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''Rapology'' was a series of promotional / industry-only hip-hip compilation CDs issued by Urban Network Magazine<ref>[http://lplive.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=12593#entry271962 Xero Scavenger Hunt for "Closing" - Newswire - Linkin Park Live], March 11, 2017</ref> from 1992 to 2001. Lee Cadena, Rap Editor at Urban Network and creator of the ''Rapology'' series, started an artist management and development company in 1998 called LCM which worked with Xero.<ref>[https://soundcloud.com/lcm337 LEE CADENA | Free Listening on SoundCloud]</ref> At the time, Joe Hahn was working for the magazine<ref>[https://twitter.com/mikeshinoda/status/840355547081662465 Mike Shinoda on Twitter: "...Joe was working with Urban Network, a rap / r&b industry magazine & I was trying out the stage-name "Kenji." cc:@LPLive (2/2) https://t.co/OAUmXNETuX" .], March 10, 2017</ref> and used to write reviews for them.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/19981205192820/http://www.bilawnrecords.com/bilawnrecords/bio.html Bilawn Records - Styles Of Beyond], 1998</ref> Xero contributed to ''Rapology 12'' with an original track named "Closing" and Mike Shinoda also created artwork for the album. Although the song starts with "Kenji and DJ Artofficial representing Xero" (Mike Shinoda and Joe Hahn respectively), Mark Wakefield can be heard doing backing vocals throughout the track. | ''Rapology'' was a series of promotional / industry-only hip-hip compilation CDs issued by Urban Network Magazine<ref>[http://lplive.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=12593#entry271962 Xero Scavenger Hunt for "Closing" - Newswire - Linkin Park Live], March 11, 2017</ref> from 1992 to 2001. Lee Cadena, Rap Editor at Urban Network and creator of the ''Rapology'' series, started an artist management and development company in 1998 called LCM which worked with Xero.<ref>[https://soundcloud.com/lcm337 LEE CADENA | Free Listening on SoundCloud]</ref> At the time, Joe Hahn was working for the magazine as Cadena's assistant<ref>[http://lplive.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=12593&page=3#entry272233 The Search for "Closing" by Xero - Page 3 - Newswire - Linkin Park Live - Page 3], March 15, 2017</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/mikeshinoda/status/840355547081662465 Mike Shinoda on Twitter: "...Joe was working with Urban Network, a rap / r&b industry magazine & I was trying out the stage-name "Kenji." cc:@LPLive (2/2) https://t.co/OAUmXNETuX" .], March 10, 2017</ref> and used to write reviews for them.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/19981205192820/http://www.bilawnrecords.com/bilawnrecords/bio.html Bilawn Records - Styles Of Beyond], 1998</ref> Xero contributed to ''Rapology 12'' with an original track named "Closing" and Mike Shinoda also created artwork for the album. Although the song starts with "Kenji and DJ Artofficial representing Xero" (Mike Shinoda and Joe Hahn respectively), Mark Wakefield can be heard doing backing vocals throughout the track. | ||
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