Archive for October, 2009

“Rappin' Redneck” Lawmaker Causing Ruckus

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Right-Wing nut jobs were hootin' and hollerin' for joy when Kansas Representative Bill Otto's “Redneck Rap” hit the net. Needless to say, the general public was not nearly as amused, and have enlisted Anthony Hensley to put the rapping redneck back in his place.

“I am appalled,” said the Topeka Democrat of the video in a written statement. If opossum is the other dark meat, what is the original dark meat he is referring to? …It is only logical to presume that Otto was making reference to the President's race…

Otto dons a baseball hat with the words “Opossum, the other dark meat” scribbled across the front  while criticizing President Obama and his political agenda.

“I have attempted to ignore Bill Otto's behavior in the past because I do not believe he is taken seriously by most Kansas legislators in either party, but his latest video crosses the line…. Bill Otto is an embarrassment.”

Otto is notorious for trying to disband the Kansas African-American Commission as well as remarking to an Black staffer about shooting Secretary of Health and Environment hopeful, Rod Bremby.

Insurance Companies Deem Rape "Pre-Existing Condition"

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Insurance companies are notorious for not caring about the people who's health is supposed to be their top priority. Numerous first-hand accounts reveal their injustices, and still, companies like Aetna and Kaiser all purport to still be working for “John and Jane Everyman.”

Christina Turner knows that not to be true.

Turner awoke on the side of a Fort Lauderdale road several months ago, nursing mysterious cuts and bruises that appeared after consuming drinks given to her by two men at a local night spot.

With signs alluding to the fact that she had been raped, the scared woman rushed to a local physician, where she was prescribed anti-AIDS medication. Luckily the 45-year-old was not infected, but unluckily, she was unceremoniously dropped from her health coverage.

Turner's use of HIV/AIDS medication allowed her insurer to deem her rape as having been a pre-existing condition. The money hungry corporation will take her back in a few years on the condition that she can provide evidence of her AIDS-free status at that time.

“People who experience rape and sexual assault are victims,” exclaimed Susan Pisano, spokeswoman for America's Health Insurance Plans. “We want them to be in a system where everyone is covered.”

Statistics show that the chance of contracting HIV/AIDS as the result of rape is very low.

With insurance companies able to treat their customers like this, its nothing less than the ultimate question as to why there is so much resistance against a public option?

Come on people…GET IN THE GAME!!!

Sex-Torture Victim Lied???

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Megan Williams captured the sympathies of a nation after she was rescued from the clutches of at least six abductors, whom according to her account, viciously tortured and sexually assaulted her in a shack.

Now, nearly 2 years later, Williams has come back to the media to reveal a detail about her ordeal that will take more courage for her to divulge than what was needed to survive her captivity.

With the help of her attorney, Byron L. Potts, Meagan Williams is going to admit that she lied…At least partially anyway.

With a news conference scheduled to air today, the former victim is expected to explain how she made up various details while retelling her story as a means to gain revenge on one of the men accused in the crime.

Sources have revealed that Williams shared an intimate relationship with at least one of the men involved.

It is not clear as to what effect, if any, this well orchestrated publicity stunt will have on the jail sentences of the 7 men who issued guilty pleas during their trial for assault.

Brian Abraham, prosecutor in charge of the case, decided against using any statement by Williams, choosing to opt for solid physical evidence and confirmed co-defendant statements.

“It's ironic to me that today she's saying she made all this up,” said Abraham to news outlets earlier. “At the time, she was criticizing me for offering them plea agreements.”

Hip-Hop Wired will keep you posted on this story as it develops. . .

Fat Joe Clears Air on Remy Ma

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

“I wish her situation on nobody in the universe or on my worst enemy because I believe that jail is hell on Earth.”

Things have changed in the Terror Squad camp quite dramatically since 2004 when they had everybody doing the lean back.  The apparent change is that the majority of the soldiers have gone against their General, as Fat Joe has no fan fare as it pertains to his old team.

Since then, Crack packed his bags from New York and has found a new home alongside Florida natives and has equipped himself with DJ Khaled and Rick Ross.

Old members such as Tony Sunshine and Cuban Linx have expressed their distaste and accused him (more...)

Mayor Fires Black Workers And Brags About Klan Worship

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

If you thought the Klu Klux Klan was a thing of the past, think again. In Alabama the “Boys” are alive and real and might be some of the city's top ranking officials. Two Black workers are taking Julius Dalton Murphy, the mayor of Centerville, to court. The men are seeking reinstatement, lost wages, damages for discrimination, retaliation and civil rights violations.

