Highline is a strange venue in that it allows, even encourages rampant blazing of the finest herbs throughout its space. The night's host, performers and patrons blow blunts as casually as children blow bubbles with their gum. The last time I was there Action Bronson threw an ounce of weed worth of gram bags out to the crowd. You've never seen stoners run so quickly and aggressively, and almost trample their fellow tokens for a dub sack.
So when the Highline bouncers started coming around and getting concert-goers to put out their kush and diesel, people started getting very dismayed. After all, Gramz was smoking a blunt on stage. And this was the Highline! Gramz had been unable to enthrall the crowd, but he noticed that something else was amiss. "They taking ya bud?" he asked. "Yes!" said at least 5 people. Gramz immediately passed his blunt into the crowd. Everyone loved him after that. Soon Freeway and a plethora of ASAP Mob members were in the building, and the tension was ratcheting up.
Simply put, beef is all part of the game when it comes to Hip Hop. In an arena where everyone is competing to be the best, battles are bound to come around. The high-profile beef going on at the moment involves two artists that I assumed would get along. This time around, veteran rapper Common and newcomer Drake are on opposite sides of the ring. I'm sure the two rappers have had previous beefs with other artists but I never expected the two to be beefing with each other. I say this because Common is tagged as a "conscious" rapper who raps about politics and empowering the people and Drake is relatively new to the game and doesn't exactly fit the mold of a hardcore or gangster rapper.
LIL B is done with clones and copies making millions off his sound, his ideas and his identity. "ASAP ASAP...I'ma ride on the boy like the racetrack click clack....why I have so much anger/ victimized by a stranger
Over the years, rap has been straying further and further away from the music. While new songs, albums, and mixtapes still prove to be newsworthy, a huge chunk of Hip-Hop headlines have nothing to do with the music. Reading Hip-Hop news is almost as bad as reading the tabloids in the grocery store, plenty gossip but no substance.
I understand that stardom in Hip Hop has totally changed. Artists from the past didn’t necessarily get the media exposure that they wanted or deserved. Nowadays, all you have to be is a fresh new artist to be easily marketed and in the spotlight. And the exposure for big names is out of the question. Kanye West’s outfit can be news. We must understand that technology plays a huge role in this. We have mobile phones that capture everything, right in our front pocket. Back in the day, people had to really dig to find out information. Nowadays, a simple tweet can cause a ruckus.
This is what is is for the New Year - congrats to all my family, friends and enimies for all of the love throught 2011 and expect to see more fire than ever in 2012
Are Rihanna and Chris Brown still in love?That is a question that only two people can truly answer, but what is obvious is that there is still a tremendous amount of affection between the two.With their new singles “Man Down” and “She Ain’t You” it is obvious that the two are singing about and to each other.
I am not trying to trivialize what happened.But I will make a bold statement and will chalk it up to the tragedy of young love.We have all been there, we made mistakes, and we have hurt people.Fortunately most of us don’t have such a traumatic situation occur, but sadly far too many young women have to suffer such abuse in silence.
Violence perpetrated against women by men is a serious issue.It pervades the human experience, and something we will truly suffer from until we evolve as a species.But this violence often has more than one victim.Human beings are animals, and human children akin to other animals learn from observation.Tragically young boys learn to express their anger by watching their fathers, and young women learn what to expect from a man by watching their mothers.This perpetual cycle of violence is something that we are going to really have to look at and find new ways of addressing.Both Chris Brown and Rihanna grew up in abusive households.
Hip Hop
Highline is a strange venue in that it allows, even encourages rampant blazing of the finest herbs throughout its space. The night's host, performers and patrons blow blunts as casually as children blow bubbles with their gum. The last time I was there Action Bronson threw an ounce of weed worth of gram bags out to the crowd. You've never seen stoners run so quickly and aggressively, and almost trample their fellow tokens for a dub sack. 
Simply put, beef is all part of the game when it comes to Hip Hop. In an arena where everyone is competing to be the best, battles are bound to come around. The high-profile beef going on at the moment involves two artists that I assumed would get along. This time around, veteran rapper Common and newcomer Drake are on opposite sides of the ring. I'm sure the two rappers have had previous beefs with other artists but I never expected the two to be beefing with each other. I say this because Common is tagged as a "conscious" rapper who raps about politics and empowering the people and Drake is relatively new to the game and doesn't exactly fit the mold of a hardcore or gangster rapper. 
Over the years, rap has been straying further and further away from the music. While new songs, albums, and mixtapes still prove to be newsworthy, a huge chunk of Hip-Hop headlines have nothing to do with the music. Reading Hip-Hop news is almost as bad as reading the tabloids in the grocery store, plenty gossip but no substance. 
Are Rihanna and Chris Brown still in love?