In his weekly column, rapper John Brown—the self-proclaimed “King Of Da Burbz”—will be offering his insight into politics and current events to the Complex readers. Check out “Politickin With John Brown” every Thursday.
This past Sunday, President Obama gave a commencement speech at Notre Dame where he congratulated a championship outdoor basketball team called “Hallelujah Holla Back” - a Ghetto Revival catchphrase that I popularized on ego trip’s (White) Rapper Show . Pretty surreal. The moment was significant not only because it reinforced the phrase’s cultural relevancy, but also represented another historical moment of a commander in chief’s encounter with hip-hop culture. In honor of the recognition, here’s a look at some of the biggest moments of Hip-Hop’s Direct Interaction with the U.S. Presidency…
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In his weekly column, rapper John Brown—the self-proclaimed “King Of Da Burbz”—will be offering his insight into politics and current events to the Complex readers. Check out “Politickin With John Brown” every Thursday.
After John McCain was defeated in the national election, commentators applauded his concession speech as one that promoted national unity following a racially-charged campaign. Basically, “thanks for not trying a coup, John.” But many sore losers still had a bone to pick with President Obama. Unsurprisingly, the latest snub comes from McCain’s home state, Arizona. Now don’t get me wrong, in no way am I lumping all people from AZ into this category. Clearly, racist fuckery exists all over. But there seems to be a pattern in recent Arizona history that makes you wonder who’s running things over there…*glares towards @janbrewer*
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In his weekly column, rapper John Brown—the self-proclaimed “King Of Da Burbz”—will be offering his insight into politics and current events to the Complex readers. Check out “Politickin With John Brown” every Thursday.
It’s hard to believe it’s been well over 100 days since I was running around frigid D.C. getting my inauguration on. But so far it looks like many of the hyperbolized fears stirred up about Obama have been debunked and Mr. 44 has emerged as a fairly competent leader in tumultuous times. Here’s a look at a highlight reel of his accomplishments at the 100 day mark…
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In his weekly column, rapper John Brown—the self-proclaimed “King Of Da Burbz”—will be offering his insight into politics and current events to the Complex readers. Check out “Politickin With John Brown” every Thursday.
This past week, Obama made some controversial waves after deciding not to prosecute Bush’s masterminds of torture, despite releasing incriminating memos that detailed their illegal interrogation tactics. But the streets wanna know: Is the president our American Mandela, taking the wise high-road of reconciliation? Or is he merely a typical agent of political bitchassness—too shook to actually punish corrupt officials? Let’s look at some of the different arguments floating around…
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In his weekly column, rapper John Brown—the self-proclaimed “King Of Da Burbz”—will be offering his insight into politics and current events to the Complex readers. Check out “Politickin With John Brown” every Thursday.
Trying to pass a $3.6 trillion budget takes mad persuasion and mind manipulation. So when President Obama made history last week by appearing on The Tonight Show, it represented an evolution in outreach tactics. Dating back to JFK, sitting presidents have been trying to get that TV burn to build a fan base. Here are some historical presidential moments on the idiot box…
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There was a whole bunch of noise made about the money put aside by the Obama administration for high speed rail lines. Conservatives complained that there was no need to put money into new rail lines when people need jobs and banks need saving. They must have forgotten that it’s the American people who will build these new rail lines. They must have also forgot that high speed rails will offer an economically and earth friendly secondary mode of transportation. Thankfully, the people of Detroit got the message and are already trying to move forward with a high speed railway.
Worldwide Hydrogen Super Highways has designed an elevated railway that will utilize hyrdogen powered traincars that can reach up to 200 mph. Finally! We’ll have a train system that can compete with the systems found around the world. Just how good are those systems you say? We picked five of our favorites for you below…
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We honored our newly elected president (and did you a favor) by presenting 9 of Hawaii's finest women. [LINK]
Neither Yeezy nor Tum Tum is being original for their new hairdos. To school the young, we compiled an unauthorized list of black mulleteers. [LINK]
Complex and Twitter showed you what really went down during the presidential inauguration. [LINK]
Does Rudy Fernandez have what it takes to compete in this year's NBA Slam Dunk Contest? We weren't sure. So we asked you to vote for the rightful winner. [LINK]
For this week's exciting Super Two's Day, we anointed Mariah Carey as the Queen of Cleavage. [LINK]
And From The Complex Network:
OnSmash: Jim Jones assures the world that he is financially stable on his new street single called Na Na (We Getting Money Like). [LINK]
HighSnobiety: Check out Gourmet's brown leather sneaker previewed at this year's Bread & Butter Barcelona. [LINK]
NahRight: Jay-Z explains what is taking him so long to complete Blueprint 3. [LINK]
KicksOnFire: With the numbered series officially ended, what can we expect now for the future of our beloved Air Jordan brand? Voice your opinion. [LINK]
Bastardly: Alessandra Ambrosio continues the winning streak by starting our weekend with her gorgeous bikini pics. [LINK]
It’s only Day 2 of Obama's presidency, and he’s already well on his way to cleaning up Bush's mess of an administration. Yesterday he repealed a Dubya-signed executive order allowing presidents to conceal their documents forever. Today, Obama introduced government transparency with an end to CIA secret overseas prisons and a ban of questionable interrogation methods culminating with the shut-down of Guantanamo within a year.
We are Baracking out with our cocks out in celebration of his early moves, but there’s a lot more to be done. Here are six more Bush f*ck-ups our dapper new prez can resolve…
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In his weekly column, rapper John Brown'the self-proclaimed “King Of Da Burbz”'will be offering his insight into politics and current events to the Complex readers. Check out “Politickin With John Brown” every Thursday.
After debating the pros and cons of hitting D.C. for the inauguration, I finally got inspired, copped some purple and headed to the nation’s capitol to witness history up close. I’m glad I went. The crowds were of such titanic proportions that I stayed on stampede-alert for the trip’s duration. But there was a collective excitement of ushering in a new era of modern America that had me drinking like a young Bush.
On the day of the inauguration, I woke-up at an ungodly hour to join the throngs of Obama supporters on the National Mall. There were more law enforcement agents in the area than police in Manhattan, all of whom had their own renegade plans for crowd control. Although there was genuine excitement for the impending ceremony, I can’t lie'the cold had me briefly questioning my level of sanity for standing on concrete ice for two hours. But after Obama recited the suspiciously inaccurate oath, the crowd erupted into a howling frenzy traditionally reserved for game-winning goals at the World Cup. Chills went down my spine, arms went up in the air, and a new era had officially begun. Watch a video from the trip below, including grizzy footage of Common’s performance from club Love…
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It’s a big day today, if you happen to be an American. Microsoft and CNN are working on a program where images of the actual innaguration “moment” will be compiled into a super file that will allow users to view the man getting all jobbed up in 360 degrees and variable levels of zoom. For an idea of what that might turn out like, check out the Daft Punk version from last year’s ALIVE tour. [CNN, via Freshness]
This new (to us) brand White Mountaineering is getting mad hype on the WWW these days, and a new footwear collab with Timberland looks real nice. [High Snobiety]
Converse x ACDC and Converse x Metallica? Horns up. [Vagant]
New Pendleton vests to help the big man get his (Commander In) Chief on. [Hypebeast]
Head Porter x Original Fake: too litte, too late, or ultimate Japanese freakout? You decide. [Slam x Hype]
Some new colors on the Casio Mudman. Who says general releases can’t get it done? [Crunch Gear]
