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Michael Steele's Heavy Handed Hip Hop

Ari Melber | Posted 05.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Limbuagh, Gop Makeover, Gop Hip Hop, Hip Hop, Limbaugh Steele, Steele, Cpac, Michael Steele, Gop, Late Night Shows, In a Minute, Politics News
Ari Melber

The GOP cultural flailing might seem like little more than fodder for the late-night shows, but it also reinforces the demographic conundrum facing Republicans. And no, I'm not just talking about race.

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Throw Down Against Michael Steele Or Stephen Colbert

Huffington Post | Matthew Palevsky | Posted 04.03.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Hip Hop, Rap Battle, Michael Steele, Citizen Journalism, Steven Colbert, Otb, Rap-Off, Comedy Central, The Colbert Report, Michael Steele Stephen Colbert, Colbert Nation, Chairman of the Republican Party, Stevencolbert, Steven Colbert Rap, Colbert Freestyle, Comedy News

We want to hear you lay down a rap, at least we think we do. "Why," you ask? Well, it all started when Republican National Committee chair Michael S...

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Worst Week Ever: Republicans Unhinged

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citizenship, Congress, Hiv, Tony Perkins, Al Franken, 9/11, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Clarence Thomas, Same-Sex Marriage, John Sununu, Rnc, Kenneth the Page, Norm Coleman, Nancy Pelosi, Republican Party, Michael Steele, Bobby Jindal, Michael Bloomberg, Mitt Romney, Alabama, Newt Gingrich, Stormy Daniels, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Christian Issues, Susan Collins, Olympia Snow, Jon Huntsman, 30 Rock, Tom Delay, Helicopters, Christianity, Utah, Senate, David Vitter, Family Research Council, Ronald Reagan, Vermont, Democratic Party, California, Bob Smith, Charlie Crist, Nrsc, Hip Hop, New Hampshire, Sara Palin, Richard Shelby, Stimulus Package, Northeast, Arlen Specter, John McCain, Florida, Louisiana, Rush Limbaugh, Kentucky, Porn, Marine One, New York City, John Cornyn, Stuart Rothenberg, Rudy Giuliani, Jim Bunning, Presidential Campaign, Columbine, San Francisco, Fox News, Evolution, Gay Issues, Republicans Unhinged, Socialists, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

This week, just like the stock market (funny how that goes), Republicans hit yet a new low.

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Holder, Race and Obama's 10% of the White Alabama Vote

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Gore, Brooklyn, George W. Bush, Oregon, Colorado, Race, Missouri, Dc, Eric Holder, Rural Issues, Virginia, New Jersey, Oklahoma, John Kerry, Racism, Republican Party, Mississippi, Suffolk County, North Carolina, African-American Issues, Alabama, Massachusetts, Congress, Kendrick Meek, Minnesota, New York, Barack Obama, Education, Mexican-American Issues, South, Michigan, Arkansas, Tennessee, Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton, Senate, New Orleans, Palm Beach, Morris County, Washington, Immigration, Democratic Party, Pittsburgh, Artur Davis, California, Nashville, Jewish Issues, New Hampshire, Ohio, Boca Raton, Long Island, Northeast, Philadelphia, Anthony Weiner, Latino Issues, Florida, John McCain, Appalachia, South Central US, St. Louis, Kamala Harris, Louisiana, Montgomery County, Birmingham, Presidential Election, Kentucky, Texas, Queens, Pennsylvania, New York City, Deep South, Young Voters, Memphis, Governors, Cleveland, Iowa, Georgia, South Carolina, San Francisco, White Voters, Rnc, Michael Steele, Broward, Hip Hop, Duluth, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

The complicated picture of how America came to vote for its first black president reflects the country's multifarious attitude towards race

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Def Party Time! Let's Make a GOP Hip-Hop Video

RJ Eskow | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rnc Chairman, Hip Hop, Off the Hook, Bling Bling, Michael Steele Rnc, Satire, Michael Steele, Michael Steele Bling, Michael Steele Hip Hop, Comedy, Politics News
RJ Eskow

Michael Steele already said that Obama's stimulus plan is full of "bling bling." But did he really just say that he's going to bring the GOP to "hip hop settings" - and that it will be "off the hook"?

