Joaquin Phoenix, Wannabe Rapper, in Fight with Heckler at Concert at a Miami Club

Could someone please tell Joaquin Phoenix that he cannot rap nor can pass himself off as a hip-hop star without a serious suppression of giggles on our part. He needs to go back to Hollywood or find a cause and make himself busy. We don’t need another wannabe in our midst. He was reportedly involved in a huge brawl while performing at a Miami night club last night, wrestling a heckler to the ground before being dragged off by security.

The wannabe rapper reportedly jumped off the stage mid-way through his appearance to confront the mouthy audience member. An enraged Joaquin announced: “We have a f***ing b**** in the audience. Nodding his head while rapping to the “beat,” he told the man: “I’ve got $1million in the bank. What have you got b****?”

Sources said that Phoenix arrived four hours late for the gig at the LIV night club in the Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel and then launched himself into the crowd. The crowd chanted “beat him up, beat him up” as Joaquin got stuck in. The star, who has previously battled alcohol, has prompted concerns for his well-being since announcing his retirement from acting in October. You will recall that he made a disastrous hip-hop debut in Las Vegas in January where he performed three tracks before falling off stage. Joaquin, walk the line, away from Hip-Hop and rapping because you are HORRIBLE. For God’s sake, clean yourself up. You look like a bum.

Filed under: Brawl, Heckler, hip-hop, Joaquin Phoenix, Rapper

GOP Chief Michael Steele Promises PR Blitz in ‘Hip-Hop Settings’ and for ‘One-Armed Midgets’

Photo: Smialowski/Getty Images, Michael Steele

I knew it was a matter of time before new GOP party chief Michael Steele put his foot in his mouth. He is now promising an “off the hook” public relations blitz into “urban-suburban hip-hop settings” in hopes of wooing Latinos and African-Americans. Right. I am sure he will succeed in that ridiculous endeavor.

Steele is searching for Americans of all ethnic backgrounds to join his Grand Old Party, and I do mean “old.” “We need to uptick our image with everyone, including one-armed midgets,” he joked. Right. He will succeed when donkeys fly and it will be a cold day in Hell.

Steele told the Washington Times that he aimed to revive the party by breaking out of the South and Southwest and to “reach beyond our comfort” zone to expand in Democratic strongholds like the Northeast and Midwest.

“We missed the mark in the past, which is why we are in the crapper now,” he said. “We had the White House, the Senate and the House and were not building a farm team over the last years. He said he’s planning a massive advertising outreach online, on TV and on the radio that will “surprise everyone.”

“We need messengers to really capture that region – young, Hispanic, black, a cross section ,” he explained. “We want to convey that the modern-day GOP looks like the conservative party that stands on principles. But we want to apply them to urban-suburban hip-hop settings.” Source: NY Daily News

This is really too funny. His intentions are good, but brother man, this is the same party whose Senators and congress people overwhelmingly did not support the Stimulus bill in any shape or form. This bill is targeted at helping middle class people in this country. The very same people Michael Steele wants to support the GOP. Didn’t some conservative nutjobs call President Barack Obama out for his so-called association with some members of the Hip-Hop crowd? How quickly they forget. I must end on this note. It is safe to say that most Republicans scoff at the idea of hanging out with the “Hip-Hop” crowd, so I take Mr. Steele’s comments with a grain of salt. This will go now where. He’s in the wrong line of work. He ought to be an actor because that’s all he is doing — acting.

Filed under: Ethnic Background, GOP, hip-hop, Michael Steele, Reinventing GOP, Republican Party

Rapper Common Predicts a Change in Hip-Hop

In a CNN interview, rapper Common, whose real name is Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr., predicts that President Elect Barack Obama will change hip-hop for the better.

“I really do believe we as hip-hop artists pick up what’s going on in the world and try to reflect that,” he told CNN, outlining his belief that mainstream as well as so-called “conscious” rappers — the more socially aware — will pick up on what he sees as the more optimistic prospects of an Obama presidency. “I think hip-hop artists will have no choice but to talk about different things and more positive things, and try to bring a brighter side to that because, even before Barack, I think people had been tired of hearing the same thing,” he said. CNN.com

This will be a much needed and appreciated change in hip-hop. I think as the world and the country evolves, so should hip-hop. And with Common being a rapper who really has something to say, I think we can at least pay close attention to see what happens.

Filed under: Barack Obama, Common, hip-hop, rap music