These days El Comandante aka Fidel Castro is passing the torch in the friendly communist dictatorship known as Cuba. Plans are his brother Raul is to take over, and noone knows what’s going to happen from hereon in. However, things would be much different if another leader was elected: Che Homero. Læs videre ¡Viva el Che Homero!
Will.I.Am says “Yes We Can”. 50 Cent says “No You Can’t”
Kind of a weird week for hip-hop’s support of Barack Obama, as he’s gained a huge supporter in Will.I.Am, while 50 has predicted his assassination should he be elected president. Læs videre Will.I.Am says “Yes We Can”. 50 Cent says “No You Can’t”
The unholy alliance between Hip-Hop and The White House
Recently Barack Obama was asked which music he had listened to at the moment, and he answered Jay-Z’s new album. Aside the fact that a presidential hopeful spends his time listening to a rapper pay homage to the biggest Harlem drug lord in history, this got me to wonder if we could actually get the first president in history, that actually likes hip-hop. While this remains to be seen, it seems that hip-hop will play an increasingly bigger part in the (Democratic) campaign, so I decided to give you an overview. Læs videre The unholy alliance between Hip-Hop and The White House
2000 and beyond: Rappers don’t care for (white) presidents
George W Bush takes office and quickly becomes the most hated on president out of all the presidents that say they get hated on. Barack Obama, however, receives nothing but praise. Læs videre 2000 and beyond: Rappers don’t care for (white) presidents
1990’s: Dinner with the prez & splashing over Monica
Hip-hop is the full blown angry voice of the black youth. Rappers diss the presidents and the presidents diss the rappers right back. But who had dinner with the president and who was splashing over Monica? Læs videre 1990’s: Dinner with the prez & splashing over Monica
1980’s: Ebonics Vs. Reaganomics
Carter smiles goodbye, Reagan’s in office, Jesse runs, Kurtis Blow rules the world, Public Enemy revives the spirit of the Black Panthers. It’s the first encounters of hip-hop and the presidents: Læs videre 1980’s: Ebonics Vs. Reaganomics
Dancing with the Queens
So Tom Cruise took a break from Kid Katie to tango with a real woman. He locked horns with the mighty Queen Latifah and boy was that a mismatch made in heaven. I guess when Latifah rapped she “Had it up to here”, it was about the spot Tom reaches upto. Danes might remember a similar mismatch from the 1970’s, it went a little like this: Læs videre Dancing with the Queens
Me & RZA: The Abbot and the PTA get down in Berlintown
A short while ago I had the pleasure of interviewing The RZA for an upcomming issue of ActionSpeax – a Danish hip-hop magazine, that have been kind enough to hire me to write for them. So I traveled to Berlin to conduct the interview and headed back the same day – pretty hectic. Læs videre Me & RZA: The Abbot and the PTA get down in Berlintown
Me & Sidney Lee: Danish wrestling made it to national TV
Last month I attended the first televised Danish wrestling show ever. I had a blast, met a bunch of the superstars and even brought home some fantastic memorabilia. There are no particular The Simpsons and hardly any hip-hop references in this post, so this is strictly for the people into good’ole rasslin! Læs videre Me & Sidney Lee: Danish wrestling made it to national TV
Me & Muggs: I met a Simpsons character!!
So, I’m back on the blog like I’s Quincy Jones cirka ’89… Granted I haven’t been great at keeping y’all up to date, and let’s be real, I’ll probably forget to do so again soon. But for now, here’s some cool isht: I met a Simpsons character in real life. You may remember the episode Homerpalooza, where Homer quits his job (again) to become a human cannonball stopper on a Lollapalooza-inspired rock-tour. One of the bands playing the tour is the legendary Cypress Hill and of course their DJ/producer was none other than DJ Muggs, leader of The Soul Assassins. Læs videre Me & Muggs: I met a Simpsons character!!