Rap and Rap Culture
Mattel Introduces Black Barbies, to Mixed Reviews, October 9, 2009, Comcast News
New “Barbie” dolls are still not black enough.
Not All Girls Embrace Latest Black Barbie Doll, Say Mattel Toys Went Too Far With Rap-Detail, October 1, 2009, New York Daily News
Black dolls come with bling, fancy sneakers, and straight hair.
Scandal: Fox News Hires Apologist for Cop-Killer, September 30, 2009, News with Views
New Fox analyst a “leading hip-hop generation intellectual.”
Kanye West Crashes VMA Stage During Taylor Swift's Award Speech, September 14, 2009, MTV
Another black celebrity behaving badly.
Hip Hop on the Hill, May 19, 2009, Politico
Hip-hop and congressional politics—a natural mix.
Rapper Dolla Is Shot, Killed at Beverly Center, May 19, 2009, Los Angeles Times
Not a member of the Hip Hop Caucus.
Rap Boosting Kids' Academics, May 12, 2009, Denver Post
“I got to go to college to get my education/So I can be in a situation/That’s better than the federation.”
Rap Wannabe in "Street Cred" Stickups, May 12, 2009, The Smoking Gun
You don’t get to be a name in the rap world by studying Shakespeare.
Study Says Hip-Hop Dumbs Listeners Down, March 24, 2009, This Is Real Music
It must have missed the artists who rap about Socrates, Descartes, and Hume.
Snoop Dogg-Jay-Z: 'Hip-Hop Has Improved Race Relations', March 17, 2009, contactmusic.com
“It’s very hard to teach racism to a teenager who idolizes, say, Snoop Dogg.”
Is Hip-Hop in Seattle Being White-Washed?, February 19, 2009, Seattle Weakly
In Pacific Northwest, hip-hop increasingly a white thing.
The Baggy Pants Posse, September 15, 2008, The Smoking Gun
Black Floridians like showing off their boxer shorts.
Rap Is a Path to Learn History, June 27, 2008, Star-Ledger (Newark)
“In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue.”
Thug Culture Celebrates The Worst Possible Examples, May 6, 2008, Yahoo! News
In the world of hip-hop, better to have been a criminal than a teacher or a chemist.
Hip-Hop’s Down Beat, August 31, 2007, Time Magazine
Rap declining “because they can no longer fool the white kids,” says band manager.
Ill. Student Accused Of Terrorist Threat, July 26, 2007, AP
Aspiring rapper charged with planning VT-style “murderous rampage.”
Music Execs Silent As Debate Rages Over Rap Lyrics, May 15, 2007, AP
Major record labels reluctant to jeopardize profits by cleaning up rap.
Rap Music Links Koreans, Blacks, May 4, 2007, AP
Korean homies dress, strut, and rhyme in street fashion.
Big Corporations Help ‘Rape Rapper’ Tour U.S., May 4, 2007, World Net Daily
Rapper simulates rape of underage girl; crowd cheers, girl blamed for provocative dress.
Hip-Hop’s Ghetto Culture Has Passed Into The Mainstream, April 26, 2007, Seattle Post-Intelligence
Author: “Ghetto is no longer where you live—it’s how you live.”
Rev. Al Ducks A ‘Rap’, April 19, 2007, New York Post
Sharpton says he’s not going to send “mixed signals” about gutter rap.
Hip Hop Artist Are Showing The Ugly Face Of Black American Culture To The Entire World, November 21, 2006, Creole Folks
“Go back to your mamas and ask why you were raised to act like hooligans and hoodlums!”
Beanie’s Rap Sheet, October 12, 2004, AP
Beanie Sigel is another ‘gangsta’ rapper who practiced what he preached.
Rappers Sink Teeth Into ‘Shark Tale’, October 6, 2004, Chicago Tribune
New children’s movie features soundtrack by gangsta rappers.
Barrio Boon: Mijos Figures Are All The (Commercial) Rage, August 12, 2004, Sacramento Bee
Hip-hop is the new fashion in children’s toys.
It’s Good To Be Lupillo Rivera, July 2, 2004, HoustonChronicle.com
Ramiro Burr, HoustonChronicle.com, July 1 He likes to wear gold chains and silk suits, smoke fat stogies and pose in front of Bentleys. He sings tales about outlaws and drug runners and living life on the edge in the ‘hood….