Tagged: rapundersiege

Look, OK, we've done our share of Dame Dash shaming--probably more than our share, if we're being honest--but can we just kind of all make a pact to let dude live? You know you... Continue reading "Damon Dash on Good Day New York: "I Haven't Had Money In So Long"" >

Now this is going to get embarrassing fast, riding out to the defense of a multi-millionaire every time somebody writes something terrifically ill-informed and misguided about him. That said. Ther... Continue reading "Oh Look, Somebody Wrote Something Skeptical About Jay-Z On the Internet" >

So the city is trying to shut down clubs for smoking violations, going to far as to unleash the deadly narc hipsters onto the town's various exclusive bars and clubs to enforce the law. Chief amon... Continue reading "City Smoking Crackdown's Newest Victim: Snoop Dogg" >

Neither dental surgery nor flames intervened today during Lil Wayne's third and final attempt to turn himself in and begin serving a year-long sentence at Riker's. Instead, the rapper walked in,... Continue reading "Lil Wayne Has Finally Successfully Turned Himself In" >

How the man who basically invented the pubic bone as a male bodypart found himself aimlessly cruising the West Village in an SUV containing $12,000--and, presumably, a tremendous amount of sadness... Continue reading "Famous R&B Sex God D'Angelo Asks Cop for Blowjob" >

Yeah, sorry about that headline. Anyway! That billboard from the rapper T.I.'s Akoo clothing line? The one that scandalized all those people in downtown Newark, including Super Mayor Cory Booker?... Continue reading "T.I.'s Blowjob Billboard Goes Down" >

We're gonna go out on a limb and say that it's the dude's hand that does it, the right one, in this billboard recently thrown up by T.I.'s Akoo clothing line--something about lovingly clutching ... Continue reading "T.I. Brings Fellatio, Scandal to Downtown Newark" >

Wherein the dude with the best nickname in sports tries his musical hand via a remix of 50 Cent's "Do You Think About Me," alongside a fellow aspiring rapper named Kurtiz the Kid, who unfortunate... Continue reading "Here We Have Jets Cornerback Darrelle Revis, a/k/a Revis Island, Rapping " >

Let no one say Shawn Carter is not reliable. For two decades now, through rap thick and rap thin, hip-hop's most prickly superstar has had the looking-disgusted game on lock. Oh, you're Benny t... Continue reading "Please Welcome the Return of the Famous Jay-Z Gas Face" >

It's as if a cheetah were attempting to hide in the middle of an elderly woman's Central Park West apartment. Or maybe some wallpaper at the W Hotel, where Jay and LeBron James hosted their annu... Continue reading "Let Us Gaze in Horrified Awe at the Dinner Jacket Jay-Z Was Wearing During All-Star Weekend in Dallas" >

Some context here: last week, local rap group Das Racist announced plans to cover the Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique at Williamsburg's Cameo Gallery. Chaos ensued as the trio took the stage and pr... Continue reading "Das Racist Speak Out On Their Beastie Boys Mini-Scandal: "We Might Be A Little Dusted But We're Not Insane"" >

"Guys like Talib Kweli and Lupe Fiasco rap messages and have something to say," America's second most famous living public intellectual told the University of Buffalo's Spectrum. "Now Jay-Z is on ... Continue reading "Cornel West Disses Jay-Z!" >

Today Lil Wayne will finally enter a plea in a Manhattan courtroom stemming from a 2007 gun charge he caught in New York City. He's expected to start serving time at Rikers Island right away--"I j... Continue reading "Lil Wayne Is Probably Going to Rikers Island Today " >

By way of promoting a clothing/shoe collaboration between Adidas and Star Wars, we gather--pictures of the hideous and not obviously Star Wars-related merchandise over here. It's like you're kind ... Continue reading "Snoop Dogg Is In New York Right Now, Hanging Out With Star Wars Storm Troopers, Darth Vader" >

"Not-really-rapping-beastie-bo ys-and-mostly-throwing-shit-ar ound-the-stage-while-people-wa lked-out," went one review that got sent our way. Fair enough. New York was also baffled. Pictures (belo... Continue reading "Das Racist Cover the Beastie Boy's Paul's Boutique at Cameo Gallery, Enrage Internet" >

The sound of silence. Leave it to these guys to save the Grammys' one real rap performance for the very end, promote it to death in advance, and then censor literally half of the performance wit... Continue reading "CBS Versus Rap Music at the Grammys: "There Are Certain Things You Can't Say, or Sing, on Television"" >

You remember this profile--the one that described Jay-Z as "old-school double-dark-chocolate-chunk black"? The one that bowed down before the altar of Steve Stoute, of all people, and more or less... Continue reading "Esquire Responds to the Firestorm of Criticism Surrounding Their Jay-Z Profile" >

First, like Sean said, no matter who you are--but perhaps especially if you look like this--even in 2010, do not write the following paragraph: But there is a deeper significance -- a racial phi... Continue reading "On The Esquire Profile of Jay-Z That Is Making the Rounds" >

Rap music just needs to take a deep breath and step away from the rock luminaries. Seriously. This means you too, Jay-Z. [@therealSwizzz, via Vulture] ... Continue reading "Here Is a Photo of U2 Frontman Bono Sweating Profusely Next to Swizz Beatz" >

There's so much to talk about here, it's amazing Mediaite was able to fit this mini-feature onto only eight pages. The infamous O'Reilly "Little Jeezy" wars are well represented, as is the immorta... Continue reading "The Decade in Bill O'Reilly vs. Rap" >