Author Raquel Cepeda once said, "The role of hip-hop journalists is to document hip-hop with integrity." Fifty years ago, that esteemed role did not yet exist, for the culture was too young and too niche to find its way into literary archives and journalistic coverage. But seeing how far hip-hop has come, times have changed, and so have the rules for those documenting it - namely, us women.
The role of women hip-hop journalists, unfortunately by today's standards, is not just to report on the culture earnestly. Thanks to sexism, patriarchy, and misogyny, we don't get that luxury. Our skills and knowledge are always under a microscope in this "boys' club," as we've oftentimes been seen as the ill-informed who stumbled our way into this space and not as the revered who helped build, refine, and make it better; as those who've made it safer to tell ours and others' stories.
The role of women hip-hop journalists, unfortunately by today's standards, is not just to report on the culture earnestly. Thanks to sexism, patriarchy, and misogyny, we don't get that luxury. Our skills and knowledge are always under a microscope in this "boys' club," as we've oftentimes been seen as the ill-informed who stumbled our way into this space and not as the revered who helped build, refine, and make it better; as those who've made it safer to tell ours and others' stories.
- 8/30/2023
- by Njera Perkins
- Popsugar.com
On Feb. 18, Utah Jazz legend Karl Malone will be a judge during the Slam Dunk Contest at NBA All-Star Weekend in Salt Lake City. On the surface, an all-time great participating in All-Star festivities in their former team’s home city makes sense; the league is banking on most fans summing up his presence that way. But in reality, having him there overlooks a past full of abhorrent behavior.
In 1983 a then 20-year-old Malone impregnated his “girlfriend,” 13-year-old Gloria Bell, while playing basketball at Louisiana Tech University. According to Bell,...
In 1983 a then 20-year-old Malone impregnated his “girlfriend,” 13-year-old Gloria Bell, while playing basketball at Louisiana Tech University. According to Bell,...
- 2/18/2023
- by Andre Gee
- Rollingstone.com
On Nov. 4, 2022, Drake and 21 Savage dropped their highly anticipated joint project, "Her Loss." Upon first listen, I found it to be a commendable addition to their respective portfolios. But then I delved deeper into the project, and I came across something strikingly unsavory as Drake threw passive-aggressive shade at everyone on the record - specifically the livelihood of three Black women: Megan Thee Stallion, Serena Williams, and Ice Spice. One of the Certified Lover Boy's most vicious bits include his lyrics indirectly - but clearly - directed at Megan: "This b*tch lie bout gettin bout' shots but she still a stallion / She don't even get the joke but she still smilin'."
It's clear that hip-hop has made no progress in addressing its decades-long, unrelenting issue with misogynoir.
In December 2022, Tory Lanez was found guilty of three felony counts for shooting Megan in July 2020. The incident was - and...
It's clear that hip-hop has made no progress in addressing its decades-long, unrelenting issue with misogynoir.
In December 2022, Tory Lanez was found guilty of three felony counts for shooting Megan in July 2020. The incident was - and...
- 2/14/2023
- by JaJuan Malachi
- Popsugar.com
Morrissey says he’s starting to believe that Capitol Records signed his forthcoming record so that they could “sabotage it”, according to a new statement on his website.
The Smiths’ former singer also thinks that he is “too diverse” for Universal Music Group.
On his website Messages from Morrissey, a statement reads: Morrissey is “too diverse” for Universal Music Group.
“Capitol Records (Los Angeles) will not, after all, release Morrissey’s 2021 album Bonfire of Teenagers. At the same time, Capitol Records (Los Angeles) are holding on to the album,” the site claims.
“Although Morrissey officially signed to Capitol Records Los Angeles, there has been no mention of Morrissey on Capitol’s website or on their Artists roster.”
The Independent has contacted a representative of Capitol Records for comment.
The statement continues: “Morrissey has said that although he does not believe that Capitol Records in Los Angeles signed ‘Bonfire of Teenagers’ in order to sabotage it,...
The Smiths’ former singer also thinks that he is “too diverse” for Universal Music Group.
On his website Messages from Morrissey, a statement reads: Morrissey is “too diverse” for Universal Music Group.
“Capitol Records (Los Angeles) will not, after all, release Morrissey’s 2021 album Bonfire of Teenagers. At the same time, Capitol Records (Los Angeles) are holding on to the album,” the site claims.
“Although Morrissey officially signed to Capitol Records Los Angeles, there has been no mention of Morrissey on Capitol’s website or on their Artists roster.”
The Independent has contacted a representative of Capitol Records for comment.
The statement continues: “Morrissey has said that although he does not believe that Capitol Records in Los Angeles signed ‘Bonfire of Teenagers’ in order to sabotage it,...
- 2/8/2023
- by Megan Graye
- The Independent - Music
Roger Walters has reportedly been asked by Russia to speak to the Un Security Council.
Russia wants the Pink Floyd co-founder to appear on Wednesday (8 February) at the meeting to discuss Ukrainian weapon delivery, Reuters reports.
