Al Sharpton is very glad that the title of Nas’ upcoming album has been changed from its original epithetastic title to the Wal-Mart-friendly/boycott-averting Nas. But does that mean that the activist will actually go out and buy the record, and not just download it? Unclear. More »
Al Sharpton is very glad that the title of Nas’ upcoming album has been changed from its original epithetastic title to the Wal-Mart-friendly/boycott-averting Nas. But does that mean that the activist will actually go out and buy the record, and not just download it? Unclear. More »
“The Ying Yang Twins are scheduled to appear on an upcoming episode of the Dr. Phil talk show to debate a recent campaign to put an end to saggy jeans…alongside the founders of the Dallas based Hip-Hop Government organization, Rev. Al Sharpton and Dallas Deputy Pro Tem Mayor Dwaine Caraway.” More »
Al Sharpton is apparently no fan of our right to freedom of expression, leading rallies across the country today to take advantage of the fading post-Imus moment and hoping to force record companies clean up their lyrical act by hitting them in their pocketbooks. Not content with changing the hearts and minds of America, he’s demanding a boycott so that the goverment will divest of billions in pension fund dollars tied up in the music industry unless it promises to ban certain words and expressions from musicians’ lyrical lexicon. He also proposes an oversight committee based on an apparently top-secret music industry regulating body that I bet you’ve never heard of:
– While performing at a fund-raiser for UNICEF, a member of the Pussycat Dolls gave an on-stage shout-out to”Unice.” You don’t even want to know what they said at last month’s ASCAP benefit. More »
According to AllHipHop.com, Russell Simmons, Lyor Cohen and several artists will take part of a closed-door meeting this week to discuss “the future of hip-hop and how the genre can be moved forward in a positive direction” (we checked the guest list, and you’re not invited). The pow-wow comes less than a week after Don Imus was fired for his now-infamous Rutgers remarks, and just as the first wave of “Is hip-hop harmful?” articles are popping up on our Google Alerts and on the front page of Drudge Report. As AllHipHop notes:
A number of activists are now shifting their focus to Hip-Hop, including Reverend Al Sharpton, who has received a number of death threats over the past few days due to his involvement in the Imus controversy.
On Friday (Apr. 13), Sharpton announced that he would turn his attention to the music industry, specifically Hip-Hop music. Sharpton said his National Action Network wants to also meet with performers in the industry about lyrics that he claims are racist and demeaning to women.
