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Rap Sheet: Luda At Concert ‘Methinks the Ladies Doth Protest Too Much’

Smiling protester / Photo: Mike Plaza

• Stop bitching: Ludacris hit Cal State Long Beach for a concert this past weekend and was surprised at the low turnout of protesters. He goes on to explain why there’s nothing wrong with him having hos in different area codes, “I feel like even in the song ‘Ho,’ I kind of desexualize the word. I said men are ho’s also. So when people try to pinpoint or think when I say the word ‘ho’ or the word ‘bitches’ it’s always referring to women or trying to degrade women, it’s not about that. Hip Hop is a coded language, so it’s not for everybody to understand.”

• Musical misogyny?: Scientists ask whether Hip Hop makes men abusive assholes toward women. Conclusion: it does if you’re already an abusive asshole towards women, kinda. [via]

• Painful: The New York Times hit the Winter Fest 2008 Hip Hop concert. Despite T-Pain’s amazing ability to sell ring tones, he’s not such a great performer according to the Gray Lady. Snoop, Fabolous, Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Busta Rhymes, Juelz Santana and other also hit stage with the Dips’ Jim Jones making a surprise appearance.

• Acting up: Diddy, ahem, we mean Sean Combs stars in TV movie “A Raisin in the Sun” on ABC tonight. Break a leg!

Four Witnesses Think Diddy Could Be Unforgivable

The Academy dropped their Oscar nominations today, just a few days after Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs got charged for an assault he allegedly carried out at an Academy Awards after-party last year at the Roosevelt Hotel. “I just kind of remember seeing [the plaintiff] go flying, not flying as in like feet off the ground, but he went back significantly,” said one of four witnesses now backing up the plaintiff, Gerard Rechnitzer. “I was just in shock that somebody would … just kind of strike somebody out of nowhere.” Diddy’s lawyers call the case “baseless.” But if it comes to trial maybe they can settle with a case of perfume.

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