Roy Jackson and Devie McLaughlin say that Mayor Murphy constantly boasted about attending Klan meetings and has been seen wearing a Klan outfit.

The men also say that when a white Council member accused the mayor of being racially motivated in his firing of employees he responded,

“Well maybe you need a cross burned in your yard.”

The ex-employees were making slightly above minimum wage before they were fired. According to Jackson, the Mayor fired his entire crew except for the single white man on it.

The employees were fired for not watering flowers.

Where did the mayor go wearing a Klan outfit? That right there should have been means for IMMEDIATE removal from office.

New Jersey School Named In Honor Of Cicely Tyson

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Cicely Tyson, the esteemed actress noted for being the first African-American Actress to win an Emmy for ‘Outstanding Lead Actress in a Television Movie,' is having her name immortalized on a place of learning. The co-founder of “The Dance Theater of Harlem” is having a New Jersey Performing Arts School named in her honor.

The cinema legend will host the unveiling ceremony for her “Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing and Fine Arts” Saturday, October 24. The mistress of ceremony for the event will be CNN's Soledad O'Brien and performing at the event will be Bebe Winans and Jeff Majors.

A live auction will also take place featuring a tennis racket from Serena Williams, an “invitation package” from Bill Clinton and airplane tickets with Continental airlines.

Good for her. She truly is a living legend.

Pressure Mounting On BBC Over White Supremacist Party

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Our cousins across “the pond” in the Great Britain are notorious for touting their long standing progressive attitude toward race relations.

Quick to lambaste Americans for seemingly latching onto the barbaric ideals of racism while simultaneously clinging to their guns and religion, the British have long since eradicated much racial injustice within their cultured country…Or so they thought.

A vast number of Britons are putting down their tea and crumpets and taking up arms against their nation's premier news outlet, the British Broadcasting Corporation, due to its airing out of one of the country's dirtiest secrets.

Racism is alive and doing better than ever in the land that Author Pendragon built, and like it or not, it is not showing any signs of slowing down any time soon.

Much like their right-wing Republican relatives in America, members of Britain's far right political party are out and about, enacting their fiendish racial agenda by bombarding the media with fear inducing rhetoric.

“It's not or the BBC to make decisions about what parties it does and doesn't like, explained a BBC spokesman anonymously. “That, quite rightly, is a decision for the electorate.”

Lead by Nick Griffin, the BNP is set to appear on the BBC's flagship political show, “Question Time," a feat that excited the party so much that it is literally counting the seconds until the broadcast.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown and numerous members of the government claim the BBC invitation add legitimacy to Griffin and his organization's views, which are deeply rooted in fascism.

It is the belief of the British National Party to fight for “indigenous” Britons while fervently opposing immigration of any form. The party currently holds two seats with the European Union's parliament.

Record Pool "TJ's DJ's" Will Host "Peace In The Streets" Community Weekend

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

In the midst of various violent acts taking place throughout our communities, TJ's DJ's will promote their efforts to decrease street violence by hosting “Peace in the Streets Celebrity Kickball Game” to officially kick off FAMU Homecoming weekend.

“Peace in the Streets” will take place on Friday, October 23, 2009 at the Walker-Ford Community Center (2301 Pasco St.) from 3p – 7p. The purpose of this event is to reach out to the youth through artists of the music genre of whom they may look up to and explain that violence is not the answer.

This event will be a part of the TJ's DJ's (more...)

The REAL Rick Ross Speaks

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

“Rick Ross hasn't reached out to me as of yet, but that's not to say that he won't one day.”

Before the former corrections officer was telling people what it took to be the biggest bawse that they had seen thus far, there was another idly waiting behind the prison walls whose name actually had true criminal ties attached to it.

As with Curtis Jackson, William Roberts picked up the moniker of a known criminal known as “Freeway” Ricky Ross who was slated to do a life bid behind walls, but his street smarts evolved into book smarts and resulted in him being (more...)

Melle Mel Sounds Off On New York Rap

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

“Rap stopped being rap after Rakim.  Everything else was kinda like downhill.” 

There was a day in time before everybody was dancing and riding with the South when New York was known as the stomping grounds for Hip-Hop music.  Much has changed since then as the energy has shifted towards pop infused rap records and it feels as though some New York rap has been forced to conform instead of standing apart from the pack.

Melle Mel can be remembered, above all else, as the first rapper to refer to himself as an MC.  In making such a grand statement, it would only make sense that he would weigh in on his breeding grounds of New York, known as the Mecca, as well as the revolving change of (more...)