Black Writer Asks: Is Drake Just Stupid?

 

By Casey Gane-McCalla July 8, 2009 3:49 pm

Dear Drake,

Congratulations on signing a deal with Universal, but I’m not sure why you signed a deal with a label when you had the number 3 song on iTunes. You’re a talented guy who can write, sing, rap and have already had an acting career but I think you are starting things off on the wrong foot.

One thing I don’t understand is why you signed to Lil Wayne’s label. Lil Wayne is a prescription cough syrup-drinking, Blood gang-promoting, weapon-packing, pseudo gangsta rapper. While Wayne was brought up in one of the roughest projects in America and taken in by an ex con who brought him into the rap world, you were brought up in one of the nicest neighborhoods in Toronto, Canada by a wealthy Jewish woman and went to a prestigious private school. While Lil Wayne might have to use that tired “blame it on my environment excuse” to justify his violent and misogynist lyrics, you can’t say the same thing.

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Can’t Stop, won’t stop

According to MTV News, 50 Cent refused to listen to the Game’s apology that he issued to him, Dr. Dre, Eminem and G-Unit.  We got two questions:  1) why is this n*gga apologizing to everybody? He musta done some f*cked up ish to get to piss everybody off, and 2) Why are rappers always beefin?  Can’t we all just…..get alongggg???

Hip Hop: Nas Gives Positive Statements on Drake

Controversy seems to naturally swirl around Nasir Jones.

Al Sharpton and the NAACP have condemned his albums. He’s had confrontations with some of hip-hop’s greatest, including Notorious B.I.G., Tupac, Jay-Z and Def Jam. And lately his name is smeared across tabloids because his wife, “Milkshake” singer Kelis, is divorcing him.

Through it all, the New York City rapper known as Nas stays strong. He’s seen harder times.

He spoke to us about his music, the recession and his coming Wednesday performance with reggae star Damian Marley in the Stir Concert Cove at Harrah’s Casino in Council Bluffs.

 

Q. You’ve got a lot going on (touring, studio time, family drama, etc.). How do you stay focused?

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Black Blogs and News Sites: Check Them Out!

 

Your Black World

Your Black Money

Your Black Woman

Your Black News

Your Black Politics

Your Black Health

AOL Black Voices

The Grio

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Hip Hop: Dr Boyce Lays Down Economic Advice for Rappers

Hip-Hop Wired’s Michael “Ice-Blue” Harris recently sat down with scholar Dr. Boyce Watkins. The Syracuse University Financial Professor and advocate for African-Americans obtaining education and economic empowerment and warrior against racial injustice goes in on a few topics affecting Black America in the first of many insightful interviews.

HipHopWired: As far as Hip-Hop is concerned, you’ve been one of the people who….you’re part of the Hip-Hop generation, you speak to the Hip-Hop generation without criticizing but you do point out some of the things that are wrong. What are some of the changes you think we as men need to step up and do with the music?

Boyce Watkins: We need to stop being high paid hoes and learn how to be pimps. The truth is that…I actually wrote an article about this literally three days ago. Basically I created a hypothetical conversation between a rapper, a hypothetical rapper named Cash Money and the record label. Basically, Cash Money’s going to the executive and he’s saying, “Oh I know that my last album, Booties, Hoes and Bitches did real well on the charts but I’ve been thinking that this stuff’s not positive and I want to do something more positive next time, so I’m gonna do an album called Studying, Homework and Better Grades…” or something like that. I was just being silly so the executive is basically saying, “You know that’s a great idea Cash Money, I really feel ya dawg but the thing is that Booties, Hoes and Bitches sold two million copies last time and our projections show that the people who follow you, they want more booties, extra hoes and many more bitches so we’re thinking that that would be a great album title for your next release.

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Black People Stuff: Michael Jackson Tribute from Lady Drama

In this episode of Your Black Gossip with Lady Drama, Lady Drama talks about the legacy of the great Michael Jackson.  She also talks about the latest with Usher and Tameka, as well as the craziness of Kim Kardashian doing an R&B CD.  

Click here to watch the episode!

