Cool Story Bro: The Week’s Wackest Hip Hop Headlines [July 16]
XXL dominates this week’s parade of idiocy with three obvious name drops in one week. Way to go, dudes!
5. Jessica Album Tweets Pictures of Family Vacation
Site: Vibe.com
Oh — I get it. This is somehow related to hip hop. Oh, wait… no, it’s not.
4. Rappers Help Chris Brown Hit No. 1 on The Charts
Site: XXLMag.com
I think you should have picked a better choice of words for this one, XXL. Ba-dum-cha.
3. Station Identification: The New Reality For Hip Hop And Terrestrial Radio
Site: HipHopDX.com
Yeah, because this was definitely a relevant article — how hip hop artists don’t need radio exposure to be successful — about 15 years ago. Have you guys ever heard of these new guys called Rawkus Records?
2. The 18 Most Absurd Screen Shots From French Montana’s “Pop That” Video
Site: XXLMag.com
Oh so you’ve provided us with 18 still images from a video, which is essentially just a huge series of still images. Because we couldn’t just watch the video for ourselves. Right. Thanks for that one.
1. Lil Wayne’s Mother Gets Married

Site: XXLMag.com
Weezy must not have done anything headline-worthy lately. We all know you dudes can’t go more than three days without having his name in an article.
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