“Now, I’m getting my MFA in Poetry and it might be because Tupac made poetry okay.”

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This is a comment by Christian Coleman on the post “The Battle For Gay Rights is a Wrestling Match Over Masculine Identity”.

“I identified with hip-hop artists because I felt similar pain, anger, and separation from the ‘mainstream’ culture.”

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This is a comment by Deborah on the post “Hip Hop Generation Masculinity: The Story of Tupac, Biggie and Me”.

Tupac Performs at Coachella? Umm… Wha?

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Joanna Schroeder feels Tupac Shakur’s appearance (as a hologram) at Coachella may have officially caused Coachella to jump the shark… Or maybe it made Coachella sort of awesome? Apparently she can’t decide which.

Music: Nate Dogg Performs At Coachella From Beyond The Grave Via Hologram

Things may have finally gone too far as the good doctor breaks out the tech for posthumous duets.

Rock Lobster

Boys and bikinis Girls and surfboards Everybody’s rockin’ Everybody’s frugin’ B-52′s People ask me from time to time what my favorite band of all time is and I honestly have a really tough time with that question.  If you were to look at my iTunes and go strictly from the number of songs by individual [...]