Who is the hip hop heavy weight measuring stick?

IT SEEMS LIKE ALL THINGS PASS THE HOOD BUT NOT THIS TIME. SHIT IS GETTING REAL AND FAST. PEOPLE ARE DYING LEFT AND RIGHT, DRUG DEALERS ARE TURNING INTO THIEVES AND THIEVES ARE TURNING INTO KILLERS. THE MUSIC BUSINESS AIN’T SWEET NO MORE, AND FAST MONEY IS SUPER HARD TO COME BY. THEN IT’S THIS WORD CALLED “PRIDE” THAT WON’T LET A NIGGA CUT BACK KNOWING HE AIN’T GOT IT CAUSE HE’S SO USE TO HAVING IT.THE PAIN OF SEEING SOMEBODY ELSE WITH IT HURTS SO MUCH MORE THAN IT EVER HAS BEFORE BUT ACTING LIKE IT’S NOT EFFECTING YOU IS STUPID. LISTEN!! IF STEVE WYNN WAS WORTH 40 BILLION AND HE’S NOW DOWN TO 4 EVERYBODY IS BEING EFFECTED.

You can leave your thoughts and see the full post @ J.D.’s blog Global 14.

Our things really getting worse where you live?

Cookin Soul & DJ Drama - Biggie Tribute Mixtape

Twelve years have passed since the death of the Notorious B.I.G. and he still remains relevant in Hip Hop. A Biopic on his life managed to earn over 20 million dollars in it’s first week and he is always being shouted out by rappers in interviews. Comment below with your favorite Biggie, album, song, lyrics, video etc.

A King and The Illest: Remembering Dr. King and The Notorious B.I.G.
RealTalkNY Responds To An Article Questioning Notorious B.I.G.’s Legacy
A Short Notorious B.I.G. Documentary
If Heaven’s Got A Ghetto, Tell B.I.G. Things Done Changed: The Legacy of The Notorious B.I.G. and Today’s Urban America

Thoughts on this illustration? Interesting that people get mad about poor black people receiving welfare but what about rich companies that got greedy and needed to be bailed out?

Pic Spotted @ NikeTalk

I’m sure a lot of men have been pushed to the point of contemplating hitting a female, but you must show restraint. I’m not saying it is never right to hit a female, but only under extreme circumstances. I think its justified to give a female an uppercut if she is tying to kill you, pulls out a weapon(gun/knife), or is bigger than you, looks like man and is beating your @ss. If things are not that extreme you need to ignore her, leave the area, hold her down to calm the situation, or shake the sh!t out of her like Chris Rock(not suggested). DO NOT hit a female in the face especially, you are just begging for jail time even if she started the entire situation, when people see what you did to her face it is over for you. In conclusion if your life is not in danger calm the situation down or leave.

Leave your thoughts and experiences below.

The quote from the title is started at the 50 second mark. Basically the guy is saying a lot of people got started gang banging by seeing it glamorized in Hip Hop music. Do you agree or disagree? I think gangs have always been around, but the spread of Bloods and Crips to the East Coast may of been influenced by Hip Hop.