The troubled rapper DMX, who has had run ins with the law on various occasions told MTV News that he intends to focus more on music, and less on his legal troubles, which has stalled his career. It’s been six years since the rapper dropped his last release Year of The Dog.
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Prince Harry wants to be reggae DJ
The 27-year-old royal has been inspired to get behind the decks and play music from the genre ever since he visited Jamaica in March and met Rita Marley, the widow of music legend Bob Marley, who died in May 1981.
A source told The Sun newspaper: ‘Harry has always been interested in music, but Jamaica was a real eye opener. He started looking into reggae as soon as he got back to the UK.
‘Meeting Rita Marley was a great inspiration too. She seems to have had a big impact on him.’
Harry has been increasing his music collection by purchasing reggae on vinyl from specialist online stores and he is thought to be hoping to get good enough at mixing records at parties, although he is ‘unlikely’ to ever be able to show off his newfound skills in public.
The source added: ‘He’s unlikely to ever DJ in public — but if he did it’d be the party of the year.’
The flame-haired royal visited Jamaica as part of the Diamond Jubilee tour of the Caribbean, where he was representing his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, in her 60th year on the throne.
During the trip, Harry met Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and the country’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson.
Tyra Banks and rapper Aubrey “Drake” Graham
Tyra Banks and rapper Aubrey “Drake” Graham were recently photographed enjoying a romantic evening together at Disneyland, which has led to speculation that the former supermodel may have finally moved on from her ex-boyfriend John Utendahl.
The “America’s Next Top Model” host was seen chatting and giggling with the 25-year-old at Yogurtland, where he left a bad taste in one of the employee’s mouths, according to blogger Necole B—-ie.
“Thanks to my coworker & I Drake and Tyra got hooked up with Yogurtland tonight! He didn’t deserve it though. I told Tyra she was pretty & she said thanks & my co worker told drake he was cute & he didn’t say anything just turned his head,” an unidentified Yogurtland employee wrote via Twitter.
Rapper G. Dep will spend at least 15 years in prison
NEW YORK — Rapper G. Dep will spend at least 15 years in prison after being convicted of a 1993 New York killing. The case was reopened when he went to police to say he’d shot someone years before.
The 37-year-old rapper got the minimum sentence Tuesday for his April murder conviction: 15 years to life.
He said that when he was about 17 to 19 years old, he’d fired at someone while trying to rob him on a street corner.
He went to a police station in December 2010. He said that when he was about 17 to 19 years old, he’d fired at someone while trying to rob him on a street corner.
Authorities paired his account with the 1993 death of John Henkel.
At trial, his lawyer questioned whether police made the right match.
Born Trevell Coleman, G. Dep got attention with “Special Delivery” and “Let’s Get It” in the early 2000s
Straight Rapper Takes On Homophobia
When was the last time you heard a rapper start a track quoting Harvey Milk?
This video would be the first time that has happened.
If you’ve followed my writing a bit, you know that there are two things I think are incredibly necessary and powerful as far as creating change.
One is the use of culture and the arts to push the public discourse beyond standard political rhetoric. This form of work so often creates cultural change that precedes any related electoral or policy change.
The second thing history has shown to be particularly powerful is when diverse groups find unity and overlapping support in the fight for all of our rights and equality. (A good example of that work is expanded on in this piece about the organizing around the votes on both the Dream Act and Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.)
Adair Lion‘s new video — “Ben” — smashes a prior cultural taboo, brings together diverse communities and, on top of all of that, throws a hot Michael Jackson remix into the whole thing.
As a straight, Texan, Latino rapper, Adair approached this work with the full understanding of the risk involved. But his understanding of the need for, and potential power within, the message was a stronger force for him. (For his full thinking behind this track, and the story lines in the video — breaking down the three dollar bill and why Adair’s character isn’t acting so decent in his own relations — he’s written up his own background piece.)
Google’s Self-Driving Car
Google’s self-driving car is growing up right in front of our eyes: The fledgling autonomous vehicle program recently passed its driver’s license test in Nevada, the first license of its kind in the United States. Obtaining Nevada’s self-driving car license clears the way for Google to test its technology on public roads in the state.
