Posts Tagged ‘Hip-Hop’
Hip-Hop does the continental
On July 5th the French government sponsored another music festival in Paris. For a country as culturally sensitive as France this is nothing new, but the “Hip-Hop Fortnight” is the first of its kind. The violence and abandon of American hip-hop have found a niche in France’s poor banlieue neighborhoods, and naturally, in its youth. Now this musical form has made enough noise that it cannot be ignored by any class… President Sarkozy’s son is a producer
Mark Ecko is selling his headquarters on West 23rd Street in NYC because urban fashion is trending toward Kanyeezy. Is this a tragedy? When an entrepreneur splurges on bronze plated rhinoceros statues for his 275,000-square-foot space, I submit to you that it is not. Read on if you’re pouring one out for the do-rag right now.
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