It’s been a health-scare month for hip-hop!! According to DJ Scratch, Erick Sermon of the duo EPMD, has suffered a heart attack. Even though details are still slim, according to Scratch’s Twitter, Sermon is doing ok. Read more after the jump! Wendy L.
Tech Talk News: Tweets Is Watching
The CIA Open Source Center has revealed that the CIA and FBI are watching at least five million tweets per day and that’s not all they are watching! A team of agents is currently watching over tweets, Facebook posts, newspapers, blogs, TV news channels, internet chat rooms, and local radio stations that anyone in this country and overseas can access. The team, known as the “vengeful librarians,” constist of all different agents who speak languages from Arabic to Mandarin and look out for everything from a simple blog post to an angry rant. Read more about what they are looking for after the jump. Julie1205 x +TatWZA
Kanye West Reveals Which Verse He Thinks Is The Best He Ever Wrote!
At last night’s Watch The Throne tour stop in Atlanta (part deux), Kanye revealed the song that believes contains his best verse ever. Find out which one it is after the jump! Wendy L.
Can We Expect A Run-D.M.C. Reunion In The Near Future?! Rev Run And Funk Flex Exchange Tweets!!
I can’t even begin to describe how excited I would be if this really happened!! Earlier today Funk Flex tweeted to Rev Run of Run-D.M.C. and asked when we can expect a Run-D.M.C. reunion in NYC anytime soon. Since I rarely see Rev Run answer people’s tweets, I wasn’t expecting Flex to get a response, but he did and an awesome one at that! As you know legendary hip hop group Run-D.M.C. tragically lost their DJ after he was shot and killed back in October 2002. Following Jam Master Jay’s death, Run-D.M.C. turned down a performance at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. The last performances of the group as a whole was back in the summer 2002 right before Jam Master Jay was killed when they opened for Aerosmith on The Girls of Summer Tour, which I was in the audience for. Could Flex make this historic reunion happen?! I personally think he can, but we’ll have to wait and see. Read the tweets between Rev Run and Funk Flex after the jump. @Julie1205
Alec Baldwin and His Daughter Catch Heat Over Writing Out “N-ggas in Paris” Without Censoring It On Twitter
First let me start out this piece by saying, I am not black. I understand the negative connotation this word carries and I also understand that I’m not going to feel the same pain a black person can feel when they hear that word because neither myself nor my ancestors dealt with what they did. I get that and I fully agree with CERTAIN reactions. Something like the story I’m about to share, however….I feel it is RIDICULOUS. People use the term “racist” WAY too freely these days. Alec Baldwin’s daughter went on Twitter the other day and professed her love for Jay and Kanye’s song, “N*ggas In Paris,” but instead of the little star I kindly inserted in place of the “i” (thus censoring the word,) Ireland wrote it out. Her dad quickly RT’d to attempt to clear it up (I don’t think he realized it was a song name at first) and wrote, “think this is reference 2 a celebration of hip-hop music in France. Just clearin’ that up.” (LOL….gotta laugh at that one). His daughter immediately started catching flack from both her and her father’s followers, with the term “racist” filling up her @ replies. Marisa Mendez
Alec Baldwin Surprises Everyone On Twitter When He Said He Liked A Certain Jay-Z & Kanye Song!
Alec Baldwin is a crazy dude… this we know. But the popular actor shocked his Twitter followers today when he announced that his favorite Jay-Z and Kanye song is “N*ggas in Paris.” Some pulled the racism card against him for actually using the word, however, that IS the correct title of the song. Hit the jump to see his tweets and tell us what you think about the situation. I wonder what Kanye & Jay’s response would be! Wendy L.