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Inside the GOP Hip-Hop Revival Tent

Patrick Sauer | Posted 03.23.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Michael Steele, Gop, Karl Rove, Rnc, Economic Stimulus Package, Rap, Eminem, MC Rove, Beyonce, Biggie Smalls, Hip-Hop, Barack Obama, Jay-Z, 2pac, Comedy News
Patrick Sauer

It's a jungle out there and sometimes in the privacy of their own gated communities the Grand Old Party wonders how they're going to keep from going under.

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K'naan: Somali Hip Hop Star Raps About War Stories, Crisis At Home

Timothy Cooper | Posted 04.01.2009 | World

Read More: World Music Corner, Global Music Corner, Knaan, Hip Hop, K'naan Troubadour, Somalia, Troubadour, Somalia Hip-Hop, K'naan Warsame, K'naan, World News
Timothy Cooper

This is HuffPost World's regular feature that highlights interesting musicians and musical trends around the world. Know of a great musician doing gro...

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Yo, Michael Steele, Whut Up Homie!

Tara L. Conley | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hip Hop, Rush Limbaugh, Conservatives, Laura Ingraham, Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, RNC Chair Michael Steele, Michael Steele, Tara L Conley, Gop, Barack Obama, Politics News
Tara L. Conley

From one Hip Hop Head to, well, I guess another, do you mind if I address your latest call on the GOP to engage broader, more diverse groups like the Hip Hop community?

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Obama Changes The Rap Game

Daniel Riggs | Posted 02.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Songs, Hip Hop, American Muslims, Muslims, Independent Music, Rappers, Music, Hip-Hop, Obama Hip-Hop, Rap Music, Hiphop, Entertainment News
Daniel Riggs

Hip-hop music has always acted as a sort of watchdog for political movement. Lyrics range from anti-American to revolutionary to ideas that encourage listeners to simply stay aware.

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How I Met DMX

Steve Pristin | Posted 02.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dmx, Hip-Hop, Entertainment News
Steve Pristin

I don't know how what is going to happen to DMX...But I do know that he pulled over on the side of the road that night just to see if we were all right.

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Homophobic? Then You're Probably Gay

Johann Hari | Posted 02.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Homophobia, Gays and Lesbians, Hip Hop, Gays, Homophobia in Hip Hop, Entertainment News
Johann Hari

Hip hop has long been the ultimate in gay-bashing hate music. Why do they do it? Why do hip-hop artists -- often the victims of bigotry themselves -- incite this hatred?

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Rock N' Roll Hall to Become Run's House

Scott Mehno | Posted 02.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame, Hip Hop, Run DMC, Rap, Inauguration, Obama Inauguration, Entertainment News
Scott Mehno

Following the announcement of Run-DMC's induction into the Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame, I submit Obama's election would have been unimaginable if it weren't for groundbreakers like Run-DMC.

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Notorious: The Biggie Biopic is Great But it Still Doesn't Answer, "Who Shot Ya?"

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 02.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Youth, California, Mtv, New York City, The Notorious B.I.G., Rappers, Film, Biggie Smalls, Hip-Hop, Rap Music, Hollywood, Suge Knight, Entertainment News
Raymond Leon Roker

Notorious is the first biopic of a hip-hop personality. Think about that as both an awesome milestone, as well as a sad testament for hip-hop.

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When Religion and Exercise Collide

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 02.14.2009 | Style

Read More: Dancing, Jim Carrey, Swimming, Islam, Hip Hop, Exercise, Cardio, Fitness, Muslim, Working Out, Health, Physical Exercise, Religion, Style News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Our Y, similar to many other fitness establishments across the country with high Muslim populations has adapted to religious restrictions by instituting a "women's only" cardio class.

