Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon do the history of rap

On the September 29, 2010 episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Justin Timberlake, Fallon and the Late Night band The Roots performed a chronological medley of popular rap songs.

Songs cited (I think I got them all): "Rappers Delight" by the Sugar Hillgang, "Peter Piper" by Run DMC, "Paul Revere" by Beastie Boys, "Award Tour" by A Tribe Called Quest, "Humpty Hump" by the Digital Underground, "Ain't Nuttin' but a G Thang" by Snoop Dogg, "Juicy" by The Notorious BIG, "The Seed" by the Roots, "My Name is" by Eminem, "Work it" by Missy Elliott, "Crank it" by Soulja Boy, "Live Your Life" by T.I. and Rihanna, "Gold Digga" by Kanye West, and "Empire State of Mind" by Jay Z/Alicia Keys.

G'damn that was good!

Shooting Lyric Helps Convict Rapper

A rapper wrote a song describing a shooting he committed in 2006, even calling out the victim by name.

A judge sentenced 25-year-old Rico Todriquez Wright, of Dublin, Georgia, to spend the next 20 years in prison on two counts of aggravated assault, and the next 20 on probation after his victim, Chad Blue, mentioned the of the shooting to police.

Read the National Examainer story.

Rap Fan Sentenced to Listening to Classical Music

An Ohio man was facing a $150 fine for playing rap music too loudly on his car stereo when Champaign County Municipal Court Judge Susan Fornof-Lippencott offered to reduce that to $35 if the defendant Andrew Vactor spent 20 hours listening to classical music by the likes of Bach, Beethoven and Chopin.

But the 24-year-old Vactor lasted about 15 minutes before deciding to pay the full fine for the ticket he received in July of this year.

Read the story from Boise's 2news.tv