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Kanye’s Confederate Flag: I Sorta, Kinda Understand.

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: Uncategorized
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As someone who walks around rockin’ a fitted-cap with the letters C.O.O.N.—I sorta, kinda understand Kanye’s Confederate flag. I think its peachy-keen how black folk have snatched the ratchetness & wretchedness from the jaws of oppression and flip-da-script on such derogatory words as the N-word (and made a soul food faire of shitlins pig intestines.) Kanye West has a lot of people peeved over his Confederate flag—and rightly so!

Every evil, vile and despicable thing can be said about the Confederate flag. Most of us know what it stood for and stands for. Indeed, Kanye West knows its history, although he hasn’t really expounded on the origins other than to say, “You know, the Confederate flag represented slavery in a way—that’s my abstract take on what I know about it… So I took the Confederate flag and made it my flag! It’s my flag! Now what are you going to do?”

“In a way?” One would think that Kanye would really get down to the nitty-gritty and not talk in “abstraction” about a symbol so hurtful—you know, put some intellectual mustard on his Confederate flag sammach! As we have it, Kanye has found a new toy and wants us to know that it’s his! But Kanye is not the first rapper to don the Confederate flag. He is doing no new thing, save selling it for profit. Rappers Pastor Troy, David Banner and Outkast once waved the Confederate flag, but theirs was more in protest of the southern way of life. Kanye’s appears self-serving. Kanye is marketing and selling the Confederate flag.

But now, let’s kick da ballistics! The Confederate flag and Betsy Ross’s stars & stripes American flag were birthed at the same time and represented identical ideologies in their founding. Say what? Say word! Both flags held sway over an African people for 89 years! (1776-1865) Under both flags slavery persisted! Like the Confederate states in the Antebellum South under President Jefferson Davis, the North promulgated “That Peculiar Institution” (slavery) as well. It was only when the North became more industrial that the slave question began to be of importance. Unlike the agrarian South, which needed slaves to yield crops and work farmland, the North outgrew its use of the slave in vast numbers.

Don’t get it twisted! My point? Northerners were no less racist.

Both flags did us wrong, yet we haven’t taken the stars & stripes to task as we have done with the Confederate flag. We are taught to “pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,” but what we are not told is that that same Republic gave no f#### about us either! Abraham Lincoln aka “The Great Emancipator” was no friend of the Colored race. I know they taught you that he “freed the slaves,” but that just wasn’t the case. Lincoln was no humanitarian as we were lead to believe when we were children. Black freedom came second only to saving the Union. In an August 1862 letter to his good friend Horace Greeley Lincoln wrote:

“If there be those who would not save the Union, unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.”

I bet your high school history teacher didn’t let you read this! The hell? (Lincoln “freeing” the slaves to save the Union is akin to the ancient Jewish priests forbidding homosexuality to save Israelite religion. Think on it!)

Taking things a step further and proving that The North and their stars & stripes were just as fraudulent as the Confederate, in 1863 Lincoln signed the “Emancipation Proclamation”—the document that supposedly ended slavery, but oh contraire! Lincoln’s document only freed the slaves that were under Southern Confederate rule—south of the Mason-Dixon Line. That document did not (I repeat!) did not free the slaves under Union control! And since President Jefferson (Yes! America had two sitting presidents at the same time!) in the Souf was god, the Emancipation Proclamation was no more than a piece of toilet paper parchment used for wiping one’s ass! It held no weight in the South, thus, later on after the Union won the Civil War Lincoln passed the 13th Amendment, the document which finally ended physical slavery.

But now, get this! Did you know that there were black slaves that fought on the side of the South? Did you know that, like Kanye West’s Confederate flag-wearin’ ass, there were blacks who saw no other way to exist other than helping the Confederate keep a foot on their necks and a boot in their a####? Somewhere between 65,000 to 100,000 blacks fought on the side of the Confederate army where some 13,000 black combatants “saw the elephant” (actually fought).

