Tag: HIPHOP

Up until now, Lil Wayne has been something of a model citizen at Riker's Island, where he's spent the past 11 months serving a one-year jail sentence. He's been playing Uno, updating his blog, and has even found time to keep other inmates from killing themselves. With his globally anticipated November 4th release date within sight, it's been safe to say that Weezy's time behind bars has been a ...

Unlike some other aging gangsta rap icons, Snoop Dogg continues to prove himself both a prolific musician and a complacent corporate shill. (We're thinking of his recent collaborations with the TV show 'True Blood' and fembot Katy Perry, and even his contribution as a celebrity voice for TomTom GPS -- "Turn rizzle at the next intersizzle"?) And now Norton, the global computer security giant, is ...

Hip hop historians will be delighted by The Rap Map, an interactive Google Map that plots the geographic origins of rap lyrics -- from NYC and Atlanta to Chicago and LA. From Cam'ron, 'Bout It Bout It,' referencing East Harlem's Taft housing projects: "Then if you walking through Foster and Taft / Flossing that cash then gangstas put the torch to your ass." ...

Environmentalism has a new face, and his name is J Brave. Instead of penning an ode to his gas-guzzling Escalade or Hummer, Brave, you see, decided to wax poetic about the luxuries of "Dippin' in My Tesla." Much to our delight, "helpin' the planet" while "feelin' real sporty" in your electric car is, apparently, well within the Code of Thug Life. The song itself is awesomely awful (dare we even ...

Activision plans to release 'DJ Hero' (the hip-hop answer to 'Guitar Hero') this October. Until then, rap loving gamers have a very limited selection of titles with which to fulfill their needs of fresh rhymes and thumping beats. As a painful reminder of rap's treacherous and horrible video game history, Street Level has assembled seven 'Stupid Rap Video Games.' The list is overwhelmingly bad, ...

Finally, someone is addressing the lack of quality geek hip-hop. Dale Chase, a self proclaimed "beatmaker, and fledgling coder" has created a surprisingly high quality (surprising for the world of dork-rap) homage to female programmers, titled 'Coder Girl.' Flush with appropriately nerdy lyrics, like "She's a certified A+/Yo, it's more than just technical lust," and dorkish double entendres, ...

You might not always think of your favorite hip-hop stars as huge video game geeks, but many (if not most) are. Rappers love their videos games. Need proof? Check out this list from Video Game Examiner of the top 10 hip-hop songs that sample video games. Sure, not all are as geeky as the import video-game referencing Del tha Funky Homosapien or the 'Mega Man' sampling, nerd-core (a hip-hop ...

Today's music stars are hooked on their cell phones like yesteryear's rock legends were on the hard stuff. But Madge and Mrs. Jay-Z are just two of the melody makers we caught playing around with on their phones. Click through below to see who else burns minutes with careless abandon. Related Links: Paris Hilton Was Given a Cell Phone in Jail! Real Bloggers Post as Fake Celebrities 'I'm ...