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A song recently surfaced containing lyrics by Rick Ross that describe and make light of rape. In response to such reprehensible lyrics, a campaign has been launched asking that you upload a video letting Rick Ross know that rape lyrics will NOT be tolerated.

Rapper Rick Ross is turning heads (and stomachs) with a couple lines from a new track that seem to describe and make light of date rape. He raps: “Put molly all in her champagne, she aint even know it. I took her home and I enjoyed that, she aint even know it.”

In a recent interview, NY emcee Saigon said he’d like to punch rappers like 2 Chainz and Rick Ross for hurting young people with the messages in their music. What are your thoughts on the state of Hip Hop music? How can we bring some much-needed balance to the genre?

BYP Morning NewsFlash September 19, 2011 Everyone is still talking about that insanely bizarre Mayweather-Ortiz fight. AllHipHop.com thinks you need to stop hatin’ on Mayweather and recognize his talent as a boxer. I’ll let you make that call. But they do have a point; regardless of what everyone might think, Mayweather did nothing illegal. And […]

I wanted to write about something serious…really. I’ve had enlightening conversations and exchanges about abortion, interracial dating, the crack epidemic, and Marcus Garvey’s legacy in the past couple days. But I really just want to do hood rat things with my friends. My life has been hectic for the past couple months and since I […]

Rick Ross may have a questionable past (Hip Hop is the only profession in the world where being a C.O. is scandal-worthy previous employment), questionable taste in babymommas (a fact of which 50 Cent was more than happy to exploit last year), and even questionable rights to his stage name (The real Ricky Ross is not happy with our man Ricky Rozay), but there’s still no denying Teflon Don. This is a fantastic album.

Kendrick Lamar dominated the news cycle in 2024 not only with his ongoing feud with Aubrey “Drake” Graham, but also with the announcement that he would be headlining the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show. With the Kansas City Chiefs vying for a record-breaking three consecutive Super Bowl victories and Philadelphia Eagles’ running back Saquon Barkley […]

by Donnie Moreland  This essay contains spoilers for Patrick Chamoiseau’s 1997 novel, Slave Old Man The final words of Patrick Chamoiseau’s Slave Old Man read, “Brother, I shouldn’t have, but I touched those bones.” Those bones being, “The clavicles. Some vertebrae. A few formless bits. Porous things. And a broken tibia…” Those bones, as are […]

Kendrick Lamar continues his assault on pop culture following up his Grammy nominations with an explicit hint that he is working on a track (or tracks) for the Ryan Coogler directed film, Black Panther. In a video for his song “LOVE.” from his Grammy nominated album DAMN. Lamar appears to do everything but verbally say […]

Every week, the Black Youth Project collects the top news stories about black youth from across the country. This week: “Incarceration is not only answer to urban youth violence,” “Chicago gets ‘F’ for efforts to stop youth violence,” and more!

Very few athletes, or any person in the public eye for that matter, handle themselves with the amount of humility and class that Derrick Rose does. And I for one am so glad that he can be someone who kids look up to. More kids will believe that they can make it. Because he did.

Every week, the Black Youth Project collects the top news stories about black youth from across the country. Click here to check out our archive of weekly news round-ups, and check back every Monday for a new roundup of headlines about young black America. Debate continues on holding students back Maureen Downey, Atlanta Journal Constitution, […]