Saturday, October 04, 2003
Hip hop makes history and trouble for P. Diddy?
It's normally bad news when hip hop makes the mainstream media but this really is history in a good way: according to hip hop news website allhiphop.com, for the first time in Billboard's chart history, the top ten songs in the country are all by African-American artists. If this isn't proof that hip hop really is the new rock'n'roll and the dominant music in pop culture, then I don't know what is.
Here's this historic top 10 song list in full:
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Here's this historic top 10 song list in full:
The Billboard Hot 100On the flipside and back to reality, there were serious accusations made about Sean"Puffy" Combs by former Bad Boy Records executive and Mary J. Blige manager Kirk Burrowes re: his involvement in the shooting death of Tupac (2Pac) Shakur 7 years ago as reported in the NY Post last week. It all sounds a little outlandish and I'm not convinced there's any credence to the charges made. I know Kirk a little and he never struck me as the type who would throw these types of accusations around lightly but, if it's true, it would be a neutron bombshell in the hip hop industry and community.
Top 10 Positions /Issue Date:October 11, 2003
1. Baby Boy, Beyonce Featuring Sean Paul
2. Shake Ya Tailfeather, Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee
3. Get Low, Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz Featuring Ying Yang Twins
4. Right Thurr, Chingy
5. Frontin', Pharrell Featuring Jay-Z
6. Damn!, YoungBloodZ Featuring Lil Jon
7. P.I.M.P., 50 Cent
8. Into You, Fabolous Featuring Tamia Or Ashanti
9. Stand Up, Ludacris Featuring Shawnna
10. Where Is The Love?, Black Eyed Peas
Source: © 2003 Billboard/VNU Business Media Inc., and Nielsen SoundScan
