Friday, June 27, 2008

Is Soulja Boy killing hip-hop?


In an interview on a recently released mixtape rap veteran Ice T says that rap newcomer Soulja Boy has "single handedly killed hip-hop." (In case you've been in a coma for the past year, Soulja Boy is the entertainer behind the ubiquitous song "Crank Dat" and the wildly popular dance known as the Superman.)

If I posted Ice T's exact words I'd get fired due to the colorful language used. But the gist is Ice T feels Soulja Boy's lyrics are "garbage" and a disgrace to hip-hop pioneers. Since this diss, Ice T and Soulja Boy have been going back and forth at each other via video blogs and recently Kanye West stepped in and took a side...


Click here to read the complete post on my VelocityWeekly.com blog. While you're over there feel free to weigh in on the Ice T vs. Soulja Boy beef. I also want to know what real hip-hop is to you.


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