Tag Archives: 50 Cent

What “beef” has become

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This might just be the worst kind of “ether” I’ve seen handed to a rapper thus far:

Update 2/3: On second thought, this isn’t “ether”, and to have labeled it as such is actually an insult to the word and all that it stands for in hip-hop. True, 50 succeeds at delivering some pretty harsh [...]

 

50 Cent, Political Pundit

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So I’m watching one of the major cable news networks this morning, you know, getting my a.m. dosage of politico speak, when all of a sudden the attention shifts to the political views of none other than 50 Cent. Talk about a moment straight out of left field; one complete with the standard (non-hip [...]

 

Hip-Hop Meets Fine Art

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Portraits of Kanye West, 50 Cent, Russell Simmons, and other heavyweights of hip-hop are featured in painter Alexander Melamid’s Holy Hip Hop! exhibition, currently on display at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.

The life-size portraits of twelve icons of hip-hop culture capture the larger than life personas embodied by these men, who are among [...]