Happy 40th Birthday to Leap Year Baby Ja Rule
Sit down, my fellow children of the ‘90s. Today, rapper and leap year baby Ja Rule enters into the fifth decade of his life. But if the thought of Ja turning 40 makes you dizzy, take solace: according to the leap year schedule he’s merely 10.
Rappers And Cats: A Complete History
Meow the Jewels is a real thing. What started as a joke—with Run the Jewels, the acerbically bombastic rap duo of EL-P and Killer Mike, offering to re-record their fantastic new sophomore album, Run the Jewels 2, with "nothing but cat sounds for music" if someone gave them $40,000—has bloomed into a Rap Internet…
What Would Rappers Look Like if They Lived in Westeros?
If you haven't already heard—and it's impossible not to have heard at this point—Game of Thrones is returning for a new season on April 6th. In order to prepare you for the inevitable bloodbath (and incest), artists have been hard at work creating every iteration of the series you could think of including a full…
Meet 'Lucille Baller,' the Violent Rap Alter-Ego of a Dallas Cop
During the day, Dallas Police Lieutenant Regina Smith oversees burglary and theft investigative detectives. Off hours, however, she's a rapper named "Lucille Baller," who calls her revolver "Ms. Lucy," brags about her shooting skills, and, much like any run-of-the-mill rapper, threatens to fuck her haters up. The…
Rapper Halfheartedly Apologizes For Advising Young Male Fans to 'Finger' Girls
Hip-hop news website XXL.com recently posted a video of rapper Too $hort offering so-called "fatherly advice" to teenage boys about talking to girls. You know, when to hold hands, when to call, what to get them for their birthday — haha, no, just kidding, he was giving them tips on how to "finger" their dates. What,…
Bill Clinton Weighs In On Lil Wayne's Release From Prison
Apparently Chelsea and her dad had some kind of hip-hop summit, in which she schooled him about rappers. Bill says of Weezy: "I hope what will happen is that he has a good life now."

