Yesterday, Kanye released his newest single, “See Me Now” featuring Mrs. Jay-Z and Charlie Wilson, the man who provided cash and Stinger missiles to the Afghan Mujahideen founded the Gap Band. Kanye’s raps cover the usual ground: equating himself to the font of Western philosophy (“I’m Socrates/But my skin more chocolate-y”) and Jesus (“This the […]
Hip hop puppets – Kanye loves them
It’s Pitchfork week here or something, but here we go again. So now the ‘fork has let us know that Kanye has joined forces with Rhymefest to produce a puppet show. Apparently, it’s literally a hip hop muppet show called Alligator Boots. Different celebrities will host it each week and I guess it’s meant to […]
Kanye arrested for assault
Apparently, Kanye West was just arrested for assaulting a photographer. He and his assistant were in the LA airport and I guess Kanye got into a little beef with a random camera dude. He seemed upset, and smashed the camera to the ground. The annoying celebrity gossip website TMZ was there taping the whole confrontation, […]
Hip hop and Politics at the DNC
Those of you following the Democratic National Convention in Denver may have noticed a couple of interesting guests lately. Kanye’s probably the biggest name to grace the stage, at least in terms of commercial success. But Wyclef and Pharrell are expected to make appearances as well. It should prove to be interesting, to have hip […]
Everyone is getting sued
Or so it seems. Joe Farrell is a saxophonist who produced a track called Upon This Rock back in the 70s. Not normally that big a deal, I’d say. Except for the fact that this song was sampled in everything. Some of the biggest hip hop groups have used this sample to make some killer […]
Common and Q-Tip Join Forces
Yes, this story is a year old. Yes, that means we suck at staying on top of things. And yes, sadly it means it may not happen. But we’re not giving up hope. According to XXLMag, Q-Tip and Common have decided to form a new group, to be called “The Standard”. It’s groundbreaking news, or […]