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In a recent interview with whomag.net, KRS-One explained why his music is never played on mainstream radio stations. Apparently, KRS-One will sue radio stations if they play his music. “If the radio ever played my music, I would sue them,” KRS-One told whomag.net “And they know it, which is why they don’t play my music. If you play KRS, I’ll sue you. Straight up. I don’t even want my music on mainstream radio. They don’t deserve it. They destroy careers.” Elaborating further, KRS-One explained why he never felt the need to crossover with mainstream audiences. “Here’s a secret,” KRS explained....

It's been a hard Kwanzaa this year. I haven't received a single card, and the "holiday" is almost over. I received a lovely letter yesterday from a black New York reader, but she didn't say a word about the black supremacist holiday. She wrote to give me a heads-up that while Halle Berry and Alicia Keys are making a movie about George S. Schuyler's daughter, Philippa, they don't even know how to correctly pronounce "Schuyler." My reader, an admirer of George S. Schuyler, pretty much ordered me to rectify the matter. I was looking forward to getting Kwanzaa notes and...

If KRS-ONE were merely an isolated imbecile, he would not be worth any bandwidth. But he is widely recognized as one of hip-hop's most outspoken and respected intellectuals. Has sedition become a civil right?In my previous column on pro-Al Qaeda rapper KRS-One (Kris Parker; hereafter, "KOP"), I cited the Daily News story from "Rush & Molloy's" gossip column (the husband-and-wife team of George Rush and Joanna Molloy) that quoted him as having "cheered" when Al Qaeda attacked America and murdered 3,000 people on 911, liberally quoted from KOP's rap/Hip-Hop (r/h) "songs," and discussed r/h's ties to black supremacist movements such...

In my previous column on pro-Al Qaeda rapper KRS-One (Kris Parker; hereafter, “KOP”), I cited the Daily News story from “Rush & Molloy’s” gossip column (the husband-and-wife team of George Rush and Joanna Molloy) that quoted him as having “cheered” when Al Qaeda attacked America and murdered 3,000 people on 911, liberally quoted from KOP’s rap/Hip-Hop (r/h) “songs,” and discussed r/h’s ties to black supremacist movements such as the Nation of Islam, the Five Percenters, and the New Black Panther party. Rap’s Treasonous Roots The longtime leader of the Nation of Islam, “the Honorable Elijah Muhammad” (Elijah Poole; 1897-1975), spent...

KRS-One has hit back at the New York Daily News, after the newspaper ran an article that labeled him a “Hip-Hop Anarchist.”In yesterday’s (October 14th) popular Rush & Malloy’s daily gossip column, the paper accused the Bronx bred rapper of defiling the memory of people who were killed in the 9/11 attacks on the United States at the New Yorker Festival, where KRS was a panelist. The article also accused KRS of siding with Al Qaeda, the terror organization that is blamed for orchestrating the deadly attacks. “Like everyone I was shocked to read that I and other African-Americans actually...