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Black News: BET Awards Salute Michael Jackson

The star-studded BET Awards got under way without "the greatest star in the world," Joe Jackson, father of the late Michael Jackson, said on Sunday night.

Joe Jackson, father of Michael Jackson, was in attendance in Los Angeles for the BET Awards on Sunday.

"I wish the world had recognized him when he were living," Joe Jackson told CNN’s Don Lemon outside the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.

"Right now he’s bigger than ever. But I wish he was here to see all this, to hear all this," Joe Jackson said.

When asked about circumstances surrounding his son’s death, he said, "I have a lot of concerns but I can’t get into that. … I don’t like what happened."

At the show, host Jamie Foxx came out in a red, leather "Billie Jean" jacket and capped his opening monologue with a crowd-pleasing but wobbly moonwalk.

Before the show, instead of asking celebrities what designer they wore, pre-awards show hosts Terrence J. and Rocsi asked about favorite Michael Jackson moments or songs.

" ‘Beat it’ and ‘Billie Jean,’ " recording artist Amerie gleefully said into the microphone, before rattling off several other hits.

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The Best Artist You May Have Never Heard Of

Techn9ne usually outshines all of the national artists who come to his concerts.  In fact, the word is that they are afraid to perform with him.  Click here to watch his video.

Plies got money? OK then

Plies says that he “got plenty money.” While he probably ain’t got as much money as he pretends to have (we know how much money rappers really have), his song is definitely hot.  Click here to listen.

 

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TI Talks with CNN

Click here to watch the TI’s interview with CNN.  The hip hop star has a lot to say.  Does he seem remorseful?  You be the judge.

 

Get the scoop on TI and black celebrity gossip from Lady Drama and YourBlackGossip.com.

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Your Black News: White HBCU Homecoming Queen Takes Haters in Stride

by Dr Boyce Watkins

Kentucky State University is an HBCU which lies next to my heart. My sister, who just finished medical school, spent her undergraduate career there, so I was kept in the loop when the world seemed to flip on its head regarding who the students chose to hold the title of Miss Kentucky State University. As you can see, she’s not exactly what one would expect an HBCU Homecoming Queen to look like, but Elisabeth Martin’s skin color likely reflects one of the many faces that define Historically Black colleges in the new millennium. So, while I was personally dismayed that Kentucky State University (along with many HBCUs around the nation) seems to be forgetting about the importance of having African American faculty, the truth is that we are in an era in which one needs to determine what it means to be an HBCU.

Personally, I love the fact that the students at Kentucky State chose Elisabeth Martin as their homecoming queen. Martin, a 21-year old International Studies major, won the crown by a landslide, dominating the competition. It has been her race, however, that has sent shock waves through the Kentucky State University community. But Martin takes the heat in stride and carries herself with a grace and class that should make the campus proud. The fact that the students love her so much is verified by her love for the campus and commitment to school spirit. She has also handled the national media attention like a true queen should.

AOL Black Voices had the chance to catch up with Elisabeth Martin:

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Bow Wow is feelin like a peeyamp

This is what happens when Twitter gets into the hands of the wrong celebs! Bow Wow decided to comment on what it feels like when two women he’s had sex with become good friends! Read below for his insight:
Fellas, don’t you feel like a G when ya ex and another girl u banged or f*cked around with r now friends? boosts my ego up! like daaaayum ima pimp
wat makes it funny i dont think she knows! ha! im laughn lol….
I mean…he could be talking about someone else but…Timing is everything!
Update from Bow Wow:
deez blogs r funny. y err time i say my ex people think ciara? yall kno how many girlfriends ive had. maybe cuz dats da only 1 yall kno bout. Yall gotta stop assuming. those r assumptions. and clearly im not talkn bout dem. they r 2 great people. but im not referring to dem

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Queen Latifah Reveals a Dark Sexual Secret

Queen Latifah, who now appears to be ok with being openly gay, has admitted that she was sexually abused as a child.  Here is the AP report:

 

Queen Latifah has revealed a traumatic chapter of her personal life: The singer-actress was sexually abused as a child.

