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The controversy surrounding Super Bowl LIII’s halftime show continues, as Colin Kaepernick’s attorney Mark Geragos called Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine’s rationalization on his participation “a cop out.” Speaking on Good Morning America on Friday, Geragos called on Levine to admit what he’s doing by appearing in the NFL Super Bowl halftime. “If you’re going to cross this idealogical or intellectual picket line, then own it, and Adam Levine certainly isn’t owning it,” Geragos said. “It’s a cop-out when you start talking about, ‘I’m not a politician; I’m just doing the music.’ Most of the musicians who have any kind...

Civil-Rights Icon Rosa Parks Settles Suit DETROIT (Reuters) - Lawyers for civil-rights pioneer Rosa Parks have settled a long-running dispute over the use of her name in song by the hip-hop group OutKast. Under the out-of-court settlement announced on Thursday Parks, 92, will receive an undisclosed amount of money that means her "living and health needs ... will be secure," former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer, her guardian, said. Medical records released earlier this year as part of the dispute revealed Parks is suffering from progressive dementia. She has rarely appeared in public in recent years. The settlement came with OutKast,...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION 2004 Dems feature gun-toting Outkast rapper Member of profane duo pictured brandishing firearm part of fund-raiser -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: March 25, 2004 7:56 p.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com Outkast member brandishing gun Though the Democratic Party is known for its aversion to weapons and has pushed legislation limiting firearm rights, ex-Presidents Carter and Clinton are to join a star-studded fund-raiser tonight featuring the rap duo Outkast, which promotes itself with an image of one member of the group brandishing a handgun. The event at the Washington, D.C., nightclub Dream was to feature Ginuwine, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and Q-Tip,...

I didn't see this one come up in a search, so I apologize if this has been posted before. This is a paroday of the song "Hey Yah" by Outkast (Yes, the same Outkast that offended the Indians). Anyway it's called "Hey Allah" and if you have a sense of humor about things... you won't get too offended. It's a PG-13 cartoon, nothing too bad. http://www.liquidgeneration.com/poptoons/saddam_outkast.asp

Litefoot and Jesse Jackson call for OutKast apology Posted: March 04, 2004 - 11:39am EST by: Wilhelm Murg / Correspondent / Indian Country Today NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Native rapper Litefoot, along with civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, are calling for OutKast to apologize at this year’s Gathering of Nations Pow Wow for their performance at the 46th Annual GRAMMY Awards. The Gathering of Nations will run April 22 - 24 at the University of New Mexico Arena. OutKast’s appearance at the awards ceremony in faux American Indian costumes, complete with a smoking tipi and dancing girls in buckskin...

New video of Saddam. Must see!!! (hehe)

The justices let stand a U.S. appeals court ruling that reinstated Parks' false advertising and publicity claims against OutKast and three Bertelsmann AG (news - web sites) units -- LaFace Records, the record producer, and Arista Records and BMG Entertainment, the distributors. Parks made history in 1955 when she refused to give up her seat to a white man and move to the back of a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her arrest, which became a defining moment in the civil rights movement, led to a 381-day boycott of the bus system by blacks. It resulted in the end...

Capriati requests 'Bombs Over Baghdad' for warmups -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Associated Press KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- At Jennifer Capriati's request, the 1999 Outkast song "Bombs Over Baghdad'' was played on the stadium public-address system before her most recent match at the Nasdaq-100 Open. "I like the song, and I wanted to support the troops,'' Capriati said Tuesday through a WTA Tour spokesman. Stadium court producer Bob Ruf said he previewed the rap song and was reluctant to play it. Ruf then listened to the song with a tour official, and they found a one-minute segment that they decided wouldn't offend anyone. The...

Hip-hop group OutKast will play Columbia's 3 Rivers Music Festival in April - and rumors to the contrary just aren't true. Organizers of the music festival have received a flood of calls from fans since Monday morning, when a WVOC radio announcer reported the group would not perform at 3 Rivers. But Mark Lowell, WVOC 560 AM news director, said he was responding to a rumor, too. "What I said was that there were rumors, words floating around that they weren't coming," he said. Earlier this month, OutKast and soul singer Al Green had been asked by the state conference...