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Was it really only 12 years ago that hip-hop was still looked upon by “the man” as a threat to our modern society, in need of constant surveillance ala J. Edgar Hoover? Apparently, given the 93-page FBI report just released as part of the Freedom of Information Act on Wu-Tang Clan madman Ol Dirty Bastard.
The report talks of far-flung crimes such as car-jackings and shootings among other nefarious acts. Or maybe ODB really was as gangsta as his legend would suggest.
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Here’s one we didn’t see coming. Detroit house favorite Theo Parrish recently joined Ghostface Killah onstage at a celebration for the opening of the London Supreme Store. The DJ became the rapper when he got on the mic to do ODB’s verse on the classic Wu-Tang cut, “Protect Ya Neck.”
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A celebration dedicated to too many people to mention both living and resting (R.I.P. Guru), DJ Premier and the Beat Junkies (including DJ Rhettmatic and DJ Babu) absolutely obliterated hip-hop at the Echoplex on Saturday only to reconstruct it via expertly crafted golden age-inspired sets. Babu and Rhettmatic made their way through the likes of James Brown, Dead Prez, …
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LA Weekly has an interview with the always interesting RZA about the recently released painting by the Art Imitates Life crew. The painting takes the classic images of Washington crossing the Delaware and inserts RZA, along with GZA and ODB, into the historical scene. We we amused with the painting, but we were also pretty sure we’d seen something like it before…
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