Google’s modified Toyota Prius was given the thumbs up after successful test drives in Carson City and on the Las Vegas strip. Alongside the special license, Nevada also issued the car a unique set of red license plates that include the infinity symbol and the words “autonomous car.” With any luck, those plates should differentiate all the other vehicles on the road from Google’s car, which has cameras and radar equipment strapped to the roof.
Adam Yauch Died!
Adam Yauch, one-third of the pioneering hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, has died at the age of 47, Rolling Stone has learned. Yauch, also known as MCA, had been in treatment for cancer since 2009. The rapper was diagnosed in 2009 after discovering a tumor in his salivary gland.
Yauch sat out the Beastie Boys’ induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April, and his treatments delayed the release of the group’s most recent album, Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2. The Beastie Boys had not performed live since the summer of 2009, and Yauch’s illness prevented the group from appearing in music videos for Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2.
Yauch co-founded the Beastie Boys with Mike “Mike D” Diamond and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horowitz in 1979. The band started off as a hardcore punk group, but soon began experimenting with hip-hop. The band broke big with their first proper album, Licensed to Ill, in 1986, and further albums Paul’s Boutique, Check Your Head and Ill Communication cemented the band as a true superstar act.
In addition to his career with the Beastie Boys, Yauch was heavily involved in the movement to free Tibet and co-organized the Tibetan Freedom Concerts of the late Nineties. In 2002, he launched the film production company Oscilloscope Laboratories.
Rapper Wiz Khalifa charged with marijuana possession
Second time in ten days, rapper Wiz Khalifa has run into some trouble with the law.
Rapper Wiz Khalifa, who has made no secret about his love of marijuana, was cited Tuesday by Winston-Salem Police for possessing it after an officer smelled the drug coming off the rapper’s tour bus, a search warrant filed in the case said.
Khalifa, 24, whose real name is Cameron Jibril Thomaz, performed Tuesday night before about 2,000 people at the Joel Coliseum. Khalifa is an up-and-coming rapper who broke into the mainstream with his hit single, “Black and Yellow.”
Khalifa’s Winston-Salem charge was the second in about a week on possession of marijuana. On April 21, police in Nashville, Tenn., charged Khalifa with having marijuana in his hotel room. In 2010, he was arrested in North Carolina after police found marijuana on his tour bus after a concert at East Carolina University. Charges against him, including a drug trafficking charge, were dropped last year.
On Tuesday night in Winston-Salem, officer J.C. Renew of the Winston-Salem Police Department had been assigned to look out for people who might be selling or taking illegal drugs in the parking lot area of the Joel Coliseum, according to a search warrant filed in the case. When he came to Khalifa’s tour bus about 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, he “detected a strong odor of burnt or burning marijuana,” the search warrant said.
Renew asked a man standing in front of the tour bus to open the door, and when the man did so, the smell of marijuana only got stronger, Renew said in the search warrant. He cleared out people on the bus and obtained a search warrant.
Winston-Salem police seized an undisclosed amount of marijuana and other drug paraphernalia. TMZ, the celebrity website, reported that police seized 11.39 grams of marijuana. The search warrant and the citation did not show the amount of marijuana police seized from the tour bus, and Lt. Tom Peterson of the Winston-Salem Police Department declined to say how much marijuana was seized or what kind of drug paraphernalia was found on the bus.
He said 18 to 19 other people were charged with drug possession, including one for felony possession of ecstasy. Some of the people were with Khalifa’s entourage, while others were concertgoers.
Bucky Dame, the director for the coliseum, said no problems were reported during the concert.
Khalifa lives in Hollywood, Calif., but grew up in Pittsburgh. His debut CD, “Rolling Papers,” on Atlantic Records came out last year, and he has been on tour this year.
He also has ventured into acting, with a co-starring role in the comedy “Mac and Devin Go to High School” with rapper Snoop Dogg, which is scheduled to be released on home video and digital download in July.
Late Tuesday night, Khalifa posted tweets saying, “They hate us,” and then, about an hour later, “Made it out alive,” but whether those comments were related to his charges was unclear.
On his official Twitter feed Wednesday afternoon, Khalifa seemed to be taking the citation in stride, responding to one person’s tweet about the charges with, “Hey, it happens.” And when another person posted that he or she appreciated him coming to Winston-Salem and apologized for how the police treated him, Khalifa replied, “They juss (sic) did their job.”
