpace Records as she readies her much anticipated third U.S. album due out in Spring '09.

By SAMUEL MAULL, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK A judge says she is troubled that rapper Ja Rule used his Saddle River home to secure bonds for two co-defendants in a gun possession case and she wants them to come up with their own bail packages.

With four hip-hop heavies in the house, any enterprising promoter could have staged a rap concert.