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Harley grew up in West Philadelphia, where he managed to avoid the drugs and desperation that plagued his neighborhood. He graduated from high school but couldn't afford college, so he took a series of odd jobs, such as busing tables and selling Italian ices at the playgrounds. He enjoyed...
Jay Wakowitz, Esq. represents the diamond-and-cocaine-encrusted rap group The Majesticons, “Lords of the Ching-Ching.” In real life, he’s known as Bronx-based MC and producer Mike Ladd, the man behind Beauty Party, the second triumphant episode in...
After suffering defeat in the battle of Gun Hill Road, the saga’s first album, the Majesticons have launched their counteroffensive with Beauty Party.
Beauty Party’s haunting epilogue makes the Majesticons’ new strategy explicit: “Join forces with the aristocratic Trusticons to spread the virus of party and bullshit with superior sophistication.” This alliance will snip the last thread that connects them with hip...
While Ladd clearly loves the art and comedy of mainstream black music, his point is striking: that the Majesticons of the real world are in danger of assimilating into the ruling class, against which hip-hop has traditionally struggled. It is this tension between celebration and censure that rings true...