Rick Ross apologizes for lyrics deemed pro-rape
NEW YORK (AP) - Thursday's apology — in the form of a tweet — came the same day a women's group, UltraViolet, planned a protest outside of one of his sponsors, Reebok, in Manhattan...
The top 5 rap lyrics of the week
RAP GENIUS - The past seven days found Styles P calling out fakers, Action Bronson taking it back to the (extremely) old school, Spice 1 hanging with a legend, Honors English rebelling against fashion rap, and Ab-Soul doing, well, a whole bunch of different stuff...
Talib Kweli takes on Rick Ross lyric
theGRIO REPORT - The backlash over Rick Ross' controversial "U.O.E.N.O." lyric referencing date rape continues to build and now one of hip hop’s more conscious rappers is calling out the Miami rapper...
Rap must take responsibility for hatin' on women
OPINION - While we rightfully attack Rick Ross for his irresponsible lyrics, we also have to attack the culture that condones and allows him to profit off those lyrics...
The top 5 rap lyrics of the week
RAP GENIUS - The announcement of XXL's 2013 Freshmen list this week (thankfully not actually all men this time) set the hip-hop blogosphere alight...
Rick Ross date rape lyric causes uproar
OPINION - a verse on the song 'You Don’t Even Know,' Ross raps about drugging a woman, and then raping her while she is incoherent...
The top 5 rap lyrics of the week
RAP GENIUS - As the RG camp recovers from an exhausting and successful SxSW, we somehow stopped sneezing and coughing long enough to bring you the best in this week's music...
The top 5 rap lyrics of the week
RAP GENIUS - This past week found the hip-hop community commemorating one of its saddest anniversaries -- the March 9, 1997 murder of Biggie Smalls....
The top 5 rap lyrics of the week
RAP GENIUS - This week found the hip-hop community arguing over MTV's annual 'Hottest MC in the Game' list...
The top 5 rap lyrics of the week
RAP GENIUS - Whether it's 2 Chainz beating us into submission with the word "work," Jim Jones acting like a Borscht Belt comic, Sheek Louch reminding us of lazy TV-watching afternoons of our childhood, or Chance the Rapper imagining a baby born full-grown, a bit of humor goes a long way..
