Word: dis
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...Holworthy frosh left WHRB’s freestyle rap battle last Friday with something every rapper wants to take home to his crib: victory. With the vocal support of some friends and his proctor, Liu overcame three challengers and an at-times hostile crowd in head-to-head dis dishes on a large makeshift stage in Massive Records on Mass. Ave. But despite his lyric-spitting prowess, the NYC native isn’t all about battling. “I like much more just writing and performing my own songs,” he says...
...month to certify Ebonics as an official language for black folks, so I decided to consult the experts. I put in a call to the Home for Retired Racial Stereotypes in a black section of Hollywood. The Kingfish answered. "Holy mack'rul dere, Andy, somebody wants to talk 'bout dis 'ere Ebonics. Could you or Tonto tell Buckwheat come to da phone? He de resident expert...
...Kingfish came back on the line. "Dat's right, Brother White. When I perused the resolution from de school board, I thought somebody had made a typogirraffical error. Take dis 'ere sentence, which I quotes verbitim: 'Studies have also demonstrated that African Language Systems are genetically based and not a dialect of English.' Up on Lennox Avenue, dat means dat black children can't speak properly because of dere heredity. It sound like one of my schemes for trickin' Andy out of his money...
...Dis 'ere fuss reminds me of one of dose words," said Kingfish. "Mumbo jumbo...
...troubles of our people," said producer Wadia Nader. The show, watched nightly by about 50% of Iraqi TV viewers, isn't flashy, with spartan sets and no studio audience. But it does have Simon Cowell's Iraqi alter ego, Muhammad Hadi, whose slams have a local accent. His dis of one hopeful's off-key song about a hummingbird: "Slaughtered bird is masculine. You kept saying it is feminine." BILAL, playing an oud, had no such trials. In a performance dedicated to his country, the 12-year-old from Mosul made the judges cry and himself a favorite, singing...