Hip-Hop's 'Big' Leap Into Ballet

Why is is that when hip-hop artists dabble in other artistic mediums and forms, the 'story' always seems to end up being about them ('8 Mile' comes to mind). Not only that, it's always the heart-wrenching Portrait of...

Big Boi's 'big' Ballet

For some reason I would have expected Big Boi to come out with a 'hip-hopera' and Andre3000 to be the one behind a 'rap ballet' like this. Guess not. Good on Big Boi for pushing mixed aesthetics to a strange new...

Do Only Crocheted Pants-Wearing Rappers Date Erykah Badu?

Talk about trousers in a twist. At least Badu has a sense of humour about it."Erykah Badu doesn't want you to believe the gossip rags when it comes to her friends — but when it comes to the singer herself, that's...

2008 Grammy Nominations Announced

The 2008 Grammy Nominations have just been announced. Chicago hip-hop artist Kanye West leads the list with eight nominations, while UK soul singer Amy Winehouse received six. Timbaland also received several...

The Royalist - Hey Ya! Why Charles Is No Fashion Outkast

"There's good news at last for Prince Charles, it being revealed that one of the world's most famous and fashionable pop stars has once again declared the future King to be his "style icon". Flamboyant Outkast star Andre '3000' Benjamin has revealed that the Prince, who will...

Music…. its pretty universal

Mat Weddle from Obadiah Parker does one of the best covers from Hip Hop to Rock/Acoustic I have heard in a long time. He is playing Outkast’s “Hey Ya”…. Give it a look and a listen, I promise that you won’t be disapointed

Kate Bush with OutKast? Yes please!

"When Antwan 'Big Boi' Patton, the more sober half of pioneering hip hop duo OutKast, announced last week that he'd been invited by his musical heroine Kate Bush to 'camp out' at her house and collaborate on tracks for his forthcoming solo album, it sent eyebrows shooting...

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