Big Government Honors Thug Rapper

A key objective, if not the objective of the Big Hollywood blog is to illustrate that pop culture drives politics and not the other way around.  Sometimes that case makes itself.  Take a look at this AP article:

Rapper Pitbull, whose chart-climbing songs have made him a bilingual favorite, was honored Wednesday with the key to Miami—an accomplishment he said officially cemented his title as “Mr. 305.”…

The Cuban-American performer and Miami native, whose real name is Armando Christian Perez, was presented with the key by Miami Commissioner Thomas Regalado during the morning ceremony.

“Pitbull not only lives in Miami, but he’s been traveling the country and the world sharing a positive message of Miami,” Regalado announced. “So, we should honor not only the dignitaries that visit, but those individuals who make a positive impact on the city.”

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Tags: Beyonce, big hollywood, Black Eyed Peas, Joe the Biden, Ludacris
Posted Aug 21st 2009 at 4:42 pm in Celebrity News, Culture | 20955462 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/amarlow/2009/08/21/city-of-miami-celebrate-thug-rapper/Big+Government+Honors+Thug+Rapper2009-08-21+23%3A42%3A45Alexander+Marlow

Ugly Pop World Drives Beauty Underground

The disconnect between beauty and popularity in music has never been greater.  Where once America sang the Beatles or Motown (”The Sound of Young America”), today the music industry is severely fragmented.  Gangsta rap.  Speed metal.  Trip-hop.  The major recording companies whine about declining profits even as they pay Mariah Carey $18 million not to record.

Unanimity of public opinion over popular song has passed.  Music, which used to unite, now divides.  Eminem and Ludacris would have been unthinkable thirty years ago.  We live in an antinomian age where it’s hip to defy conventional wisdom long after every vestige of conventional wisdom lies in tatters.  Where Keats’ Grecian Urn once proclaimed, “Beauty is truth, truth beauty,” today’s antinomian consumer proclaims, “Whatever,” in a voice oozing ennui. (more…)

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Posted Feb 27th 2009 at 2:05 pm in Entertainment, Reviews, Video | 6857889 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mbaron/2009/02/27/68578/Ugly+Pop+World+Drives+Beauty+Underground2009-02-27+22%3A05%3A03Mike+Baron