Tag Archives: rap music

Big Freedia is the most popular artist in the New Orleans-based dance craze called Sissy Bounce, which was explored last summer in a lengthy New York Times Magazine profile. “Bouncing” typically involves turning your back on your partner and shaking your ass as violently as possible. My back hurts just watching all the clips on YouTube.

Convicted domestic abuser and pop star Chris Brown took to Twitter today for some gay-baiting of a rival rapper, who is responding in kind. Brown follows up with: “I’m not homophobic! He’s just disrespectful!!!” Ho hum, nothing to see her, really, although you can bet this exchange makes TMZ etc. We sure didn’t expect to see #homothug as a trending …

From SAS Airlines’ in-flight gay wedding. (Tipped by JMG reader James)

One of the pitfalls of nude skank modeling is one day you might end up in a bathtub at a Diddy release party with your hair on fire while some douchebag rapper wannabe drones on about his fly lifestyle. (Via – Gothamist)

Former JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater fancies himself a rapper. Here’s a snippet of his single, I’m Steven Slater, Bitches. Make it stop, please.

If he hadn’t already been found face-down in a pool of his own gravy, I’m betting Jerry Falwell would take a dim view of all the dick-grabbing. Right Wing Watch provides a partial transcript: Follow Christ ’cause he knows best, And this school is so blessed, Only college in the whole country with a Snowflex, Perfect is the aim and …

Multiple felon and rapper 50 Cent (real name Curtis Jackson) also recently tweeted a photo of what he said was a machine-gun attack on a gay wedding. Despite his frequent calls for violence against gay people, he is considered a rising star as an actor and has recently been a guest on popular talk shows like The View. His performing …

It’s no I Seen Beyonce At Burger King, but at least there’s lots of eye candy. Probably NSFW!

Towleroad tips us to this unexpected Snoop Dogg tribute to True Blood’s Sookie Stackhouse. Some commenters on YouTube are outraged because Snoop is supposed to be a Crip, not a Blood.

“I think if two people love each other, then what the hell? I think that everyone should have the chance to be equally miserable, if they want.” – Rapper Eminem, telling the New York Times that he’s matured and become more tolerant. Eminem is now more progressive on LGBT rights than his one-time Grammy performance partner Elton John, who after …

Last night a free concert by Canadian rapper Drake drew several times the capacity at Manhattan’s South Street Seaport, prompting the NYPD to cancel the show over safety concerns. You can guess what happened next. Lots more videos at Gothamist.

“One thing I stand for is hip hop music. And hip hop music knows no race, no color, no age, no gender, no sexual orientation — none of that. So, the most important thing about it is the music, and if it makes the people feel happy, that’s what we hear. I will say, sometimes in this business you get …

OMFG. Faces are red at CNN today after the network played a rap song containing the word “nigga” during a human interest piece about an elderly black woman who still drives her car at the age of 103. The network returned minutes later to offer an apology. My guess is that the producer who selected Coolio’s Fantastic Voyage had only …

Popular rapper Wale has canceled his scheduled headlining appearance DC’s Black Pride. Because he didn’t know it was a gay event. Via the Washington Blade: Black Pride organizers were startled this week when they received two e-mails from Wale’s agent, one saying the rapper had to cancel due to “family obligations,” and the second saying he didn’t know Black Pride …

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Here’s a very well done send-up of Alicia Keys & Jay-Z’s Empire State Of Mind, put to the theme of social media trends.

I spent the weekend grooving on this track from Gil Scott-Heron’s new album I’m New Here, which is just out. This clip closes with a spoken word interlude from “The Godfather of Rap.”

Carolyn Castiglia aka Miss CKC joins up with Shawn Hollenbach and Soce the Elemental Wizard for a musical primer on the proper way to create a Manhunt profile. (I think I once did a show with Soce (the guy with the beard) back when I was doing that sort of thing.) Builds nicely, I’ll probably be singing the chorus for …

From the Washington Post: A Nov. 26 article in the District edition of Local Living incorrectly said a Public Enemy song declared 9/11 a joke. The song refers to 911, the emergency phone number. Get up-uh, get get get down.