news that bumps re: Kool Herc & KRS

In the category of what the fuck are you thinking, the man known as the father of hip-hop, Clive Campbell (a.k.a. D.J. Kool Herc), is seeking $5 billion from rapper Jay-Z, developer Bruce Ratner and Barclays bank, filing a “claim of lien” in property records that seeks the money for slavery reparations. That's right slavery reparations!

Mr. Ratner, Jay-Z, and Barclay’s are all linked through the $4 billion Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, for which Mr. Ratner plans to build a Frank Gehry-designed basketball arena for the Nets and more than 6,000 apartments. Jay-Z, a partial owner of the Nets, has been a major supporter of the project, appearing at press conferences to tout its merits. Barclays owns the naming rights to the arena, and has been accused of having links with the slave trade—an accusation the bank denies.

In the claim, Mr. Campbell said that Mr. Ratner and Jay-Z worked “in concert” with Barclays, and “profited from the African Slave Trade and continue to profit from these gains, through a conspiracy dating back hundreds of years and continue to date to oppress Black people, enslave them, unlawfully deport them to all corners of the Earth.”Mr. Campbell is credited as a pioneer of hip-hop, sparking the movement to grow nationwide from his base in the Bronx in the 1970's.Mr. Campbell filed the claim in October with a group called the DA Black Defense League. Earlier this month Forest City Ratner dismissed it as not having any legal merit.A representative of the Defense League said the group is filing a lawsuit in court today for the action.

A spokesman for Forest City Ratner, Mr. Ratner's development group, declined to comment.

Good luck with that well-thought out case, Herc.
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KRS One and Buckshot of Black Moon are set to team up for an album to be released later this year on Duck Down Records.

Three tracks have already been recorded and the chemistry between the two artists is reportedly very natural. Buckshot described the work as "CONFLOSATION, even when KRS ONE is flowing he's having a conversation with his audience.

In related news, 9th Wonder & Buckshot's 2nd collaboration, "The Formula" album will be in stores April 15th on also on Duck Down Records.

DJ Revolution is also set to release his solo joint, "KING OF THE DECKS" later this year with appearances from KRS, Tash, Royce 5'9, Bumpy Knuckles among others.