Can you imagine fighting on the battlefield of freedom only to run up on a fellow slave who’s down with the oppressor? Perhaps that’s a n#### that needs to die (in my humble opinion).

Kanye West is not an original type—not back then or today! Black folk have been intimately entangled in the Confederate flag from the beginning. The question that we want to understand is what is Kanye’s motivation? Is this for show? Is he trying to stimulate a national debate on race? Why are you really wearing the Confederate flag? Are you really trying to put this symbol into the gumbo pot of n#####, coon, and chitlins?

I understand where Kanye might be coming from! How ever deplorable, white folk don’t own any word! Yes! You meant harm when you used it–you meant harm when you waved it, but I’m claiming the word and the symbol and taking the power from it! Give me that s###!

Like my word C.O.O.N., which is an acronym for “Consciously Optimistic, Overtly Nihilistic.” It is the philosophy of questioning, deconstructing & ridding one’s self of antiquated, archaic and outdated thinking–and not merely a word for shock value. Nothing is definitive, concrete or finite! Everything is subjective & debatable!

If nothing more, Kanye West is reppin’ for those 100,000 Southern slaves who were down for the Confederate, but I would hope that Kanye is a teacher, because, I sorta, kinda understand his intentions.

Khalil Amani is a blogger for AllHipHop. He also writes for DJ Kay Slay’s Originators Magazine & Straight Stuntin Magazine. Amani also writes for Hoodgrown, Maybach and Sext Magazines. He is the author of six books, including the ground-breaking book, “Hip-Hop Homophobes…” iuniverse.com 07). Amani is gay hip-hop’s self-proclaimed straight advocate. Visit The Coonerific One at http://www.khalilamani.ning.com Follow on Facebook/Twitter @khalilamani. Youtube @ yahweh 12 Kh*********@***oo.com

A Tale Of Two Classics: Enter The Wu-Tang And A Tribe Called Quest’s “Midnight Marauders”

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: Features
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On this day, 20 years ago, two classic albums were released that represent the vast diversity of Hip-Hop. Wu-Tang Clan dropped Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers on November 9, 1993 and A Tribe Called Quest released their third, and most successful album, Midnight Marauders on the same day. At the time, Wu Tang was kicking in the doors of opportunity, taking the music industry by storm with an unprecedented 9-man crew.

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On the other side, A Tribe Called Quest crystallized their genius and commercial viability with their third opus. Lead by the hit single “Award Tour,” the album would go on to achieve platinum success and fill the Hip-Hop Nation with positive vibes. Wu Tang repped the streets of Staten Island, an unlikely place to expand Hip-Hop, and brought forth a rawness unseen previously in Hip-Hop. Gritty, unmastered beats, a wild, fearsome crew and a marital arts theme all made Wu Tang special. A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Marauders would symbolize something else for them: their last great album.

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Pay homage to both albums by listening to them in their entirety below.

Midnight Marauders:

Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers:

 

Flo Rida – “How I Feel”

By: Jake Crates Updated Category: MOBILE
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Flo Rida drops his new single for “How I Feel”. Look for him this Thursday on the Jay Leno show with fellow POE Boy artist, J Rand .STREAM it here : https://soundcloud.com/atlanticrecords/flo-rida-how-i-feel

Download on iTunes: smarturl.it/howifeelitunes

Dr. Boyce & Yvette: 8 Reasons Don Lemon Needs to Be Fired from CNN

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: Uncategorized
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Here’s the deal: We have a serious problem with Don Lemon. Not that he was ever all that likeable in the past, but to us, he was just fine as another talking head on TV. But when he somehow decided to provide impromptu black social commentary, we became saddened and disgusted by the way he used his platform to spread half-truths about the black community. Don might be more equipped to criticize the gay or journalistic communities, but going after black people has become a fashion statement.

So, let’s be clear – Don Lemon needs to be fired from CNN. There have been a long line of black faces removed from the network in recent months, including Soledad O’Brien, Tony Harris, Roland Martin and TJ Holmes, yet the only black face that is regularly featured on the network is the guy who enjoys chopping off the heads of black people with a smile on his face. Sorry, but we just won’t stand for it. Don’s defense of the Stop & Frisk program, which has violated the civil rights of thousands of New Yorkers, was the straw that broke the Lemon’s back.

