Rappers

Is it conservative to criticize hip-hop? Recently I wrote an Op-Ed in The Wall Street Journal in which I expressed a feeling of deep disappointment and frustration that Barack Obama would show appreciation — without qualification — for rappers such as Lil Wayne and Jay-Z. I argued that the president can and should listen to […]

He’s a kid who’s figured out the power of his voice. His name is P-Nut and he’s trying to become a household name.

Just hours after DMX was released from LA County lockup yesterday, he was pulled over by cops on Sunset Blvd. for a minor traffic violation.

From NYTimes.com: If “gay rapper” is an oxymoron where you come from, how to get your head around the notion of a gay rapper performing in a sports bar? What in most cities might seem plausible only as some sort of Sacha Baron Cohen-style provocation is just another weeknight in the cultural Galapagos that is […]

From NYPost.com: Rapper Foxy Brown was arraigned this morning in Brooklyn Criminal Court after prosecutors charged her with violating an order of protection.

I watched “The World’s Most Dangerous Group,” a Vh-1 documentary about the legendary hip hop group, NWA.