Tag Archives: Hip Hop
Rapper Too $hort says he learned something from XXL video debacle
TweetRapper Too $hort appears to have learned something from the recent XXL.com video debacle. When XXL posted a video of the rapper giving “advice” to middle school boys on “how to turn girls out,” many called for the resignation of Editor in Chief Vanessa Satten. After a conversation with the brilliant writer and activist Dream Hampton, Too $hort [...]
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The Wednesday Weigh-In: Creative destruction edition
Tweet In the video for their first single off the new album “Watch the Throne”, Kanye and Jay-Z take a $350,000 car and cut it to pieces. Then they plop some models in the back and go joy-riding. The car was on display in New York City this past weekend, and a few friends of [...]
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Some thoughts on the “Beats, Rhymes & Life” documentary
TweetI didn’t know what to expect when I went to see “Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest,” a documentary directed by Michael Rapaport. A Tribe Called Quest is no doubt one of the most influential and groundbreaking hip hop groups to ever live. So of course I was curious. But [...]
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Dyson, Peterson, and Nas at the Aspen Ideas Festival
TweetI had the honor of being a scholar at last week’s annual Aspen Ideas Festival, and though I’m still processing the huge range of topics explored, I thought I’d share some of my favorite quotations from one particularly mind blowing experience, hearing Professors Michael Eric Dyson, James Baxter Peterson, and Nas (Nasir bin Olu Dara [...]
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