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City of God's Son: A Hip-Hop Soundscape

Ben Arnon | Posted 02.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Nas, Installation Art, Kenzo Hakuta, Art, Music, Hip-Hop, Joe Bataan, Media News
Ben Arnon

An homage to hip-hop's most culturally potent era, COGS is part Sin City, part Orson Welles' War of the Worlds radio programming, and part Nas' Illmatic.

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My View of The Atlantic's "The End of White America?"

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 02.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Politics, Race Politics, Youth Vote, Youth, Barack Obama, Police, President Obama, Racism, Rappers, Race, 2008 Election, Hip-Hop, White People, Media News
Raymond Leon Roker

Part of what I always suspect comes out of articles like this, is the affirmation from some that a browner America should also mean minorities can finally stop complaining about inequalities.

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Rapper Subdues Bomb Suspect on LAX Flight

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Terrorism, Lax, Fbi, Rappers, Music, Bombing, Hip-Hop, Airline Industry, Airlines, Bomb Scare, Flights, Asher Roth, Airplane Bomb Scare, Politics News
Raymond Leon Roker

According to his publicist, none other than Atlanta rapper Asher Roth was involved in detaining the man who just made a bomb threat on an Atlanta-to-L...

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A Modern Classic: Jawz of Life's First Breath, A Christian Rapper Who's a Proud Father

Alex Remington | Posted 02.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jawz of Life, Atlanta, Rap Music, Rap, Jawz of Life First Breath, Christian Rap, Music, Hip-Hop, Mainstream Rap, Entertainment News
Alex Remington

The album isn't overly pious, but Jawz's faith is apparent in the absence of the macho bull and gangsta pretension of other mainstream rap.

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Yas: Iran's Hip-Hop Sensation

Modiba | Posted 01.12.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Iran Hip-Hop, Yas, World Music Corner, World Music, Iran Yas, Global Music, Iran Hip Hop, Iran Music, Persian Tupac, Hip-Hop, Tupac, Iran's Hip Hop Sensation, Iran's Hip-Hop, Iranian Hip Hop, Persian Hip Hop, World News
Modiba

This is HuffPost World's regular feature that highlights interesting musicians and musical trends around the world. Know of a great musician doing g...

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Best of '08, Part 2

Brandon Perkins | Posted 01.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Game, 2008, Slumdog Millionaire, Hip-Hop, Tv on the Radio, Entertainment News
Brandon Perkins

Is 2008 over yet? For most of this country, it seems as if this year ended on November 4th, on the heels of that historic election. Here are my favorite threads of a year that's been over for a month already.

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Should the Government Bail Out Hip Hop?

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 01.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Morgan Stanley, Hip Hop, Gm, Wall Street, Bailout, Suge Knight, Ford, Recession, Damon Dash, Auto Industry, Economy, Entertainment News
Casey Gane-McCalla

Just like rappers, Wall Street execs spend obscene amounts of money on strippers, cars, vacations and houses. How come their houses and cars aren't being repossessed like all the rappers?

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The NY Daily News' Stanley Crouch Fails to Understand the Legacy of Malcolm X

Russell Simmons | Posted 01.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Stanley Crouch, Malcolm X, NY Daily News, Russell Simmons, Hip-Hop, Hip Hop, Stanley Crouch Rap, Stanley Crouch Hip-Hop, Entertainment News
Russell Simmons

Rappers, in the spirit of Malcolm X, point out contradictions. Both in their words and cultural dress codes, hip-hop defies the rigidity of people like Stanley Crouch.

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Micheal Young History Reinvents Gangsta Rap

Timothy Cooper | Posted 01.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hip-Hop, Lupe Fiasco, Jay-Z, Hip-Hop Chicago, Relationships, Huffington Post Off the Bus, Jay Leno, Superdelegates Barack Obama, New York Times, Huffington Post, Chicago Tribune, Lupe Fiasco Coats, Obama Hip-Hop, Barack Obama, Music, The Cool, Music Industry, History Channel, Entertainment News
Timothy Cooper

The creation of Michael Young History goes back to Lupe's first album, Food and Liquor.

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