Here are 8 reasons that CNN needs to turn Lemon into lemonade and pour his sorry behind out into the street:

1) Because he just might be a racist: People think that you can’t be a racist when you’re black. But if you work for white people and use your blackness as a tool to oppress and attack people who look like you, you are akin to the Uncle Tom in Django Unchained who hated black people more than white people do. So, Don Lemon could likely be a mild mannered version of Samuel L. Jackson’s character.

2) Because he is being used as a token: If a white guy were to say the same things that Lemon has been saying, he would never be considered to be an objective journalist. But for some reason, people think that when Lemon opens his mouth, he is allowed to sport his “negro license” as a Get-out-of-jail-free card for any ignorant thing he might say. No white guy on CNN would ever dare to say the things that Lemon says on a weekly basis.

3) Because he has lost all credibility as an objective journalist: Whatever happened to the days when a journalist reported objective news? Lemon’s diatribes make him sound more like a less intelligent version of Rush Limbaugh than a CNN anchor. Maybe he should spend his time bashing gays the way he goes after blacks. Oh, that’s right…you can’t criticize gay people on CNN, at least not the way they go after blacks.

4) Because his analysis is simple-minded: Don Lemon analyzes race in ways that would make a third-grader blush. He rarely says anything truly insightful, it just comes off as a repetition of what people are saying on Fox News. Is that what CNN wants? A Fox News parrot?

5) Because he’s (ignorant) naïve enough to think that Stop and Frisk is a good policy: Don doesn’t back up his support for the ineffective program with actual data, just the meanderings of a confused black man. Stop and Frisk has been proven in one study after another to NOT be a deterrent to crime and only serves to increase the amount of terrorism that citizens must endure at the hands of the NYPD. But, for some reason, Don Lemon thinks the program is a good one.

6) Because he’s turned CNN into the Circus News Network: Sure, Lemon has gotten people talking, but at what expense? Anderson Cooper, another CNN brand from the gay community, has been consistent, fair, intelligent and reliable. Don Lemon has been consistently auditioning for a role on Def Comedy Jam. If we’re going to criticize the buffoonery that might appear in a Tyler Perry film, then we should also speak up about the educated buffoonery that sometimes occurs when talking heads yap about things they don’t understand.

7) Because he’s a hypocrite: Right after Don expressed his passionate support for the NYPD’s Stop and Frisk program, it was revealed that Don himself sued after being the victim of racial profiling. So, while Don is asking the black community to sit back and take it, he feels that respectable negroes like himself should not be followed around like a common “n***er.”

8) Because he is spending less time elevating CNN’s brand than his own: Does Don Lemon work for CNN or for himself? Are the network’s executives comfortable with Don ranting and raving on the air, infuriating millions of black people? Maybe Don should just stick with being a CNN anchor and stop trying to become an angry white man.

Dr. Boyce Watkins and Yvette Carnell are Senior Editors for the Your Black World Network. For more information, go to www.yourblackworld.net.

Hip-Hop Rumors: Looks Who Is Dissing Jay Z Now!

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: Headlines
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Jon Stewart is pretty much acclaimed as one of the dudes that gets it poppin in politics for the younger generation. He’s dope and he’s a critical thinker, for sure. He’s also great at challenging conventional thinking. He’s decadently against the Republican Party and Fox News, but every so often takes time to chastise Obama. Well, Jay Z has not been in his sights since I’ve been a watcher. But that’s all changed. Seems like Jon and The Daily Show took exception to the way Jay handled the Barney’s situation. They said: “White people have been watching their musical icons sell out to corporations for decades. It’s the American dream and we’re finally achieving it. You go Jay Z Penny!”

So disrespectful!


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Jay Z is catching it from all over.

Is this warranted?