The court date on the Winston-Salem case is set for July 27.
Hip-Hop Star Joins Kids’ Effort To Fund Breast Cancer Research
Kangol Kid
A popular 80s rap artist is lending his voice to the fight against breast cancer and putting the cause on the map for more young people. NY1′s Kafi Drexel filed the following report.
Nearly 30 years ago Kangol Kid had hip-hop listeners chanting “Roxanne, Roxanne”. Now the UTFO rap artist has students at the Mosaic Prep Academy, PS 375, chanting a spin on a lyric from that popular song: “We never lose because we’re all about winning”.
That’s the message Kangol has been working to spread in the fight against breast cancer ever since since starting up Mama Luke. It’s a foundation he started in memory of his dear friend Gay Frances Lucas who passed away from the disease.
“Everyone has lost someone or knows someone who has lost their lives to breast cancer. just decided to do something. I’m not a doctor, I can’t cure breast cancer. But I can be part of the solution,” Kid said.
PS 375 Principal Lisette Caesar says raising awareness fits in well with ongoing conversations they try to have with students about health.
“We do have several parents who have had breast cancer or cancer of some type. We also have staff that have had cancer. So we openly talk to the kids about health here,” Caesar said.
To show their support, the kids got decked out in breast cancer awareness pink and chipped in allowance change of $1 each to help raise research funds.
“I think it is very nice for them to be doing a fundraiser for so they can have research for people who are sick,’ said Fourth Grader Jelani Gray.
Even the boys, who were a little reluctant at first, got on board with pink.
“We didn’t want to wear pink because we thought it was girly but then a few of realized it is lessons where we are helping people with breast cancer by giving in donations. So it is an honor to wear pink today,” said Fifth Grader Alejandro Lago.
In addition to all that pink, the kids raised nearly $400 towards breast cancer research.
A popular 80s rap artist is lending his voice to the fight against breast cancer and putting the cause on the map for more young people. NY1′s Kafi Drexel filed the following report.
“This right here came from the kids. This is so incredible and this is going to the American Cancer Society on behalf of our movement Mama Luke. We’re just trying to make a difference and I believe we just did.”
Too Short: Misogyny, Teen Violence & the influence Rap
This was a great discussion that took place Wed March 14 2012 at Oakland City hall. It brought two generations together-Hip Hop and Civil Rights along with survivors of sexual assault and violence, artists and local activists. Among the organizations involved were 100 Black Men, Safe Passages and We Are the 44% Coalition.. Too Short who is considered a pioneering figure and the Godfather of Bay Area rap was part of this discussion.. He agreed to use the firestorm he caused when he gave ‘fatherly advise’ in a XXL online video to middle school boys on turning out girls to be the catalyst for much deeper discussion around teen violence and sexual assault. Short was pretty candid and said he takes full responsibility for his transgression… and that he was there to rectify and try to repair whatever damage he caused..He also noted that its important for those who do look up to him to see him in a more well rounded way..
Thats he’s more that just an artists but someone who cares for his community and the young people he works with.. He also talked about the struggle he has with balancing his adult themed material with good work and the lure of the entertainment industry.. We also had a round table with several sexual assault survivors and one brother who’s mom was murdered and tossed in a suitcase, their stories and spirit were powerful..
This was the start of a dialogue and a first step to proposed solutions..Everyone came away feeling upbeat and inspired, until we saw the news coverage..It was a deliberate undermining of the event by KTVU and KPIX who packed up their bags and left before the discussion was over and didn’t bother to talk to the scores of people in attendence.. Hopefully this video gives folks a better understanding of what took place last night.. It was good and powerful event..
Oakley Gearbox Titanium Special Edition Watch
Oakley has changed the game with this one. With an gunmetal bezel combined in session with black accents, 100 meters diving range Swiss movement, and Unobatainium rubber strap. This watch will be price at 895USD available @ Oakley.com
Bentley EXP 9 F Concept SUV
Bentley is set to put in production their new concept idea the EXP 9 SUV this year. The SUV will be debuted today @ the Geneva Motor Show, with awesome features such as; an 6.0 liter twin turbo-charged W12 engine, all leather insides with hand-stitched lining and the latest upgrades in communication an audio.
