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Yeah, We Did That: The 7 Most Embarrassing Moments in Blackness
Before there was bottle service, there was the Bull. There was once a time in black history when we as a people consumed drinks with names like King Cobra, Colt 45 and Magnum voluntarily and without a hint of irony. We’d get loaded on high-gravity malted swill and spend an evening pointing out one another’s…
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DMX Charged With Tax Evasion
DMX is fresh out of rehab, and now he’s behind bars after surrendering himself to authorities in New York City on Thursday on charges of tax evasion. According to Joon Kim, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, the 46-year-old rapper had a tax evasion scheme going on for a while. “For years,…
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Watch: Bernie Sanders Enters Rally to DMX’s ‘Where the Hood At?’
Is Bernie Sanders trying to secure the hood vote? On Thursday the Democratic presidential hopeful entered a California rally to DMX’s “Where the Hood At?” Well, the hood is definitely behind that preposition, and, in any case, the crowd seemed to eat it up. Watch below:
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The "What If?" Game: Whoopi Goldberg Edition
An unexpected, annoying, and occasionally entertaining biproduct of the untimely deaths of the Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac has been the “What if?” game hip-hop heads love to play. You’ve surely heard it before. It starts with a lament on how wack and soft today’s artists are. And then someone says something like “If Biggie was…
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5 Interesting and Useful Facts I Learned From Hip-Hop
Between slanguage and actual facts, hip-hop saved my life. That isn’t true, nor does it make sense. But I’m being grandiose. And I’m a hot nigga. I’ve been that way since about a week ago. Also, I’ve learned that slang is still evolving. For instance, I’ve spent a considerable enough amount of my lifetime around…
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Why Gospel Rap Struggles for Acceptance
“…people ask for God, ’til the day he comes/see God’s face, turn around and run/God sees the face, of the man/God shakes his head, says he’ll never understand…” ~ Dice Raw of The Roots, “Understand” …and then you shoot your cousin I’m not a fan of gospel rap. Well most of it anyway. I’ve listened to…