EXCLUSIVE: Prince Paul Discusses The State Of Hip Hop, Riff Raff, & His Own Cultural Impact

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Features
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(AllHipHop Features) In part two of AllHipHop.com’s exclusive interview with Prince Paul, the legendary producer/DJ talks about how taking on the duty of hosting Scion A/V’s “The All Purpose Show” has given him a firsthand view of contemporary Hip Hop. Paul opens up about his take on the current state of the culture, how it has changed since breaking into the industry producing for Stetsasonic and De La Soul, which new school artists are on his radar, and whether he actually recognizes the role he has played in the evolution of rap music.

[ALSO READ: EXCLUSIVE: Prince Paul Discusses His “All Purpose Show,” Art vs Business & Refusing To Sell Out]

What’s your opinion of the state of Hip Hop right now? You get to speak to a lot of the young artists through your show. Where do you see culture heading?

The cool thing about doing the Scion A/V show is that I do get a chance to talk to these new artists and honestly, a lot of them I’d probably never to listen to in life, but the show gives me the opportunity to research them. I listen to their music, read their bios, and it gives me a new respect. [Contemporary Hip Hop is] just different. It’s not necessarily stagnant. It’s definitely not better, but I can’t say it’s worse either. People’s hustles are different. Music is for free. We use to make music with the intention to sell it. There like “I’m just going to give this away.” The mind state is different, and it’s quantity over quality.

Where we use to take like a year to make an album and it had to be perfect, now it’s if I don’t get this out next month they’re going to forget about me. The grind is different. I don’t know at what year I got lost, but I think it all switched around once the labels kind of went under and everybody started downloading. The concept and creativity of music changed. I think it’s unfortunate that everybody can make music now whether qualified or not just based on technology. I can get my laptop, an interface, and a microphone, make the music inside the computer and flood the web with crap because there’s really no filter. There’s nobody to say, “This is garbage.” There’s so much stuff out there sometimes it’s hard to get to the good stuff. That’s part of the good thing of doing the show is that it gives me an opportunity to filter through some of that.

I’ve interviewed people like A$AP Rocky. To actually sit down and talk to him [I realized] that he’s actually a cool guy. And even Danny Brown. They’re not as unknowledgeable about music as I thought [laughs]. As an older person in the industry you automatically assume those things just by what you hear and see. I try not to be that dude, at least I try and understand. So it’s a different game. Is it better? No, but I don’t think it’s really any worse. It’s just riding a straight line right now. I hope it gets better.


What new artists do impressed you? Who have you heard that you feel really stands out?

At one point when Earl Sweatshirt first came I thought, “Oh my God. He’s incredible.” I thought he was pretty dope. The new stuff I haven’t heard so I can’t say about present day. I’ve only seen one video. I like Tyler [The Creator] too. A lot of the songs he makes are very hit or miss, but he does his own thing and he has his own sound. I can appreciate that. I’m not mad at the whole A$AP Mob at all. Joey Bada$$ and his crew Pro Era. Killer Mike, though he’s been out for a minute. Stalley I thought was impressive.

There’s a bunch of kids that really make music for the sake of making it and enjoying it and advancing the art. I have a problem when people try and extract from the music and not try and give something to the music. Try to elevate it, make it better, or give it a different perspective we haven’t heard before. If you’re going to have fun with, have fun with it, but don’t go, “I’m going to destroy this. I’m going to make my money and I’m out. My father owns a paint store. I’m good regardless.” Those things bother me.

I noticed that you interviewed Riff Raff recently. He gets a lot a flack because people feel like he’s mocking the culture or trying to take advantage of the culture. From your conversation with him what did you take from what he’s trying to do with his rap career?

[laughs] I knew you was going to head into the Riff Raff thing because he’s what you feel is example of what I just said. Before he got on I was like, “this dude.” I’m looking at his hair, looking at his videos, listening to his rhymes, and I’m thinking he’s a cornball. That’s my first impression, but after I interviewed him… I’m not going to say I’m a Riff Raff fan. The other guys on the show with me are Riff Raff fans. I’m not necessarily a fan, but I see where he’s coming from. He’s a clown. He’s an exaggerated Hip Hop person.

