Avid listeners of Hip-Hop across the pond are outraged by a form that targets the community's night club promoters and artists. The BBC reports that Form 696 is the latest anti-Hip Hop ploy by a governing body. The “risk assessment form” in its initial form walked the fine line of being overly intrusive and overtly racist, asking details on “specific ethnic groups” attending the events. Now with a few revisions, the controversial form is still being seen as an (more...)
Archive for October, 2009
696 Form Targets Hip-Hop In Britain Nightclubs
Friday, October 16th, 2009Gravy feat. Rick Ross - "Pound Dat"
Friday, October 16th, 20094th Grader Asks Obama: "Why Do People Hate You?"
Friday, October 16th, 2009President Obama made his first Presidential visit to New Orleans this week and while there he attended a town hall meeting. During Thursday's meeting, the 44th President answered some tough questions but the toughest question of all came from a 9-year-old named Tyren Scott.
The fourth grader asked him a simple question.
“Why do people hate you?”
The confused young man even added,
“They supposed to love you.”
Obama gave little Tyren a hug before saying,
“First of all I did get elected President, not everyone hates me. I got a whole lotta folks. You know what is true is true, it's like everybody's getting mad all the time. I think that you've gotta take it with a grain of salt. Some of it is just what's called politics, where when one party wins the other party feels like it has to poke you a little bit to keep you on your toes. So you shouldn't take it too seriously.”
Obama broke it down further for little Tyren by adding,
“Sometimes I think people are worried about their own lives. A lot of people are losing their jobs right now. A lot of people are losing their health care, and a lot of people are losing their homes to foreclosure, and they're feeling frustrated, and when you're President of the United States, you gotta deal with all of that."
He then reassured the young boy saying,
“I'm a pretty tough guy…you've just gotta keep on going when folks are criticizing you.”
Leave it to children to state the obvious. It's a shame to see how many people have turned their backs on this man since he was elected into office. No worries though, he's exactly right. Obama's got a “whole lotta folks” that support him as our President and aren't jumping on the bandwagon to tear him down. After all isn't that the patriotic thing to do? But I digress…
Check out the video from the town hall here:
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony feat. Jay Rush - "See Me Shine"
Friday, October 16th, 2009Juelz Santana - "Mixing Up The Medicine"
Friday, October 16th, 2009The Young Bosses (Lil Webbie, Lil Phat & Swazy Baby) - "Do It Bigger"
Friday, October 16th, 2009HHWired Exclusive: Webstar Discusses Jim Jones & "The Rooftop"
Friday, October 16th, 2009Harlem's Byrd Gang leader Jim Jones and young Harlemite Webstar have teamed up for their compilation album Jim Jones Presents Webstar: The Rooftop. Already igniting New York's dance floors and now getting some steam across the country with the club bangers “Dancing On Me” and “She Can Get It,” Webstar spoke exclusively with Hip-Hop Wired about how the project came together.
“We both from Harlem and everything and I had a record and it was hot and was all over the radio called ‘Dancing On Me.' Jim called me to get on the record and I was actually gonna put it on my solo project but it made more sense to do an album together, be a better set up for my upcoming solo project so we (more...)
MC Hammer To Throw Cash4Gold Party
Friday, October 16th, 2009“I'm throwing a party (invite only) inside the Vaults at the Cash4Gold HQ during Super Bowl Week!! Gold will be melted while we dance!!"
These are the words of MC Hammer via his @MCHammer account on Twitter. Now Cash4Gold, the world's #1 gold buyer from consumers, confirmed today that it is currently planning a party for next year's Super Bowl. The party will feature dancing in the vaults at the Cash4Gold headquarters. (more...)
Prince Markie Dee Of The Fat Boys To Head To Wrestling Ring
Friday, October 16th, 2009The Fat Boys burst onto the eighties music scene and have since dwindled down into part of a Hip-Hop history lesson. Now more than 20 years since their debut, one of the original members is having his name thrust back into the spotlight. Prince Markie Dee of the Original Fat Boys is preparing to try his luck in the wrestling ring. The Fat Boy is taking retired WWF Wrestler, Iron Shiek to the ring following (more...)
