PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The rap group that inspired controversy in the early 1990s with songs like “Me So Horny” is reuniting and hitting the road. SEE ALSO: Behind Obama’s Poll Numbers Luther Campbell says 2 Live Crew is back together and will tour this summer. The rapper and producer made the announcement Saturday […]

Controversial Miami-bass hypeman Luther Campbell has turned in the microphone and adopted a new type of expression. The former 2 Live Crew rapper will be bringing his life story to Utah’s Sundance Film Festival, according to NBC. SEE ALSO: Luther Campbell Calls Mitt Romney “Racist” Haitian Choir Heals Uncle Luke has been working with South Florida-based […]

Raunchy rap icon Luther Campbell offers a damning assessment of the leading Republican presidential nominees in a recent column for the Miami New Times. The former 2 Live Crew frontman writes that he’s dismayed at today’s candidates from the party of Abraham Lincoln, a party that he says once “stood up for African-Americans.” RELATED: Is […]

MIAMI — A field of 11 candidates for Miami-Dade County mayor has been reduced to two. With all precincts reporting, unofficial results Tuesday night show Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina took 34 percent of the vote and former County Commissioner Carlos Gimenez took 29 percent in the special election. Since neither won a majority, a June […]

Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell placed fourth in Miami’s mayoral election with just over 11 percent of the vote. The former front man of rap’s group 2 Live Crew, Campbell pushed a platform supporting the poorest communities of Miami. While critics of his campaign made light of his proposed “Stripper Tax, Campbell rallied support against police […]

As former rapper Luke Campbell continues on his campaign to become the mayor of Miami, he is unwittingly coming up against cultural tides that will affect the political future of all African-Americans. A recent mayoral debate for candidates in the Miami race was held at the publicly-funded Florida International University — but it was restricted […]