Hip Hop — Happy Place — It Turns Out the Naming Rights! Membership Option Was For Real and Someone Is Now Five Hundred Bucks Poorer Presents Nat

A Quarter Century On Hype Williams' Belly Remains a Visual Masterpiece and a Goddamned Mess In Every Other Way

Hype Williams made a big leap from hotshot music video director to filmmaker with 1998’s Belly, a stunning, incoherent cult classic that has aged in a really interesting way.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinMay 13, 2024Hype Williams, Nas, DMX, Method Man, Hip Hop, cult, late 1990s

T.I, DaBaby and DaBullshit

The response to DaBaby’s homophobic rant at the Rolling Loud festival illustrates how far Hip Hop has come in terms of its relationship with the LGTBQ community but also how much farther it has to go.

The Big WhoopNathan RabinAugust 12, 2021DaBabt, DaBaby, T.I, homophobia, Hip Hop

James Caan, America's Twitter Grandpa

A blog post about James Caan’s Twitter feed. End of summary.

The Big WhoopNathan RabinJune 9, 2021James Caan, Twitter, Future, Hip Hop

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #99 Basquiat (1996)

Our patron-funded exploration of the films of David Bowie hits another big milestone with 1996’s Basquiat, which unforgettably cast a terrific Bowie as Andy Warhol and an even better Jeffrey Wright in a star-making turn as the legendary painter and art world icon.