Thursday, February 18, 2016
Vinny Wisco - Neva Hoe Me
Straight Outta Atlanta by way of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Vinny Wisco has maintained his midwest flow amongst the rise of the south. Using his strong demeanor and animated vocals, Vinny is speaking out against all the wrong doing by tax paid employees such as crooked police, judges and elected officials. There is only one way to be heard and thats to stand up for what you believe in. Never let the opposition quiet you down.
Saturday, February 13, 2016
Backlash to Beyonce's Super Bowl performance continues to grow
Remember when Justin Timberlake "accidentally" ripped off Janet Jackson's top during their Super Bowl performance?
Well the backlash from that has nothing on Beyoncé's performance last Sunday.
Five days after Beyoncé’s Super Bowl half-time show in which dancers were clad in Black Panther inspired costumes and one dancer held up a "Justice 4 Mario Woods" sign, the controversy continues to grow. There’s an anti-Beyoncé protest rally in front of the NFL headquarters planned for Feb. 16, a Boycott Beyonce sign-up page, and a social media hashtag #boycottBeyonce that people are using when addressing the performance -- from both sides of the issue.
#BoycottBeyonce is still going strong-meanwhile, extra tour dates have already been added due to overwhelming demand pic.twitter.com/I3DrLGV08t— Beyoncé Reactions (@ReactionBeyonce) February 11, 2016
— Milez25 (@Milez25NYC) February 10, 2016
Beyoncé used her celebrity 2 highlight #blacklivesmatter and people want to #BoycottBeyonce? Ridiculous.Good for her for using her platform!— Bobby Hall (@BobbyTBD) February 9, 2016
So has hers turned out to be most controversial half-time show ever?
Professor Noliwe Rooks, Director of Graduate Studies at Cornell University's Africana Studies and Research Center, says Beyoncé’s performance put a spotlight on the heightened racial tensions in the U.S.
“Black women around the country, on both social media and in mainstream publications have rushed to praise the video and the artist for affirming the political moment of Black Lives Mattering, and the uplifting embrace of forms of southern Black culture,” Rooks told FOX411. “On the other are pickets and boycotts and rage, mostly by whites. What this moment tells us is that as much as we might wish differently, race often still functions as a hard and fast dividing line. It also tells us that Black women who perform at the Super Bowl bring simmering cultural tensions to a full boil, along with really high ratings.”
But urban youth Minister Patrick D. Hampton, who created the Boycott Beyoncé page, told FOX411 he believes the focus should be on the challenges at-risk youths face in the streets.
“I'm tired of BlackLivesMatter. I'm tired of the New Black Panthers, I'm tired of seeing black women on TV twerking,” Hampton said. “I'm tired of the racial division.”
Based in Chattanooga, Tenn., Hampton said he sees first-hand the issues that are contributing to violence.
“I work in the inner city with teenagers,” Hampton explained. “ A week ago, my mentee was killed in the streets not by a cop, not by a white man, not by the prison industrial complex, not a by a system setup by white men. He was killed by a rival gang member that was black.”
Social media helped stoke the controversy following Beyoncé’s performance, but Treva Lindsey, Assistant Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at The Ohio State University, said Facebook and Twitter are not to blame.
“There has never been a sustained moment of racial harmony in our nation's history. This moment is no exception. I think that there is heightened awareness of existing tensions and a growing public discussion around issues of race and racism," Lindsey said. “Social media provides a new space for these discussions to occur. It also allows for people to be ‘anonymous’ in particular ways, which can promote more vitriolic rhetoric. Social media has been one of many platforms for racial justice activists, but it has also been a platform for people to espouse bigotry and prejudice.”
Hampton said he would also like to see celebrities address “thug brutality” on social media.
“If BlackLivesMatter, why isn't Beyoncé and these rappers addressing thug brutality like they address police,” he said. “The Super Bowl was supposed to be a time to escape all of the nonsense but Beyoncé just ripped open another wound and America is responding.”
FOX411 reached out to Beyoncé and the NFL but did not receive comment.
Diana Falzone is a FoxNews.com reporter. You can follow her on Twitter @dianafalzone.
Kanye West Blames Chance The Rapper For Delay Of "The Life Of Pablo" Release
Kanye West said today (February 12) that he expected to release The Life of Pablo to the masses before the day ended.
At around 10:30 p.m. PST, West took to Twitter to blame Chance The Rapper that the album was not yet commercially released.
"It’s Chance's fault the album not out yet… he really wanted Waves on that Bitch… we in the lab now..." he writes.
"Waves" was on the tracklist that West posted when the album was titled SWISH.
Chance The Rapper responded and admitted to putting a hold on The Life of Pablo's release.
"I fought everyone to keep Waves on the album," he writes. "I spent all night finishing it. The world is better because of it."
The independent rapper appears on "Ultra Light Beams," which is the opening track of the version of The Life of Pablo that West played at the Yeezy Season 3 event at Madison Square Garden.
RZA Responds To Artist's "Once Upon A Time In Shaolin" Copyright Infringement Claims
The Wu-Tang Clan leader native tells TMZ that they didn't sell the book containing the artwork to Shkreli but it was given to him as a thank you for purchasing the $2 million dollar project.
"He was given some gifts," the rapper says. "I think he had a book as a gift. A book of lyrics. A pair of speakers and a few other things as a gift from the people who put together the gift. But the book is not part of the album."
The Wu-Tang leader describes the album as being in a box and anything Shkreli received with the box aside from the actual album was a gift.
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