hip hop

"Get some chi..." HEY THAT'S RACIST.

Lil Wayne announced today that he'd be taking an indefinite hiatus from rapping to dedicate himself to a pursuit that will (hopefully) give him much less overexposure: skateboarding. Oh yeah, and that thing with the Mars landing happened, too.

I guess we know now what Lil Wayne is doing when he isn't not practicing guitar.

At a certain point in your life you realize that many stars of the music industry are more celebrity than musician.

Comedian and actor Aziz Ansari is already noted BFFs with Kanye West and Jay-Z (he makes a brief cameo in the music video for "Otis"), so Tumblr site Emceez Ansari helpfully lets us know what it would be like if he were a rapper, too.

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The sublime effect of this pairing is more transcendent without context, but if you REALLY want to know where this picture came from, it was from some event sponsoring a Star Wars-themed Adidas shoe.

Of course, this is just the opinion of a conscious rap fan.

...you DID see the poster on the wall behind him, right?

Success really DOES change people. Specifically, it gives people more money to buy drugs.

Better ask Inspectah Deck (badum tss!).