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According to the latest census data, African Americans make up just over 13% of the US population. That means out of the 317 million people living in the USA, there are about 41 million blacks -- just over the total population of California. However, looking at the popular culture you'd never know that. Black music dominates popular music. Black culture is how most people define "cool." And most of all, what might offend blacks dominates popular culture, media, education, and entertainment. Fred Reed writes:

How this guy even got people to help him make a music video kind of makes you wonder. Does he really think he sounds good? RIP Hip Hop.

Come one, come all -- comment on this year's freak show. It began with three sluts on stage in their underwear.

American Rapper DMX Arrested for Using Profanity During St. Kitts ConcertBy Clive Baccus Associated Press WriterPublished: Jun 28, 2003 BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (AP) - Authorities arrested American rapper DMX on Saturday for using profanity during a concert the night before on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts and Nevis, police said. DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was released on bail of $376 until Monday, when he is due in Basseterre Magistrate's Court. The 32-year-old rapper left the Caribbean island on Saturday afternoon, but he pledged to return for his court date. "I'll go to court on Monday,"...

MTV party turns violentHAMPTON BAYS, N.Y., June 26 (UPI) -- An MTV party for hip-hop fans turned violent this week in the Hamptons, with four men now facing charges ranging from assault to robbery. The Tuesday incident occurred at Hampton Bays' Summers Beach Club. MTV had bused dozens of its viewers from the Smithhaven Mall in Lake Grove, N.Y., to a beach house in East Quogue, where they were to be audience members for the "Direct Effect" show, a daily hip-hop music program. The New York Daily News said some of the MTV fans decided to leave the beach house...

A group of hip-hop fans invited to hang out at MTV's beach house in the Hamptons was jolted back to the real world - busted for a wild melee at a nearby club. Four young men were arraigned yesterday in Southampton Town Court on charges ranging from assault to robbery for the Tuesday afternoon brawl at Summers Beach Club. One person was badly hurt in the fracas, and it took cops from three different departments to restore order at the popular party spot in East Quogue. "There were 100 to 120 people involved in various fights," said Detective Sgt. Randolph...