In the latest issue of Essence magazine, Latifah says the abuse occurred over a period of time, and at the hands of a teenager charged with watching her.

"He violated me," says Latifah. "I never told anybody; I just buried it as deeply as I could and kept people at an arm’s distance."

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Black News: MC Hammer Gets Dissed in front of his son

Kathy Lee dissed MC Hammer in front of his son by making reference to his “failed career”.  Did MC Hammer ever think about joining the “Slappahoe” Indian tribe?

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Your Black Gossip: Lauryn Hill Drops Rest of Euro Tour

Question: When is Lauryn Actually going to get it together?

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Your Black News: Jay Z Attacks Autotunes

Friday night saw the unveiling of another public service announcement from Jay-Z: "You rappers singing too much/ Get back to rap, you T-Pain-ing too much/ I’m a multi-millionaire/ So how am I the hardest n—a here?"

On New York’s Hot 97 radio station, Jay premiered a new song from his forthcoming Blueprint 3 LP called, "D.O.A.," or "The Death of Auto-Tune."

"This is anti-Auto-Tune, death of the Ringtone," Hov begins rapping over a track co-produced by Kanye West and No I.D. Hard drums and horns blaze as Jay conjures images of a black John Dillinger holding a smoking Tommy Gun, laying down a fool ignorant enough to stand in his way. Jay is back to kill biting MCs.

"This ain’t for iTunes, this ain’t for singalongs," he raps later in the song. "This is Sinatra at the opera, bring a blonde … My raps don’t have melodies/ It should make jackers commit felonies/ This ain’t a #1 record, this is practically assault with a deadly weapon."

 

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Want to see some amazing dance moves?

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Lady Drama: No Prison for DMX

Although initial reports said that DMX was headed back to prison, it now appears that he is going to get another chance.  But then again, getting another chance doesn’t mean that he’s not headed back to prison, now does it?  Get it right brother! 

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Get Your Own Money Girl! – Nas Offers Kelis Nothing

 

Turns out that Nas ain’t having Kelis living off his dime after the divorce.  In recent divorce court filings, Nas has asked the court to give Kelis absolutely no spousal support, even though she is carrying his baby. 

Dang.

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Inside the mind of Eminem

A professor and a publicist analyze the Eminem “butt in the face” situation for AOL Black Voices.  What does this do to the Eminem brand?  What are the psychological issues that Eminem is likely to face after being humiliated in this way?  Click the image to listen!

 

 

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Eminem did not know that he was going to get Assed on National Television

According to Lady Drama at YourBlackGossip and an anonymous MTV source it turns out that Eminem did not know that Sasha Baron Cohen was going to put his booty in his face!

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WTF? Canadian Girl is an AMAZING Beat Boxer

You think the Human Beat Box was the best ever?  Think again.  Check out this SICK girl from Canada throwing down in ways that have never been seen on the internet.

click the image to watch the video:

 

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Tupac Impersonator – off the hook

After seeing this, all I can say is “hmmmmm”.  Check out this Tupac Impersonator.  Real or not so real? Click the image to watch!

 

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WTF? White Rapper Asher Roth Calls Black Women “Nappy Headed Hoes”

White rapper Asher Roth chose to put his foot in his mouth on Twitter:

“At rutgers stirring up a suckus,” Roth tweeted. Okay, not bad.

Then: “At rutgers stirring up a ruckus.” Oh no, is he tweet-rapping?

“Been a day of rest and relaxation, sorry twitter – hanging out with nappy headed hoes.” Boom.

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Funkmaster Flex Talkin Crazy

In case you don’t know, this is huge.  Funkmaster Flex, a DJ on Hot 97 in New York, said that he wants to ban Interscope artists.  That means that Eminem and Dr. Dre would be out of the rotation.  Flex had this to say:

“Like I told you, Interscope Records is a label,” Funkmaster Flex explained on his show. “They have G-Unit—they have 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo. They haveAkon’s label too…A lot of your favorite artists New York, but let me tell you something. That label is trying to make some decisions. Nino, let me tell you something Nino. New York, I’m talking to a person who makes decisions. Who does things up there moving funny style.”

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