• Geraldo Rivera Says Hip-Hop Is 'Destructive Culturally' Before Calling Out Russell Simmons [WATCH]

    Journalist Gerald Rivera recently sat down with HuffPost Live to talk about everything from Brian Williams to hip-hop. His take on the latter resulted in the reporter calling out Russell Simmons and moguls of his caliber for encouraging a culture that separates people from the mainstream and results in the inability to find gainful employment. He took a few other shots at the genre that are sure to receive a response by Simmons in the near future. He said the genre is "destructive culturally."

  • Nas Calls America's Racial Divide 'Embarrassing,' Compares It to Apartheid

    Ever since he burst onto the scene in the early 1990s, Nas has been one of the most socially and politically conscious artists in hip-hop, which means he has been particularly vocal in recent months about the ever-increasing racial tensions in this country. In a new interview with "Time," the Queensbridge rapper discusses the racial divide in the United States and compares our country to South Africa during its oppressive apartheid era."It's not cool to look like apartheid South Africa 1988," the rapper laments. "How are we going to be the free world or the most powerful country when inside this country we're fighting because of skin color? That's just embarrassing. I'm one of the guys that's out there saying, 'Listen, it has to stop.'""America, we are really smart enough to figure it out," Nas continues, "but I guess it's safer to hang out and be ignorant, be hateful and think that one person is better than the other."Recently, Nas has joined Russell Simmons in the New York City protests in response to the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown at the hands of police officers.
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