Speaking on the request, an anonymous Un Security diplomat said: "Russian diplomacy used to be serious. What next? Mr Bean?"
Waters has previously written open letters to both the Russian and Ukrainian governments.
The musician was criticised for one he wrote to the Ukrainian first lady, Olena Zelenska, in which he argued against the west supplying weapons to Ukraine.
The rock musician has previously claimed that he is on a Ukrainian “kill list” as a result of his controversial comments about the war.
“Don’t forget, I’m on a kill list that is supported by the Ukrainian government,” Waters said in an interview with Rolling Stone in October.
“I’m on the f***ing list,...
Russia wants the Pink Floyd co-founder to appear on Wednesday (8 February) at the meeting to discuss Ukrainian weapon delivery, Reuters reports.
Speaking on the request, an anonymous Un Security diplomat said: "Russian diplomacy used to be serious. What next? Mr Bean?"
Waters has previously written open letters to both the Russian and Ukrainian governments.
The musician was criticised for one he wrote to the Ukrainian first lady, Olena Zelenska, in which he argued against the west supplying weapons to Ukraine.
The rock musician has previously claimed that he is on a Ukrainian “kill list” as a result of his controversial comments about the war.
“Don’t forget, I’m on a kill list that is supported by the Ukrainian government,” Waters said in an interview with Rolling Stone in October.
“I’m on the f***ing list,...
- 2/8/2023
- by Megan Graye
- The Independent - Music
Dee Barnes has said that the Grammys awarded an “abuser” when they named an accolade after Dr Dre.
Dr Dre was given the new award, titled the Dr Dre Impact Award, at the Grammys in Los Angeles on Sunday night (5 February).
Barnes has since claimed that the Recording Academy “named this award after an abuser,” given that Dre pleaded no contest to assault and battery against her in 1991. There have been several other claims of violence made against him by multiple women, which he has denied.
In her own words, Barnes told Rolling Stone about how the recent honouring of Dre made her feel, as well as the impact of his abuse.
“I’m not saying he is the same person now,” said Barnes. “I don’t know. I’m not around him anymore. I haven’t talked to him.”
She continued: “But to name an award after someone with...
Dr Dre was given the new award, titled the Dr Dre Impact Award, at the Grammys in Los Angeles on Sunday night (5 February).
Barnes has since claimed that the Recording Academy “named this award after an abuser,” given that Dre pleaded no contest to assault and battery against her in 1991. There have been several other claims of violence made against him by multiple women, which he has denied.
In her own words, Barnes told Rolling Stone about how the recent honouring of Dre made her feel, as well as the impact of his abuse.
“I’m not saying he is the same person now,” said Barnes. “I don’t know. I’m not around him anymore. I haven’t talked to him.”
She continued: “But to name an award after someone with...
- 2/8/2023
- by Megan Graye
- The Independent - Music
On Sunday night at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, hip-hop pioneer Dr. Dre was honored with an award that will newly bear his name – the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award. The honor is a project of the Recording Academy’s Black Music Collective, which debuted the Global Impact Award last year, simply as such. The Collective was established after the mass protests of 2020, fueled by the murder of George Floyd and the killing of Breonna Taylor by police. And for some, Dre’s moniker upon this award also fuels indignance...
- 2/8/2023
- by Mankaprr Conteh
- Rollingstone.com
Hip-hop took center stage at the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday as Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Dr. Dre, and 50 Cent all made history together. Not only did six performers grace the stage for the first time in Super Bowl halftime history - only five were originally billed to perform - but it also marked the first time we've seen a full hip-hop lineup headline the show.
As a fan, it was surreal to see the genre get a national spotlight with its legends at the helm and receive so much praise. In all honesty, hip-hop deserved this moment: it's long overdue. From the nostalgic West Coast hits that blasted through SoFi Stadium to the field of dancers doing a choreographed crip walk on live TV, it was both exciting and scary as hell to see hip-hop be consumed by such a wide audience. Hip-hop...
As a fan, it was surreal to see the genre get a national spotlight with its legends at the helm and receive so much praise. In all honesty, hip-hop deserved this moment: it's long overdue. From the nostalgic West Coast hits that blasted through SoFi Stadium to the field of dancers doing a choreographed crip walk on live TV, it was both exciting and scary as hell to see hip-hop be consumed by such a wide audience. Hip-hop...
- 2/15/2022
- by Njera Perkins
- Popsugar.com
Dee Barnes might be a name that’s familiar to a lot of people since if you think really hard you might be able to understand why. If you’re not into hip hop then you might not figure it out but all you’d need to do is take a quick Google search to discover that she has a history with one rap’s most influential individuals and it’s exactly a pleasant one. Back in her day Dee was an up and coming female rapper that went by the stage name of D Zire and was part of the group called Body &
10 Things You didn’t Know about Dee Barnes...
10 Things You didn’t Know about Dee Barnes...
- 4/24/2019
- by Tom
- TVovermind.com
Dee Barnes, a trailblazing hip-hop reporter and former host of the Fox music series Pump It Up!, says she’s fallen on hard times and experiencing “extreme financial hardship.”
