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...hipster Jedis - yes they exist - there was an exhibit called "The Vader Project," where 75 artists, including Paul Frank, Marc Ecko and a guy who calls himself Sucklord, customized Darth Vader helmets. The artists created a Statue of Liberty Vader, a Full Metal Vader with camo theme, a hip-hop Vader with a jewel encrusted grill and a black fleece Vader with an exposed pink fleece brain. Sucklord, a New York City artist who declines to share his "government name," used his helmet to construct a diorama of Tatooine, the desert planet that is the setting for most...
...declare 2007 the Summer of Serena, let's just remember that we've seen faux sister-act revivals. In 2005, for example, both Serena and Venus won unexpected majors (Serena in Australia, Venus at Wimbledon), only to fade fast. But tease or not, the game's most compelling personality--hip, brash, beautiful--is once again part of the conversation, which tends to be lively when Serena is talking. "She's a complicated person," notes Zina Garrison, Serena's coach on the U.S. Fed Cup team. "And the world is intrigued with people that they can't quite figure...
...core members of producing team the Neptunes and rock group N.E.R.D., who have produced and written songs for such artists as Justin Timberlake—co-founded Star Trak in 2002. In addition to putting out Neptunes records and Pharrell’s solo work, the hip hop-heavy company hosts the likes of rappers Clipse and Slim Thug. Wallach, who co-writes a column for The Crimson’s magazine, said that he and Drummey fielded offers from many parties—including rappers/producers Kanye West and Jermaine Dupri—before accepting the offer from Star Trak...
Aside from this absurdity, my biggest beef with Simmons is that he had claimed to oppose the censorship he’s now proposing. Ten days before requesting the deletion of the three reprehensible words, Simmons defended hip hop artists from critics who claimed that what they say about women in their songs is just as vile as what Don Imus said about the Rutgers University women’s basketball team. “Sometimes their observations or the way in which they choose to express their art may be uncomfortable for some to hear...
Ultimately, blanking out the offensive words, playing them backwards, or covering them over with sound effects does not change the message of the songs, nor does it eliminate the misogyny and homophobia that have contaminated hip hop. Censorship is not the answer to these problems—dialogue is. Simmons has the clout to force music executives and artists to clean up rap, but he has not made any genuine efforts to do so in the past. He should follow the advice he gives others in his new self-help book: “Stop Frontin’ and Start...