Toys that top the list
Surely you've noticed -- the holiday toy advertisement blitz has started in newspapers and magazines, even though it's only early November. Mike Antonucci / Mercury News
Still fighting the power: Chuck D. keeps pushing forward HIP-HOP PIONEER HAS DIVERSIFIED INTO RADIO, RECORD PRODUCING AND POLITICS
Chuck D. calls himself the ``Black Superman'' -- someone who on about three hours of sleep a night does all he can to feed his creative soul. By Marian Liu / Mercury News
Growing pains
"Encore," Eminem's first album since his star-making turn in the 2002 hit movie "8 Mile," finds him at a crossroads. BY GREG KOT / Chicago Tribune »Go to Music
INTERVIEW
Crossover appeal SHE'S CONQUERED JAPAN; NOW UTADA TARGETS U.S.
For American-born Hikaru Utada, becoming Japan's biggest pop star isn't enough. She's ready to break into the U.S. music scene with her first English-language CD. Listen to interview and album excerpts. By Dan Wong / Knight Ridder Digital
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