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...Grammy-nominated female rapper, is also nostalgic for the days of “old-school” hip-hop. She hopes to bring more female artists into the music’s new era and has made it her mission to spread the message of female empowerment in hip-hop. As a judge for “Take Back the Music” and the host of the new VH1 reality series “Ego Trip’s Miss Rap Supreme,” Yo-Yo hopes that she will be able to help a new generation...
...creativity level in hip-hop just sucks,” Yo-Yo says. “It’s just dumbed down to people who have great talent but can’t really channel it. They don’t know where to send...
...They just had to be creative, to come up with a story,” Yo-Yo says. “That was so hard. Back in the day, that’s all hip-hop was, was storytelling...
...overall goal of the “Take Back the Music” contest is to help change the way that artists and the public approach hip-hop, both in its creation and its reception. This year’s grand prize winners, Jennifer “Nesi” Chanesi of Rhode Island and Justin “Jae Guttah” McGibbon of Pennsylvania, won full scholarships to the 2008 Berklee Five-Week Summer Performance Program. Through prizes like these, the “Take Back the Music” contest hopes to assist the participants in developing...
...When hip-hop was still a subculture, there was a lot more diverse set of music to offer,” Gordy says. “That people think there’s only this one type of music that can sell is ridiculous. [The contest] is in response to the cookie cutter, formulaic music we see today. Besides being misogynistic, honestly, it’s boring. This brings music that’s not only thought provoking, not only creative, but new and fresh...