It is turned to a full-page ad for Nappy clothes, in which he models with Redman, a rap superstar who grew up just blocks away.

The two men had been close friends, and Mr. Walker produced several songs for the rap superstar, industry insiders said.

But if the commercial success of Vanilla Ice, the first white rap superstar, recalled Presley's, there were qualifying factors.

From interviews with rap superstars to performance clips emerges a portrait of hip-hop culture, its evolution and mores.

Nelly, the rap superstar, plays an up-and-coming Philadelphia rapper who goes by the name Prolifik.

The Lights opened five weeks of shows on the rap superstar's spring tour.

The rap superstar has sold 31,127,000 albums since the first week of January 2000.

Another common conceit for these videos is a behind-the-scenes look at the "real" life of a rap superstar.

Eminem has bought a new mansion in Michigan's Oakland County, home to more auto executives than rap superstars like himself.

The movie was released as a bonus package along with the rap superstar's album, also titled the same name.