Two-week old, three-day late, Kanye-enhanced edition:
- Infamous warez crew RNS busted by FBI (wired.com)
- Del the Funky Homosapien in car accident while on tour (myspace.com)
- DJ Kon from crate-digging heroes Kon & Amir hospitalized for serious illness (playinforkeeps.blogspot.com)
- Harry Allen on Kanye West’s outburst at the VMAs and the racist Twittering that followed… (harryallen.info)
- Cult rap group Third Sight finishes new album (myspace.com)
- Leon “MC Sundance” Heyward, former member of the Jazzy Five (of “Jazzy Sensation” fame), dies from 9/11-related illness (nytimes.com via cantstopwontstop.com)
- Pirate Bay’s would-be buyer revealed as more crooked than the Pirate Bay (wired.com)
- M.O.P.’s Lil’ Fame jacks beat from unknown Baltimore producer (ihiphop.com)
- Mike Nardone’s famed underground rap show “We Came From Beyond” ends 21-year run (wecamefrombeyond.com)
Best I never had: Justus League & DJ Warrior’s Reservoir Dogs (caliuntouchables.com), Mick Boogie & Peter, Bjorn & John’s Re-Living Thing (mickboogie.com), K.Flay’s Mashed Potatoes (myspace.com), Fashawn and Alchemist’s The Antidote (hiphopdx.com)
Kanye West photo by Nabil Elderkin.