BILL MAHER (AP Photo) by Dr. Boyce Watkins (YourBlackWorld.com)--Comedian Bill Maher is the liberal that people love and hate at the same time. He has an opinion on nearly everything and has enough money that he doesn’t have to care what you think. Recently, Maher spoke about the racial controversy involving cooking queen Paula Deen. Unless you’ve been on vacation to Mars, you probably heard that Deen lost her show on the Food Network after admitting to the use of racial slurs in the past. Deen is a White woman born in Georgia in the 1940s, so we have to admit that her admitting that she’s used the n-word falls under the “no duh” category. Nearly everyone in Georgia, at that time, referred to Black people as n*ggers, we just have to accept that. But Maher went a step further, not only stating that Deen should possibly be given a pass for being a woman from the south born before the civil rights movement, but even asked if rap records should be banned because hip-hop artists also use the n-word.
Tauheed Epps, aka 2 Chainz, performs at the second weekend of the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on April 20, 2013 in Indio, Calif. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP) by Dion Rabouin I often find myself in conversations centered on the question, "What happened to hip hop?" The best answer that I've found came from HBO "Real Time" host Bill Maher in reference to a previous conversation he had with rapper Jay-Z. Maher had chastised Jay about his lyrics, particularly the over-the-top braggadocio about Maybachs, Ace of Spades and spending Euros (that's right, plural) that has come to define the Brooklyn-born rapper in the later stages of his career. "Why don't people hate you?" Maher asked. (I'm paraphrasing.)
Jasiri X talks about grassroots activism in the Obama/Tea Party Era at Columbia College in Chicago. (Courtesy Photo Bakari Kitwana/Andrew Bryce Photography) Members of the Black intelligentsia let out a collective victory cry last week when hip-hop artist Lil Wayne lost a multi-million dollar endorsement deal with Mountain Dew as a result of lyrics comparing the beating of murdered teenager Emmett Till in 1955 to female genitalia.
Ithaca, NY (BlackNews.com) -- Pioneering African American Rap Artist MC Sha-Rock has been appointed as National Advisor for the Cornell University Hip Hop Library.
(YourBlackWorld.net)--Maybe Mister Cee isn’t public with his private life for a reason. Some embarrassing news hit New York this weekend, as one of the most prominent deejays in the city was arrested for seeking the company of a male hooker. The incident took place in Brooklyn, and the 46-year is now facing some serious legal problems.
VIBE FOUNDER--Oprah Winfrey, left, leads inductee Quincy Jones on the stage after as Jones during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Nokia Theatre on April 18, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP) by Sarah Skidmore AP Business Writer SpinMedia has bought Vibe in a deal that could mean the end of the print edition of the famed hip-hop culture magazine.
