In today's Daily Rap Jay-Z silences critics, DMX arrested, Jim Jones to work with Rick Rubin and BET loses sponsers.
Jay Z proves Hip-Hop deserves to be at Glastonbury
Brooklyn rapper Jay Z proved on Saturday night that there is indeed a spot for Hip-Hop at the legendary Glastonbury festival. Performing to a sold out crowd, the man from Marcy projects in Brooklyn with no special guests performed for over an hour giving fans renditions of tracks such as Dirt off your Shoulder, 99 Problems, Hard Knock Life and Song Cry.
Watching avidly from the sidelines were his wife Beyonce and long time friend Ty Ty as he put to rest the fact that Hip-Hop has every right to be at Glastonbury.
Another notable performance came from Amy Winehouse who took to the stage before Jay Z performing song after song from her recent album Back to Black.
DMX arrested again
After being arrested only last week for driving in Miami without a license, rapper DMX was caught buying drugs off an undercover narcotics officer in Miami last week.
He had requested a mix of marijuana and coke from the officer who was playing the role of a drug dealer in a bust in Dade County.
Things are not looking good for the rapper.
Jim Jones calls on Rick Rubin
As he gears up to release his first solo release on new label home Columbia, Jim Jones went to label head and legendary producer Rick Rubin to provide him with music for the project.
The album however which is slated for a September release will feature fellow Diplomat Juelz Santana but there will be no appearance by the Diplomat boss Cam’Ron.
The relationship between Jones and Cam’Ron has been a major topic of speculation over the last year since Cam’Ron literally disappeared from music after his public battle with 50 Cent.
BET losing out on sponsors
As the corporate world was quick to put money into the Hip-Hop culture, it is obvious they are quick to take it away. With sponsors such as Pepsi and Proctor and Gamble pulling their sponsorship from BET due to the over abundance of negative connotation depicted on the channel, Debra Lee, the CEO of the Black Entertainment Television Network states that the channel makes appropriate cuts and edits for TV.
Ms Lee’s comments come after a watchdog case from group Industry Ears determined that children are exposed to profanity, violence and obscenity every 38 seconds on the channel.
The mind behind the group Paul Porter did digress that some responsibility has to fall on the shoulders of parents when it comes to what children watch, but the corporate world has to take a stand too.
Melanie Cornish