FREESPEAK BY JOHNNY SPANONE

In 2005 Lawrence Chris Parker, aka KRS 1, was quoted on the blog, Basis,  D.L. Chandler's frequent thoughts on the world of hip hop and beyond , stating that he wasn't shocked by the media's obsession with the violence in Hip-hop because it often gave them good stories to report on, and continued by referring to hip hop as a microwave culture that expected information hastily, plus didn't care to substantiate the information before accepting it as the truth. With this, we can clearly identify how the legendary Bronx rapper felt about the way the media portrayed hip-hop to its viewers as a violent culture just to gain a larger viewership leading to profit, at the expense of the culture's perceived moral stance from the public point of view as a whole. Thus, it wouldn't be far-fetched to assume that during the mid-'90s, the media's propagated East-West conflict that was ongoing between rappers wouldn't have impressed KRS 1, who was by the time actively...

 As the rap legend, DMX was laid to rest on the 25th of April and all hip hop lovers celebrated his legacy, something amazing happened. At his memorial, an announcement was made but the media outlets were not allowed to broadcast what was said.  Newyork state announced that December 18th which is DMX's birthday will be recognized across the entire state of Newyork as DMX day. Senator Jamaal T Bailey of the Newyork State told the House of the senate," We all can't be the same person all the time, everyone has a DMX moment".  He went on quoting DMX's lose my mind song and asked if there was anybody that was present who had never been in that position and went on in agreement with his statement. The passionate senator who couldn't hide his admiration for the rap legend did not only articulate DMX's lyrics on the floor of the House, and introduced a resolution in the rapper's honor. He went on to say," In Newyork, we have our own Hip hop royalty, He...