Hip-hop artist Common, a 2008 Grammy Award winner and five time NAACP Image Award winner, and Bakari Kitwana, co-founder of the first ever National Hip-Hop Political Convention, are the keynote speakers for Third Annual Clarion University Hip-Hop Symposium on Thursday, Oct. 23. The program features speakers from around the world and an International Film Festival based around the theme “Hip-Hop Symposium 2008: Global Impact!”
Common and Kitwana will highlight the day’s events with their presentation at 2 p.m. in Gemmell Student Complex. A panel program will close the activities at 7 p.m. also in the Gemmell Student Complex. Kitwana, in addition to being the co-founder of the first ever National Hip-Hop Political Convention is the author of “The Hip-Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African American Culture.” He is currently an artist-in-residence at the University of Chicago.
Wu-Tang will be releasing a documentary entitled Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan. This movie will feature never before seen interviews and rare concert footage. It will be released November 18. For a trailer of the movie, it can be seen at http://www.wumovie.com/trail/09/wu.html It's a must see for any Wu-Tang fan or anyone who's getting into Wu-Tang.
On November 11th, Vinnie Paz, Stoupe, and Jus Allah reunite to bring you A History of Violence, the first Jedi Mind full-length collaborative since 1998's Violent By Design.
You can’t be serious!!!! This week in Ohio, a redneck judge ordered a kid to listen to 20 hours of Beethoven for playing rap music too loudly in his car. LOL - the kid decided instead to pay the fine. Check out the news story after the break.
A defendant had a hard time facing the music.
Andrew Vactor was facing a $150 fine for playing rap music too loudly on his car stereo in July. But a judge offered to reduce that to $35 if Vactor spent 20 hours listening to classical music by the likes of Bach, Beethoven and Chopin.
Vactor, 24, lasted only about 15 minutes, a probation officer said.
It wasn’t the music, Vactor said, he just needed to be at practice with the rest of the Urbana University basketball team.
“I didn’t have the time to deal with that,” he said. “I just decided to pay the fine.”
Champaign County Municipal Court Judge Susan Fornof-Lippencott says the idea was to force Vactor to listen to somet... Read more »
New York rapper Nas has never shied away from news controversy in
his almost two-decade career. Even so, the artist, whose real name is
Nasir Jones, has little patience for controversy for the sake of
selling albums. “If you’re just faking the funk, if you’re just
starting trouble with people just for attention and you got no goal,
it’s going to end before it started,” Nas said. “People will catch onto
it.”
Nas’ latest untitled album has stirred up plenty of its own trouble.
Nas originally called the album N—-r, but left it untitled after
criticism around the title. Rev. Jesse Jackson and the NAACP both
criticized Nas for the album title, while some artists, including
Jay-Z, Alicia Keys and Common, supported it. Nas said he eventually
changed the title because he didn’t want the negativity to overwhelm
his album’s content.
“I don’t like to feel that somebody is try... Read more »
Dr. Dre's newest protege "Bishop Lamont", has announced a single for Dr. Dre's long awaited album to be released this November, and that the album may be released in December. So far all Dr. Dre's solo albums have been released during the end of the year (The Chronic - 15 December, 2001 - 15 November), so its likely it could come out.
It's that time again for VH1 Honors. As always there's a new list of
Honorees, and I got the list for those who plan to watch or won't be
able to watch them this year. This years honorees are: Cypress Hill, Naughty By Nature, De La Soul (about time), Slick Rick & Too $hort. The performers this year will be: All the Honorees, Wyclef Jean, Kid Rock, Lil Jon, Big Boi, Ghostface Killah (I predict he'll do Slick Rick), MC Lyte, Bun B, Biz Markie, Q-Tip (you think he might do De La?) & Scarface. To end this news we will be graced with the presence of Tracy Morgan as the host.
Afrika Bambaataa and other pioneers of hip hop are scheduled to
travel to Ithaca, N.Y., to speak at a two-day conference celebrating
Cornell University Library’s acquisition of Born in the Bronx: The
Legacy and Evolution of Hip Hop, a collection that documents the early
days of hip hop with recordings, photographs, posters and more.
According to news sources, events on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 are
scheduled to include music, performances and lectures by several of hip
hop’s founders, and roundtable discussions led by prominent speakers
from the hip hop and academic communities. Cornell University Library
will host the event, which will highlight the one-of-akind historical
materials.
“By paying tribute to those who laid the foundation, we tell our own
history,” Bambaataa said. “Preserving hip hop’s early years will help
future generation... Read more »
Hip-hop artist Common, a 2008 Grammy Award winner and five time NAACP Image Award winner, and Bakari Kitwana, co-founder of the first ever National Hip-Hop Political Convention, are the keynote speakers for Third Annual Clarion University Hip-Hop Symposium on Thursday, Oct. 23. The program features speakers from around the world and an International Film Festival based around the theme “Hip-Hop Symposium 2008: Global Impact!” 
Wu-Tang will be releasing a documentary entitled Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan. This movie will feature never before seen interviews and rare concert footage. It will be released November 18. For a trailer of the movie, it can be seen at http://www.wumovie.com/trail/09/wu.html It's a must see for any Wu-Tang fan or anyone who's getting into Wu-Tang.
On November 11th, Vinnie Paz, Stoupe, and Jus Allah reunite to bring you A History of Violence, the first Jedi Mind full-length collaborative since 1998's Violent By Design.
You can’t be serious!!!! This week in Ohio, a redneck judge ordered a kid to listen to 20 hours of Beethoven for playing rap music too loudly in his car. LOL - the kid decided instead to pay the fine. Check out the news story after the break. 
New York rapper Nas has never shied away from news controversy in
his almost two-decade career. Even so, the artist, whose real name is
Nasir Jones, has little patience for controversy for the sake of
selling albums. “If you’re just faking the funk, if you’re just
starting trouble with people just for attention and you got no goal,
it’s going to end before it started,” Nas said. “People will catch onto
it.”
Source: Ughh.com
Afrika Bambaataa and other pioneers of hip hop are scheduled to
travel to Ithaca, N.Y., to speak at a two-day conference celebrating
Cornell University Library’s acquisition of Born in the Bronx: The
Legacy and Evolution of Hip Hop, a collection that documents the early
days of hip hop with recordings, photographs, posters and more.
