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more about #hiphop more comments → Perhaps Not: Does the NYPD give out bonuses for shooting black people? Bill Thompson wanting to fire Ray Kelly was another fabulous reason to vote against King Mik... more » Mike Jahn: This would never have happened were good ol' Tupac still on the job. #fuckincops more » eatsshootsleaves: Before we start breaking out the examples of squeaky clean hip-hop, let's just remember that hip-hop can be about having to strong arm a ho and al... more » City_Dater: Hip-hop. Over. As soon as 'mainstream' theater people get excited about some aspect of popular culture, it's a safe bet that no one else cares about i... more » Buttafooco: I think I just committed a foul in the rear of my exposed Marc Ecko underwear. I wonder if he'd be eligible for funding since his hip hop culture empi... more » Niko Bellic: I'd think that the conservative forces would be fine with the guns and the glocks part at least. Probably wouldn't object much to homophobia or misogy... more » Smitros: Oh, Rocco, nice way to serve up a wedge issue going into the midterm elections. Also, don't at least some hip-hop arts have a viable commercial base ... more » Foster Kamer: I think they're talking about family friendly rappahs. I'd book this guy for my bar mitzvah. #hiphop more » i'm a bottle: I bet living in American Fork would be a soul-crushing experience. #rap more » lobstr: Thankfully another flyover state takes away the perceived intolerance award from our dear great state of Texas™ Keep up the stupid, Utah :D #rap more » jasonelias: Rakim just heard this and he's heartbroken. #rap more » fuzzbuster: It seems a little implausible that they'd get arrested just for rapping, we don't know the rest of the story. Maybe they were harassing the teller, or... more » BullfightsOnAcid: Calling the police was the same reaction my wife had when I rapped to her that I was in the mood. #rap more » Tart of Darkness: Wow!!! Scary stuff! Thank goodness they were caught before they did something worse like breakdancing! #rap more » goetz: They should have done this. more » -
#death
Former Jay-Z bodyguard killed by cops. Hip hop still far less dangerous than the NYPD.
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#shutupnilla
Why Does Obama Want to Pay Hip-Hoppers for Their Violent Sex Talk?
The new head of the National Endowment for the Arts says that he'd like to explore government funding for hip hop culture, including rap and graffiti. Whoa, whoa. Does he know about the hoes? More » -
#crime
Utah Authorities Nab McRappin' Teens
Alarmed employees at an American Fork, Utah McDonald's called police when they found a carload of teenagers attempting to "rap" their order in the drive-thru microphone. Authorities issued the hip-hoppers a citation, and the town is calm. For now. [Adfreak] -
#crime
US Begins Rapper Deportation Project
Shyne: Born in Belize, moved to Brooklyn, became a rapper, voice sounded just like Biggie Smalls, took a shooting charge for Puff Daddy, went to jail, got out, now deported back to Belize. Hope you made some money, man. -
#fashion
The Downfall of Marc Ecko
In one way, Marc Ecko's a role model: He started with style and a dream and made it to the top of pop fashion. In a more accurate way, Marc Ecko is a walking "What Not to Do" guide.
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#printisdead
URB Suspends Print Edition
Urb magazine, the hip hop-ish lifestyle mag, is reportedly folding its print edition until further notice and going all-digital. Hip hop magazines remain an endangered species. [via Sage Francis, Byron Crawford] -
#andnowhesdead
Mr. Magic, Hip Hop's First Radio DJ
Legendary hip hop DJ Mr. Magic reportedly died of a heart attack this morning. He was the man who brought rap music to the radio, and some of the most famous moments in hip hop wouldn't have happened without him. More » -
#trendwatch
Common: Obama Single-Handedly Transformed Hip-Hop
Is there anything Barack Obama can't do? Not according to rapper Common, who credits the President with sending hip-hop off into a more cuddly, less bling-centric direction. And now peace reigns for all. More » -
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#crazies
Rap Music Kills Again
Rap music: Will it ever stop inspiring America's youth to commit multiple homicides? Not likely, if the sad case of Richard "Syko Sam" McCroskey is any indication. Because he's charged with killing four people. More » -
#wtf
New Yorker Gets Great Hip Hop Story Somehow
Wowza, Ta-Nehisi Coates got an entire profile of MF Doom in the New Yorker this week, something so unlikely it sounds like a dare. The best hip hop journalist profiles today's illest MC in America's best magazine. Mmmm, food. -
#dang
Roxanne Shante's Feel-Good Story a Fake?
Noooooooo: Last week we heard the heartwarming story of how old school rapper Roxanne Shante got her evil record company to pay more than $200K for her to get a Ph.D. Now Slate says the whole story's a fake. More » -
#thingsweactuallylike
Roxanne's Revenge
Heartwarming story of the day: Back in the 80s, Warner Music tossed a clause in then-teenage rapper Roxanne Shante's contract saying they'd pay for her education for life. So she got a psychology Ph.D from Cornell. Cost: $217K. Ha. [NYDN] More » -
#thebridgeisover
The internet killed hip hop regionalism, explains R.M. Schneiderman. Which made the shit fun!
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#gangstalawsuits
Whatever You Do, Don't Ask Method Man for His Autograph
Last November, Mary Anderson attended a Method Man concert at Houston's House of Blues. Later, she approached Method Man, whom Ms. Anderson was a fan of, for an autograph. He then pulled out a gun and opened fire on her. More » -
#scottlarocked
Hip Hop Is Dead. Magazine-Wise
Complex puts together a very impressive compendium of of 48 separate dead hip hop magazines. Vibe and Mass Appeal were just the latest. I didn't even notice Elemental was gone! R.I.P., One Nut! [Complex] -
#theinternet
50 Cent Squashes Beef With Pubescent Tween Dis Master
Canadian tween 'Pruane2Forever' is best known for calling out 50 Cent for having no street cred, in a YouTube video, filmed in Pruane's South Park poster-bedecked room. Now 50 got him, for real. Click to watch and learn (PR). -
#greatmagazinedieoff
Vibe Folds (Updated)
Vibe Magazine—one of the biggest music magazines in America—is folding. The entire music magazine landscape is full of the dead and dying. [UPDATED below.]
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#crime
Beef-Prone Rapper Charged With Murder
Tru Life, a middling rapper signed to Jay-Z's label who loved to beef, has been arrested and charged with murder for the stabbing death of a man in Manhattan after a fight at a club. More » -
#negropediabrown
Page 91: The Answer to the Case of the Undead Auto-Tune
Previously: Jay-Z was frustrated by Slate's Jody Rosen's analysis of his new single D.O.A. Is Jay just getting old? Or is Jody being thoughtless? Negropedia Brown investigated, and here's the solution to yesterday's Media Mystery! More »
