Star & Buc Wild On Aging Rappers from The Urban Daily on Vimeo.

1. Why did Star say that older rappers have no place in hip-hop? Did he hear Q-Tip’s last album???? Did he hear any of KRS-One’s last releases? Furthermore why is it ok for rockers like Mick Jagger to make music and perform forever but hip-hoppers should not? Especially considering the fact that rock was founded by Black people and co-opted? So it’s ok for the white artists to take Black music and ride it till the wheels fall off largely to white audiences but Blacks who have innovated pop music in America have a shelf life? Younger rappers need guidance and help from the Old School now more than ever before. Star is obviously not 20 years old so if he were to take his own advice he wouldn’t give his opinion on hip-hop because he would realized that he’s too old to understand it now anyway. But he is the same shock jock that threatened to urinate on his rivals little girl so this comment was probably made to get attention.

R.I.P. to Baatin of Slum Village. He just rejoined the group and we are still mourning Dilla. No details have been released regarding his death.

Jody Watley is an R&B diva still at it! Before popular Black female artists
came packaged with a look given to them by a stylist without having earned it Watley was inventing herself at 14 by dancing on Soul Train. Once a member of the three-star lineup of Shalamar (The Howard Hewett, and Jeffrey Daniels version) she left the group and has been solo for twenty-two years. Most people remember her number one hit “Looking For A New Love” but dance fans have followed her club releases years after her commercial zenith. Jody Watley and Janet Jackson were the two Black female performers to max out the video medium with strong dance and in Watley’s case style elements in the ’80’s.Although Aaliyah died before she could truly take the torch from
them it’s wonderful to see Watley still doing it so well. She is working on a new album Chamelon and has re-released The Makeover.