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Foxy Brown Lies About Jay-Z's Sex Life and Other Controversies

Where to begin? #raptwitter had a big day yesterday, with big stories breaking left and right. From a Foxy Brown hoax to a pseudo-Big Tymers reunion, here are your biggest hip-hop news stories of the week: Yesterday started off with a shocking report of Foxy Brown dishing out some pretty wild alleg ... More >>

Carrollton Man Gets 36 Months in Federal Prison for Selling Crappy Counterfeit Cellphone Accessories

The iPhone cases with crooked "Chanel" logos you see over at your local cellphone accessory store or mall kiosk could be evidence of an international criminal conspiracy, according to the feds. A Carrollton resident, Shiraz Sherali Odhwani, 54, has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison and o ... More >>

Obama & Romney's Country-Club Sopranos

American banks are on a massive crime spree. The Presidential candidates hope you won't notice.

What The Hell Is Trap Music?

By Rebecca Haithcoat You may have heard the term "trap music." You may even realize that what people are calling "trap music" today, which sounds a whole lot like dubstep, is not necessarily what people were calling "trap music" a few years ago. So, what the hell is trap music? Not too long ago, ... More >>

Someone Called in a Bomb Threat to NorthPark Yesterday

Yesterday, a bit after 3 o'clock, police were dispatched to NorthPark Center where employees reported receiving a threatening phone call. Threatening how, the police report didn't say. One had to assume that some crafty 17-year-old had phoned to say he would be in the mall after the 6 p.m. curfew un ... More >>

Action Bronson - Dada - 9/23/12

Action Bronson Dada Sunday, September 23 In an industry where opulence is the modus operandi, Action Bronson favors a blue-collar sensibility. He prefers Carhatt over Cartier, New Balance over Neiman Marcus, "Giambi Lenses" over Gucci frames. His beard, which looks like an orange Christmas wreath, ... More >>

Grab That Gucci, Girl

Top 10 Modern Hip-Hop Ad-Libs

Throughout hip-hop's history, rappers have sought to distinguish themselves through a variety of methods. While some have focused exclusively on lyrical content, others have focused on style and cadence. As of late, hip-hop has experienced a fundamental shift from an emphasis on substance to an emph ... More >>

The Problem With.... Kreayshawn's "Gucci Gucci"

In spite of what I think of some rappers, the truth is that most of them have something to contribute to the scene. Kanye brings good production chops and high class. Eminem has tight alliterative flows. And Drake... well, he's Canadian, which has to count for something, I imagine. To this end ... More >>

Listomania: Top Ten Songs About Ingesting Cough Syrup for Leisure

​Ahh, codeine cough syrup. It started off innocently enough, as a remedy for a sore throat. However, if it can get you high, people will use it to get high. And, if it gets you high, someone will at some point write a song about it. Purple drank, sizzurp, lean -- whatever you choose to call ... More >>

5 Guys versus Wingfield's: The Burger Altercation

Steven DoyleFor epic gooiness, 5 Guys wins "Most Picturesque Burger." As for taste, read on.My left arm is still tingling as I write this story. As long as there has been fire, man has enjoyed the scent of cooked meat sizzling hard on an open flame. Be it the brontosaurus or the grazing heifer, ther ... More >>

Year in Review: Way Down South With the Best Rap Albums of 2009

Yeah, it stirred the Yankees to the World Series championship, but was there a more boring album this year than Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3? Perhaps it was a geographic thing; with a few exceptions like Raekwon and Kid Cudi, most of 2009's exciting, innovative rap records came from Southern artists. Sur ... More >>

Today In Music News: Nick Jonas Steps Out, Mark Ronson Gets His Gucci On and Gaga Gives Her Hair Away

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, October 29, 2009...Nick Jonas is launching into a solo career... with side band The Administration.Wunderkind producer Mark Ronson is now designing shoes for Gucci.Lady Gaga is giving away a locks of her hair with her new deluxe album. Well played ... More >>

Cuckoo for Coco

Still a Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On

Brandon Thibodeaux​Lots of speculation going on around town about whether the next shoe to fall in Dallas's ongoing City Hall corruption woes may be a Gucci to the head of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price. Today, matter of fact, Kevin Krause has posted a tidbit on The News's City hall ... More >>

It's a Grind in Deep Ellum is more than just a coffee shop, it's a sanctuary for second chances.

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Exactly the sort of movie we don't need right now

Sean Avery, In Vogue

The enforcer brings his unique blend of ferocity and fashion to the Dallas Stars

Sniffing Out the Fireworks In Advance of the Fair Park Fourth

Sexy Town

Imagine a city with flowing creeks, walkable neighborhoods and greenery. No, not Seattle, dummy.

Free Neimans Cookies, You Say?

Modern Kunst

Fort Worth has walls of art

Knock Off the Knock-Offs

Devil's Playground

With The Crucible, new insights into an old attempt at faith-based initiatives

Rich Kids Behaving Badly

Nerdy, bitter and shod in fake Uggs, Andrea Grimes investigates the legend of the Park Cities Party

Fun, Texas Style

Modern Times

Plus: School Spirit; Evil Eyes Averted

Best Bling

Tiffany & Co.

Best High Fashion on a Low Budget

Clothes Circuit

Best Knock-offs

Sam Moon Trading Co.

Down-home

Café Italia hits some rough spots, but it just might have some potential buried under the bumps

Heavenly

Heavenly Versus Satan (K)

:cueless

Buzz hacks through the past in search of the cool cats and fools of the year that was

Buzz

Inquiring minds; Leave 'em snarling

Hide and seek

Deep Ellum developer Lou Reese bilked a savings and loan, bled his creditors, and walked away from federal prision a rich man. Bragging about it was is one big mistake.

Hash Over

Tuscan lurch; Mixed hash

Getting a Big Head

The London Suede leaves behind its heart for Head Music

Comfortably numb

The best films of '97 either provoked or entertained

Noshing around the world

Barcelona Tapas Bar offers eclectic, if mediocre, grazing

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Mia & Peter & Liza & Mazursky

The USA Film Festival offers an unapologetic orgy of movie delights

Fish story

At the Wood Grill, too many cooks make a great broth

Nasty and negative

Colin Powell's decision reveals distasteful state of American politics

The mouse that roared

How telecommunications deregulation will help Disney--and other media giants--rule the world