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Nobody is saying anything in hip hop journalism these days, everyone just reports the latest on (insert popular rap artists name here), there is no perspective, no insight and no food for thought. Some haters just bash hip hop artists, just mean-spirited shit-talking that any 10 year old can do. HipHopDX is only spot that tells it how it is and how it should be.

In Defense Of Fat Joe Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - Jake Paine | Comments: 96

A few days ago, I was reading the new issue of XXL magazine, and just like many of the readers of websites that also reported it [click here], I was shocked, if not pensive to read that Snoop Dogg has enlisted writers for his latest lyrics. When you think about it, it made perfect sense, that the O.G., an avid smoker of greens, didn’t actually pen the cigarette-smoking endorsement in “Sexual Seduction.” Instead, it was longtime Young Jeezy producer (and perhaps songwriter) Shawty Redd, who even in his Scratch magazine layout last year, was pictured puffin’ on a cancer stick. All tobacco mentionables aside, it’s hard to believe that...

Who’s Stealing From Who?: Asians vs. American Culture Monday, March 17, 2008 - Andreas Hale | Comments: 33

How many times have you heard this phrase: “Oh they’re just trying to act black”? Or how about the phrase “Why are they trying to act like they are Asian?” Too many to count? As the debates rage on, it is a relatively good time to ask the question “Who is stealing from who?” when it comes to American and Asian culture. Both are seen as highly influential across the globe but only one can reign supreme…right? Love it or hate it, much of what you love in American culture has been “borrowed” from Asian culture while Asian’s often take out a loan from American...

Hip Hop At The Smithsonian: It Ain't All Good Thursday, March 06, 2008 - Amanda Bassa | Comments: 15

When you hear the term “Hip Hop culture”, a few things may come to mind: graffiti tags across a subway train, the hottest deejay in town holdin’ it down on the ones and twos on a Saturday night, or perhaps a flashback of a member of Rock Steady showing off some moves. Chances are that one of the last things that you would think of would be a marble floored Smithsonian Museum a mere block or two from the Verizon Center in downtown Washington D.C. with security guards spaced evenly throughout the premises while keeping a watchful eye over the all-ages crowd of museum-hopping tourists. Well, it’s time to...

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