BLAME CANADA HIP-HOP
hip-hop killed them too
So...in 2005 thus far, we've seen hip-hop made the scapegoat for everything from:
...at the very least. It's remarkable to what degree people will go to insinuate that hip-hop is the root behind any of society's ills. Therefore, why don't we just do the t.v. pundits and op-ed columnists a favor and just write their own headlines for them. Expect to see any of these show up in the next year or so...
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICA - IT'S GETTING HOT IN HURR: SCIENTISTS PINPOINT "BLAZING" HIP-HOP AS LEADING CONTRIBUTOR TO GLOBAL WARMING...
- THE NEW YORK TIMES - THE NEW COLD WAR: U.N. FORGOES MULTI-LATERAL NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT TALKS TO MEDIATE JAY-Z/50 CENT NEGOTIATIONS...
- US WEEKLY - WAS IT THE CRUNK?: LIL' JON REVEALED AS SECRET REASON BEHIND NICK AND JESSICA'S SPLIT...
- VARIETY - TONY YAYO'S THOUGHTS OF A PREDICATE FELON MOVIE OVERTAKES TITANIC AS ALL-TIME BOX OFFICE CHAMP; JAMES CAMERON MULLS SANTANA'S TOWN BIO-PIC IN RESPONSE...
- CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION - IVY LEAGUE ENROLLMENT AT ALL-TIME LOW FOLLOWING KANYE'S "YALE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE" PRONOUNCEMENT...
- MARTHA STEWART LIVING - TURN TATTERED CURTAINS INTO FASHIONABLE DOO-RAGS, IT'S A G-THING...
- BARK - HOOD-RAISED PITBULLS HUNT BICHON FRISE POPULATION TO EXTINCTION...
In wholly other news...
1) I don't think Milton wrote about it, but is there some concentric circle of hell being saved just for Pat Robertson?
2) Sacramento clowns Detroit. I never liked the Kings much; now I have even more reasons not to.
3) Uh, yeah: "Television awash in sex, study says."
4) Ahnauld gets punk'd.
5) "The Roots' next album will likely receive more attention than anything the group's done, simply because it's now linked with Jay-Z and Def Jam." Uh... (via spinemagazine.com)
6) Now you can own a "Charlie Brown Pathetic Tree". (via boingboing.net)
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