hip hop
Mimi My My! Eminem can't stop hating.
Thea Lim at Racialicious started an open thread to revisit this spring’s feud between Eminem, Mariah Carey, and her husband Nick Cannon. What seemed like another petty celebrity feud has turned ugly... Read more »
BitchTapes: Only The Good Die Young Edition
Happy 4th of July weekend! We know that a large portion of this great country is in tune with pop culture in one way or another. And music is a large part of that culture. We also know that last week, the King of Pop died, which has brought things to somewhat of a halt, so to speak. It is safe to... Read more »
Bitch Popaganda: We Be Clubbin' Edition
It’s like The View, but less popular
Welcome back to Bitch Popaganda! Join us on our second foray into the world of audio pop-culture critique as we discuss Jon & Kate Plus 8’s pending separation,... Read more »
We Hope Asher Roth Gets His Wish
Malori brought us all up to speed yesterday on the Asher Roth phenomenon, I thought I'd call everyone's attention to point out that his new video, for the song "Be By Myself," only digs himself a deeper hole for anyone hoping to see anything other than a spoiled frat boy in the young pop culture... Read more »
I Love (an Idealized, Hypermasculine Version of) College: An Update
A few weeks back, Kelsey blogged about Asher Roth's heteronormative, hypermasculinized, fratboy-centric conception of college. Though Kelsey deemed Roth to be singing in a serious as opposed to satirical tone, I couldn't... Read more »
Getting slimed, in more ways than one
A group of concerned mothers deeming themselves “Twittermoms” created a petition to remove previously decreed Douchebag Chris Brown from the list of Nickelodeon Kids... Read more »
No, Kanye, We Can't "Give Chris [Brown] a Break."
On Monday night, Kanye West will be the featured performer on VH1’s Storytellers, the show that gets songwriters to perform in an intimate setting, in the hopes that they will open up to the audience and explain a bit about their creative process, or whatever else might be on their mind. For... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: The Douches Galore Edition
At
this point it is clear that Chris Brown is a douchebag so there is no
reason for me to go off about his status as such. However, in the
aftermath of his heinous behavior, he is still somehow garnering
support from dedicated fans who have littered the internets with their
support for him and... Read more »
Fists Up: LA Boxing Pres Challenges Chris Brown to a Duel
Anthony Geisler, President of LA Boxing, is dealing with Chris Brown's arrest on criminal threat charges in true eye-for-an-eye fashion. Geisler started a Facebook group earlier this week called,... Read more »
Q and not A: Chris Brown's Arrest
By now many of you have probably read about Chris Brown and his arrest Sunday night on criminal threat charges. The latest reports... Read more »