Hip Hop Octopus » news http://www.hiphopoctopus.com Intelligent discourse for the curious and unpretentious Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:32:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Welcome! http://www.hiphopoctopus.com/personal/welcome/ http://www.hiphopoctopus.com/personal/welcome/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:04:19 +0000 admin http://www.hiphopoctopus.com/uncategorized/welcome/ Welcome to the Hip-Hop Octopus! Check periodically for new updates and analysis about hip hop / rap music. I will try to cover both underground and mainstream hip-hop news and music, and also seek to dispel some myths, reveals new truths, or help foster intelligent and open discussion about anything that pertains to hip hop as well. Hopefully, you'll find something new here that you can't find anywhere else, and I won't follow the traditional hip-hop blog which just links to endless music videos and mixtapes (although those can be very awesome - no hate here :D) - please enjoy and feel free to comment!

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]]> http://www.hiphopoctopus.com/personal/welcome/feed/ 0 Yo, Excuse Me Miss, Sorry for Hitting You http://www.hiphopoctopus.com/news/yo-excuse-hitting/ http://www.hiphopoctopus.com/news/yo-excuse-hitting/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:07:00 +0000 admin http://www.hiphopoctopus.com/?p=98 Chris Brown recently publicly apologized for rearranging (then girlfriend) Rihanna's face. Another act of senseless violence that certainly doesn't do any stereotypes or misconceptions about hip-hop culture any good.

A lot of the topics and themes around this traumatic event has been discussed heavily already, and I would feel like I would be beating a dead horse (no pun intended) if I discussed the implications of violence on women and such. But one thing that I would like to wonder is: how does a very public R&B singer ever recover from this, at the tender age of 19? Do you suddenly become the face of anti-abuse agencies, and educate others about your mistakes? Will writing a heartfelt apology song and releasing it as a single make a difference, ala T.I? Or do you vanish into the background, only to return with a reality TV show?

I am very interested to see how this saga will continue and to see how he chooses to recover from this. Maybe if he is successful he can go back to drinking milk and chewing gum again.

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