BARACK OBAMA BUMPS AMERICAN GANGSTER

Senator Barack Obama interview where he talks about what kind of music he listens to. Mentions Jay-Z and Kanye West. He also talks about the direction hip hop should take.

LAWYER LEAVES HIS SIX-FIGURE SALARY AND TOP 10 FIRM TO BECOME A RAPPER

His name's Mekka Don and he talks about him leaving his top 10 lawyer firm job to become a rapper. Here is his story.

http://www.myspace.com/mekkadonmusic

NERD HIP HOP...THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE?

A new breed of hip-hop was on display at the SXSW film festival 2008. Damian Hess, known as MC Frontalot, received a rock star greeting from his nerd core constituents at the festival on Sunday. He represents and is the leader of a new nerdcore hip hop movement which is shared with many other people.

According to Hess, his first time he ever ran into hip-hop was when he was at a YMCA Youth Camp in fourth grade listening to “Rappers Delight”. He wanted to play the song on the turntables again but was stopped and picked on because of his awkward looking coat.

Nerdcore hip-hop is supposed to be something like a mix between Star Wars or World of Warcraft with the elements of hip-hop, whether it be rhyming or dancing of some kind.

What he enjoys is that he has an audience who actually appreciates him for what he does. Despite his newfound stardom, he says he will never be “cool” and doesn’t have the personality to be the type of person who hangs out with celebrities like Lindsay Lohan.

GET FINED FOR SAGGING PANTS!

Pull up your pants or pay a fine. That's what voters wanted tonight by overwhelmingly approving Mayor Thomas Masters about sagging pants.

He went on to say "I am thankful to the people who came out and voted their conscience and defined what is indecent in our city". According to sources, the issue won 72% of the vote.

Exit polls were showing that there was a lack of interest in the sagging pants proposal and that it was going to lose. However, when voters came out, the story changed.

Riviera Beach is the first big city to pass a sagging pants law. Other places have a sagging pants law through city ordinance voted by a board.

The new law states anyone with sagging pants and expose underwear or even skin will suffer legal consequences. The first offense people will be punished with a $150 fine or community service. A second offense will be punishable by a $300 fine and/or more community service.

Repeated violators may even serve jail time (up to 60 days). There was a backlash on the ordinance once the idea of jail time was introduced, but elderly voters felt this was a very important issue so they brought their strength to the polls.

Masters says it's not about getting rich off the fines or putting people in jail, but about the simple message of pulling up your pants.

RECORD SALES UPDATE...FAT JOE LOST?

Rick Ross looks to be settling at the top of the charts with a number 1 album, "Trilla". Recent projections show he will be selling 165-175k first week.

At number 3 is Snoop Dogg, with his new release "Ego Trippin" which appears to have sold 130k in the first week.

Terror Squad representer Fat Joe appears to be in the 50k records sold range which can put him in top 5 or top 10.

Stay tuned for more updates.

TOMMY HILFIGER COFFIN??

See it for yourself. Creepy to be buried with a brand name coffin with designs like that LOL.