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Across 2. What was Eminem sitting on when he came up with the name Slim Shady? 7. What 23-year-old Tejano singer was murdered by her fan club president 9. What R&B vocal quartet titled its third album II in 1994? (3 words) 11. What duo tried to re-launch their failed musical careers as "Rob & Fab"? (2 words) 12. What hip-hop heroes joined forces with metal-heads Anthrax for a new version of their hit Bring the Noise? (2 words) 13. Who was the first solo female host of the Academy Awards ceremony? (2 words) 16. What future pop star knocked Aaliyah out of the Star Search running, at age 11 (2 words) 20. What soul singer said, "I feel good" after being released from jail in 1991? (2 words) 21. What does this rapper chase? 22. What rap duo was formed by Chris "Daddy Mack" Smith and Chris "Mack Daddy" Kelly? (2 words) 24. She was on the cover of Seventeen magazine b4 selling over 11 million copies of her debut album? (2 words) 26. What rapper ruled the charts with her Black Reign album, dedicated to the memory of her brother? (2 words) 28. What genre did Ice Cube define as "the network newscast black people never had"? 30. What did rapper Mohandas Dewese coolly change his name to? (3 words) 31. What rap group were allowed to be As Nasty As They Wanna Be at a Florida obscenity trial? (3 words) 33. What rap star suavely blamed his teammates for being cut after a tryout with the Totonto Raptors? (2 words) 34. What jazzy popster is the momma of baby boy Seven Sirious, sired by OutKast's Andre Benjamin? (2 words) 35. What rap star named his dog "White Boy" and his 14-year-old protégé "Lil Bow Wow"? (2 words) 36. Who wrote "slave" on his face to depict how his record label treated him? 37. He is featured on Player's Ball with E-40 (2 words) 38. What does the Italian musical term adagio mean?

Down 1. What hip-hop diva sports the nickname "Misdemeanor"? (2 words) 2. What designer saw sales skyrocket after Snoop Dogg wore one of his oversized jerseys on Saturday Night Live? (2 words) 3. In a Verse He said, Don't buy a $84,000 car before you buy a house" 4. In a Verse He said, "Big boys breakin all the rules" (2 words) 5. They made gangsta rap 6. What one-hit wonder did Bible dub the "Pat Boone of rap"? (2 words) 8. What rapper was hit with a $10 million defamation suit for saying his mom Debbie was a drug abuser? 10. Who was the youngest person to have a chart-topping solo single, in 1970? (2 words) 14. What pop group of Say My Name fame got its name from the book of Isaiah? (2 words) 15. What female singer scored 14 million-selling singles between 1967 and 1973? (2 words) 17. Who had a No. 1 with Here Comes The Hot Stepper? (2 words) 18. What designer of Michael Jackson's Thriller jacket was gunned down in front of his Miami mansion? (2 words) 19. Who were Ready Or Not from 1996? (2 words) 23. In a Verse He said, "Coolin on the corner with his cellular phone" (2 words) 25. Which TLC hit spent 20 weeks in the top ten? 27. What rapper was fined $10,000 for torching the mansion of her NFL-star boyfriend Andre Rison? (2 words) 29. He said, "You just lay down slow" 32. In a Verse He said, "My speakers are jumpin up out they box" (2 words)