Topic: HipHop

Kitty Pryde’s ‘Give Me Scabies’ (Hopefully) Puts The Final Nail In The Coffin For ‘Call Me Maybe’ Covers

Let’s bid this done-to-death song adieu by listening to teen rap sensation Kitty Pryde‘s brilliantly silly hip-hop remix of it. More »

10 Things I’m Not Sorry I Missed While Away On Vacation

So I just got done with two weeks of traveling around Europe, during which time I read nothing but various leftist newspapers that my boyfriend would leave lying around our couchette as we took romantic train rides to and fro across the land. As you can imagine, the first thing I did when I got back to civilization was catch up on all the important news I missed, like what Kim Kardashian has been up to. To my extreme shock and awe, many of these things were dumb, worthless and/or otherwise utterly missable. Here are ten news items I’m not sorry I missed while visiting all of my international comrades. More »

Video: Nicki Minaj Keeps Chris Brown At Arm’s Length In The Video For ‘Right By My Side’

How does the video for Nicki Minaj‘s “Right By My Side” (featuring Chris Brown) disappoint me? Let me count the ways. More »

Video: Teen Rapper Kitty Pryde Blows Up The Internet With Youtube Hit ‘Okay Cupid’

Every once in a blue moon, something manages to become viral not because it’s “cute,” “fail” or “WTF,” but because it fills one of those rare vacuums left in pop culture. Up-and-coming Youtube rap sensation Kitty Pryde manages to do just that with her ear-smacking combo of humor, sex, hashtags, and self-awareness. More »

Rihanna Finally Rekindles Her Anger Towards Chris Brown

So, this is a potentially positive development. After hearing some questionable new Chris Brown lyrics that were probably about her, Rihanna has issued a twitter smack down that is probably about him, and un-followed him, to boot. More »

Video: Proving Once Again He Can Do Anything, Jon Hamm Freestyle Raps With Reggie Watts

Is there anything the perfect and dashing Jon Hamm can’t do? If there is, he certainly has yet to show us. More »

Here’s A Supercut Of MCA’s Opening Lines From Every Beastie Boys Song

It’s only been a few days since Adam “MCA” Yauch‘s sad, premature death from cancer, but the tributes are already rolling in fast and furious. This supercut of his opening lines from every Beastie Boys song is a particularly neat one. More »

Video: Drake Crashes A Weeknd Show, Makes Everyone Scream So Much

This past weekend in Los Angeles, Drake upstaged everyone’s favorite mopey Canadian R&B act The Weeknd (a.k.a. Abel Tesfaye) by making a surprise appearance onstage with him. As you can imagine, there was much scream-y rejoicing. More »

Adam Yauch, a.k.a. MCA Of The Beastie Boys, Dead At 47

Sad news today for fans of hip hop, popular music, and cool guys in general. Adam “MCA” Yauch, founding member of The Beastie Boys, has passed away at the age of 47. More »

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Video: Five Queer-Friendly Hip Hop Songs That Pre-Date ‘The World’s First Pro-Gay Rap Song’

An item posted earlier today on Gawker proclaimed a song by Texas-based rapper Adair Lion “the world’s first pro-gay rap song.” While I commend any and all efforts to fight homophobia in hip hop and the world in general, “Ben (Gay Is Okay)” is hardly the first rap song to have overtly gay themes…there’s even a whole subgenre of hip hop called “sissy bounce” that consists of nothing but queer artists. Here are some pre-existing examples of queer-friendly rap. They’re sassy, they’re brassy, and they’ll probably get your booty going. More »

5 Facts About Tulisa, FHM‘s Newly Crowned ‘Sexiest Woman In The World’

Following much careful examination of the evidence, British lad mag FHM has named Tulisa Contostavlos the sexiest woman in the world. If you’re American, you might now be asking, “who is this person and how did she beat out everyone’s favorite Frankenbabe, Megan Fox“? Allow me to explain. More »

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