If you were to draw someone on a piece of paper like kids use to be back in the day with the Adidas and the chain and the Kangol, he’s that dude. He’s exaggerated. His thing is I’m not trying to get nothing. I’m not trying be nothing. I’m just having fun. You can’t be mad at him. If you wanna go “he’s taking advantage of the culture” be mad at the people who follow him and support him. The people make him at the end of the day. You gotta understand the people who like him aren’t real Hip Hop heads anyway. They’re usually quirky kids who live in Middle America. I can’t relate to that. Nor can my true Hip Hop heads, but he has his own audience. Those people who support him will probably never support Rakim or certain people. There just happens to be there’s a bunch of kids that like him.


Do you ever sit back and reflect on your impact on the culture?

I don’t know my impact on the culture until I read it somewhere. I don’t sit and go, “Do you know who I am or what I’ve done?” It’s not until I’ve read it somewhere like years back it was “you’re the first one to do skits” or recently 3 Feet High and Rising was put into the Library of Congress along with “Take Me Out To The Ball Game” and all these classics. I don’t acknowledge these things until I read it or people tell me, and even then I don’t sit and reflect on it.

The one thing I do reflect on as far as what I’ve done is the ability to take care of my family. It’s a pride thing. I hate the “poor black kid story,” but I’m the first person to own my own house. I’m the first person to finish college in my family. I took care of my mom until she passed away. She was able to retire. I bought my brother a car. I helped my sister buy a house. My kids are going through school. It’s things like that. I was able to do all this off of something that I love, and I kind of got ridiculed for it growing up.

You have to remember in the ‘80’s Hip Hop was looked at as a fad. Even my brother told me to quit. He was like, “Mr. Magic, they took him off the air. Hip Hop is dying.” Being teased as a kid, I went through a lot of adversity. At the end of the day I was able to become something that I never thought I’d become. I went way beyond my wildest dreams. So the accolades are great, but if I have the time to sit down and reflect that means I’m not doing anything. When I get to the point where I can really reflect, that means Paul has really retired and there’s no work on the plate.

Prince Paul’s “The All Purpose Show” is available at scionav.com and on YouTube.

Follow Prince Paul on Twitter @DJPrincePaul

Nutso – “P### It!” feat. Problem & Bad Lucc (p###. by Reef)

By: Jake Crates Updated Category: MOBILE
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Queens Borough spitter Nutso gets set for the release of his latest mixtape effort, Western Union, hosted by DJ Skee and DJ Nik Bean. In promotion for Nutso’s westward expansion, he drops”P### It!,” the “Atomic Dog” inspired bi-coastal anthem, produced by Reef and featuring Compton’s Problem and Bad Lucc. Western Union becomes available for free download on November 15th, courtesy of DatPiff.com: bit.ly/17bRAHk

Ticket Giveaway: ODB Dirty: Platinum Edition Screening Event #BDayODBContest

By: Steve Raze (@SteveRaze) Updated Category: Events
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On November 15th, 2013 at 7 PM, NUHO Film Festival, Wu-Tang Brand  and AllHipHop.com will premeire an exclusive biopic documentary of the legendary Wu-Tang Clan member Ol’ Dirty Bastard. The film,  ODB Dirty: Platinum Edition, directed by ODB’s cousin, Stephon Turner (Raison Allah), will be screening at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Theater 3 at 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.

For all Tri-State NYC residents. This is YOUR chance to be a part of this epic screening event! You can now enter for your chance to win 2 tickets to this exclusive screening of ODB documentary.

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Option 1 – Go to www.nuhofilmfest.com/odb/ and purchase the Dirty: Platinum Edition film and your confirmation code will be entered to win 2 tickets to the Red Carpet screening in Brooklyn.

Option 2 – Go to your Twitter or Facebook and tweet/post the following:

“I want to see ODB’s Dirty: Platinum Edition film @NUHOFilmFest @WuTangBrandLTD @AllHipHopcom #BDayODBContest”

We will give away 2 tickets to the screening for local tri-state residents everyday up until Nov. 15th at noon!

