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Verbals: Richard Watson
At last, an emcee showed sensitivity to the times as Cam’ron reappeared with the first recession-rap banger. We feel your struggle, Gilesy, but it might be worth taking your beanie off at job interviews; maybe even pay someone to tart up your CV a bit. By contrast, Bow Wow, outraged at Soulja Boy’s accusation that he rented his Lamborghini, flashed the paperwork from his purchase, mocked Mr Tellem’s “piece of shit” model of Lambo and agreed to race for pink slips. Both parties are now reportedly busy learning the lyrics for ‘Greased Lightning’.
If, unlike Lamborghini Moss, however, you are feeling the pinch, some cut-price garms from LL’s beleaguered clothing line should stop you shivering. Especially a polyester tracksuit – that’ll burn away nicely…
Diddy was in the firing line this week, catching heat from Doo-Wop for dissing deejays and from Mark Curry for possibly being the devil − “his body has the capability to house a wicked energy,” reasoned the former Bad Boy emcee. Still, Diddy should know that even Barack Obama isn’t universally adored, with KRS One continuing to express scepticism…
Push it to the limit! Responding to jabs thrown by Rick Ross on ‘Mafia Music’, 50 Cent dropped a dis record and supplementary cartoon lampooning his opponent’s past vocation before wheeling Ricky’s baby mama in front of a camera for a lavish, if rather creepy, 5th Avenue shopping spree. Ross was unimpressed by 50’s “ho talk”, but rap’s Richard Gere won raves from Funk Flex, who lauded his “bananas facial expressions”, including “one I never seen you make before”.
Finally, Lil Wayne kept it gutter by hitting the bowling alley with Katie Couric. Props to “Miss Katie” for striking up the type of flirtatious frisson with Weezy that, try as he might, Alan Yentob just couldn’t muster with Jay-Z…
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