Barnes started a GoFundMe campaign this month, stating that she was facing eviction and homelessness.
“Standing in our own truth not the definitions or the expectations is powerful, and this is my Truth,” she wrote in the description for her campaign. “I am in the process of being evicted. This page was created as an emergency fund to stop the process and the subsequent legal fees.”
Despite deciding to go public with her personal struggles, she said she’s trying to stay positive.
“I know who I am, I know my worth and I know I’m not alone,” she added. “Everyone is dealing with their own different struggles. Some of us less fortunate than others. … I have the sincerest gratitude...
Barnes started a GoFundMe campaign this month, stating that she was facing eviction and homelessness.
“Standing in our own truth not the definitions or the expectations is powerful, and this is my Truth,” she wrote in the description for her campaign. “I am in the process of being evicted. This page was created as an emergency fund to stop the process and the subsequent legal fees.”
Despite deciding to go public with her personal struggles, she said she’s trying to stay positive.
“I know who I am, I know my worth and I know I’m not alone,” she added. “Everyone is dealing with their own different struggles. Some of us less fortunate than others. … I have the sincerest gratitude...
- 3/27/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
Dr. Dre's apology last week for committing violence against women as a young man drew the ire of at least one of his victims (former "Pump It Up" host Dee Barnes, who was assaulted by Dre in a Los Angeles nightclub in 1991), and now the rapper and producer's ex-girlfriend and former collaborator Michel'le, who has previously alleged that Dre physically abused her on multiple occasions while they were together, is weighing in. "It don't really think it's a sincere apology," she told BBC Radio's 5Live during a recent interview. "First of all, I didn't ask for a public apology...but I think if he is going to apologize he should do it individually. ...I think [his victims] deserve a personal apology. ...He's selling a movie [N.W.A. biopic 'Straight Outta Compton']. I just think its good PR at the moment." When pressed on the issue by BBC interviewer Dotun Adebayo ("[The apology] sounds sincere," he said), Michel'le said that...
- 8/24/2015
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
Dee Barnes, the woman who was attacked by billionaire rapper Dr. Dre in 1991, wrote an essay criticizing Straight Outta Compton as “revisionist.” Dee Barnes Speaks Out About Dr. Dre Attack Barnes, former host of the Fox’s hi-hop show Pump It Up!, was attacked by Dr. Dre back in 1991 at a Los Angeles nightclub. The incident is noticeably […]
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The post Dee Barnes Opens Up About Dr. Dre Assault, Points Out Lack Of Female Characters In ‘Straight Outta Compton’ appeared first on uInterview.
- 8/24/2015
- by Quentin Gueroult
- Uinterview
Welcome to Outrage Watch, HitFix's semi-regular rundown of entertainment-related kerfuffles. Not anxious enough already? Get your fix of righteous indignation below, and stay posted for outrage updates throughout the week. 25 years after allegedly assaulting multiple women including former "Pump It Up" host Dee Barnes, ex-girlfriend and collaborator Michel'le and rapper/singer Tairrie B, Dr. Dre has apologized for his past misdeeds in a statement to the New York Times: "In a sign that the uproar was threatening not only his reputation but also his business dealings, Dr. Dre, who has previously spoken dismissively or vaguely about the allegations, which are decades old, confronted them on Friday in a statement to The New York Times. While he did not address each allegation individually, he said: 'Twenty-five years ago I was a young man drinking too much and in over my head with no real structure in my life. However, none of...
- 8/21/2015
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
Universal's N.W.A. biopic "Straight Outta Compton" is a bonafide success. The massive $60 million opening this past weekend earned the picture the distinction of one of the best R-rated openings of all time. Critics and audiences have both been kind on the picture, and in general, praise has been coming from all corners. However, one controversy around the movie has been building over the past week, and it's soon going to become something that neither the producers or studio can ignore. But first, a brief bit of history is needed. After Ice Cube left N.W.A. in 1989, a beef brewed between the rapper and his former bandmates. In 1990, Fox hip hop show "Pump It Up" went to the set of "Boyz In The Hood" to interview Ice Cube, but before they rolled cameras, producers showed him what N.W.A. had to say about him in an interview shot for the program a few weeks earlier.
- 8/20/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
While the state violence endured by black men is a narrative that runs throughout the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton, the real-life violence women experience at the hands of men — specifically, at the hands of Dr. Dre — is conspicuously missing. Dee Barnes, the former host of Fox hip-hop show Pump It Up! and one of Dr. Dre's victims, watched the film and wrote an essay for Gawker addressing the missing piece of the story line. "That event isn’t depicted in Straight Outta Compton," she says of Dre's attack on her in an L.A. nightclub in 1991. "But I don’t think it should have been, either. The truth is too ugly for a general audience. I didn’t want to see a depiction of me getting beat up, just like I didn’t want to see a depiction of Dre beating up Michel’le, his one-time girlfriend.
- 8/18/2015
- by E. Alex Jung
- Vulture
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