You will not only see the screening but you can also watch the Q&A following the screening with Wu-Tang Clan members RZA (via skype), Cappadonna, U-God & Masta Killa as well as the film director, Raison Allah, Popa Wu and other moderated by AllHipHop.com’s CEO Chuck Creekmur.

ALSO: There will be an exclusive screening of AllHipHop.com Steve Raze with his short film Too Short: 30 Years Of A Bay Area Legend.

View the trailer of Dirty: Platinum Edition:

Don’t miss your chance to be a part of this historic event, register and post & tweet now!

Q-Tip: No Diss To Kanye But F*ck Wearing The Confederate Flag

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Q-Tip not only supports Kanye West but also fully believes he’s a new slave. After Kanye’s vocal support of wearing the confederate flag and selling confederate flag-themed merchandise on his Yeezus tour, Q-Tip voiced his disapproval.

On his personal Twitter account, the fellow G.O.O.D. Music attributed Kanye’s controversial wardrobe choice to a race-wide psychological brainwashing:

 

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Kanye West explained to People Magazine that he taking ownership of the meaning of the Confederate flag and reimagining it:

You know the Confederate flag represented slavery in a way – that’s my abstract take on what I know about it. So I made the song ‘New Slaves.’ So I took the Confederate flag and made it my flag. It’s my flag. Now what are you going to do?

DMX’s Wife Talks Son Threatening To Kill DMX At 14 + More (VIDEO)

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Tashera Simmons will soon be legally divorced from her husband of 14 year years, Earl Simmons and her new book You Think You Know, But You Have No Idea will reveal a lot secrets of the relationships. In a recent interview with Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, the estranged wife details what startling event forced her to finally leave DMX and more.

According to Tashera, the constant drug abuse and infidelity from DMX was not enough to make her leave the struggling rapper, but instead a threat from her then-teenage son, Xavier:

I felt like if I left X he was going to die. I sacrificed my happiness. It was to the point where I didnt even care. I was like ‘I don’t care. If he’s cheating. I don’t even care. I just want to help him.’ I just felt like he needed me so much. But when my son told me one day that if he hears his father talk to me like that he was going to kill him and he was 14 I realized that it is my responsibility as a parent to leave this relationship.

In addition to revealing the cause of the divorce, Tashera explains that she did not inform DMX of the upcoming tell-all book priot to its creation and reasons that his recent confessional TV appearances and past defamation of her character were enough to warrant such actions:

I’ve been here several times. I never really talk about anything, becasue I really was too ashamed and I felt like people didnt believe me anyway. It was not until he really started exposing himself more. Iyanla Vanzant did it for me. I had been writing this book, had the last three chapters and I just couldn’t get it together. […] And then after him coming, not only here but other places, saying I’m money hungry.

Check out the full interview with Tasheera Simmons as she details DMX’s fist fight with Chris Lighty in the late 90s, what happened to DMX’s finances and more:

Fire Marshall: Eminem’s Childhood Home Caught In Fire

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: MOBILE
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(AllHipHop News) Eminem figuratively closed the chapter on The Marshall Mathers LP with its sequel but it seem he may also have to say goodbye to an influential piece of his childhood. According to The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press, Eminem’s childhood home was involved in a damaging fire.

The fire burned areas of the house’s top floor. At time of press there are no reports on a cause of a fire to house that appears in both iterations of The Marshall Mathers LP, located on 19946 Dresden St in Detroit, MI. The home was placed on online auction by the state of Michigan earlier this year.

Eminem is also catching fire of his own with the recent #1 debut on the R&B/Hip Hop charts for his collaboration with Rihanna off The Marshall Mathers LP 2 entitled “The Monster”. With that inclusion, Eminem became the first musical act since The Beatles in 1964 to have four singles in Billboard’s Hot 100’s Top 20 with “Rap God” (17), “Berzerk” (15) and “Survival” (16).

The Marshall Mathers LP 2 is available now.