Rick Ross has been catching heat for a controversial rap lyric that appears to endorse date rape. He featured in a rap song where he spit:
“Put molly all in her champagne/she aint even know it/I took her home and I enjoyed that/she aint even know it."
In an interview on New Orleans radio station Q93.3, Rick says his lyric was misunderstood:
"I wanted to come down to the radio station. There is certain things you can’t tweet, you have to verbalize. I want to make sure this is clear, that woman is the most precious gift known to man, you understand? It was a misunderstanding with a lyric, a misinterpretation where the term rape wasn’t used. I would never use the term rape. As far as my camp, hip hop don’t condone that. The streets don’t condone that. Nobody condones that. So I wanted to reach out to all the queens that’s on my timeline, all the sexy ladies, the beautiful ladies that have been reaching out to me with the misunderstanding. We don’t condone rape and I’m not with that."
Executive producer of Nigeria’s most prestigious annual music Awards, The Headies, Ayo Animashaun, has announced the launch of a new property, a 24 hour online radio channel called ‘Street Hop’.According to Ayo Animashaun, ‘This is a 3-year idea that we’ve always had. It’s going to follow the steps of ‘Hip On TV’ and ‘Hip Hop World Magazine’, but this time, it’ll be more daring…radio and online.’Animashaun’s company Smooth Promotions delivers media content on multiple platforms: TV, online and print. Now he says they’re ready to play the game on radio with the completion of a fully-equipped studio located in Lagos.“It’s going to be a breath of fresh air. Now listeners can listen to good music for extended periods. We have redefined television and print content production, and want to extend the creativity into radio. Lovers of Nigerian music and entertainment should watch out’, he added.Work is currently on-going at the Smooth Promotion Secretariat, where finishing touches are being put in place and internal test transmission is in progress.Streethop will also be available as a mobile application for Blackberry, Android, iPhones and iPads.The Online TV Channel however, is already in operation and has begun streaming live on www.hiptv.tv and OHTv. Hip TV’s 24hour station features quality and first rate exclusive entertainment and music content.Now you can be in the know of all that’s going on in the world of entertainment, 24hours everyday! Experience a break from the norm and log on.
