In Defense of Barbie (I’m Sorry, Mr. Jackson)

I don’t believe in 50 Cent. In 2009, he rapped, Me, I get busy/ I put that work in if it’s worth it/ Come through, hit you up/ I’ll make a crime scene, perfect/ Niggas talk about me all the time behind my back/ They don’t talk about me in my face because I’m strapped. [...]

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Friday Ode :: Highest paid rappers

Forbes recently released its list of the most well-paid movers and shakers in hip hop in 2009… Here are the top 10.  The full list can be viewed here and includes Common and Andre 3000 (damn, maybe it has something to do with Erykah…?).  It’s obvious that building a mogul empire as Diddy and Jay [...]

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Friday Ode :: Rapper Tattoos

At some point in the late 1980s, rappers transformed from the smooth, Run DMC look into the suave, Cross Colors Fresh Prince steez, and as soon as the West Coast invasion took over ala Dre, Snoop, NWA style, the influx of rappers who delved into the body art genre expanded to an almost ridiculous level.  [...]

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