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Davey D's FNV Newsletter
======================== It appears that the Cheney's in particular Lynn Cheney who is wife to the vice president is coming down hard on Hip Hop. A recent report by the Federal Trade Commission has shown that the record industry has done very little to curtail the marketing of explicit recordings to underage audiences. These concerns were first raised a bout a year and a half ago when the FTC held hearings and concluded that the movie, video game and music business were aggressively peddling products that carried adult ratings. The FTC recommended that these companies police themselves or risk facing government sanctions and mandates. The movie and video game manufactures have since stepped up to the plate and improved themselves. Unfortunately there has been little progress with the recording industry. The RIAA has defending the follow up studies by noting that they offer clean versions of their explicit material. They also noted that their current labeling system was effective. They cited reports from the FTC which noted that 75% of the parents surveyed found the recording industry useful and effective. However, the recent studies show that 55 music recordings with explicit content were all targeted to children under 17. :Lynn Cheney again took swipes at rap star Eminem and his current popularity and appeal to underage youth. In a recent interview Liberman's chief of staff told reporters that the former Vice Presidential candidate Senator Joseph Liberman is dissatisfied with the recording industry and that has promised to introduce a bill giving the FTC authority to fine companies that market adult material to minors. This latest observations comes at the heels of a troubling report from the New York City police department's which has announced that they intend to monitor clubs, concerts and other nightlife activities involving Hip Hop. According to police officials, there is a culture of violence in the Hip Hop world. The NYPD's gang intelligence unit has begun compiling dossiers on rappers and others within the music industry with criminal histories. The main impetus is to protect both the artists who are found to be frequent targets of violence as well as patrons and fans of who frequent the establishments attended by the artists. Many are calling this latest salvo in the war against Hip Hop 'racial profiling at its worst'. They claim its a violation of all sorts of constitutional rights. Police officials deny such charges. However, they did state that at the current time it would be impossible to ignore the slew of recent violent actions and activities which have involvement in the music industry as the only common denominator. This whole scenario spells big trouble. The police in recent days have already stepped forth and officially classified organizations like the Zulu Nation and the Black Panthers as gangs. Such identification leave members open to police surveillance and other profiling activities. "I have evolved and now want to educate, inspire and motivate people", he said. "I want to get people thinking". He went on to add that he likened himself to Bob Dylan and John Lennon in the sense that he was more focused on life affirming topics and his own inner peace and wanted to have that reflected in his music. "I want my music to appeal to a 7 or 70 year old person". During the conversation, DMC did not sound like the DMC of old. His voice sounded strained as if it was cracking. First things first... There's never a dull moment in the world of Hip Hop. To start we have Michael Jackson the King of Pop hooking up with Swiss Beats to do a song. This apparently will appear on Swiss Beats new album 'G.E.T.T.O Stories'. It's an interesting turn of events when you consider that Jackson had approach Dr Dre to do some songs and was unceremoniously turned down. Nowadays Swiss Beats is offering up some beats for Mr Jackson to sing over but according to EUR Web, Michael hasn't made a final decision as to what he will put on his long awaited album. FNV March 15 2001 FNV March 11 2001 FNV February 12 2001 FNV January 23 2001 FNV January 21 2001 FNV January 16 2001 FNV January 12 2001 FNV January 9 2001 FNV January 5 2001 FNV January 2 2001 FNV December 19 2000 FNV December 15 2000 FNV December 13 2000 FNV December 11 2000 FNV December 4 2000 FNV November 30 2000 FNV November 22 2000 FNV November 17th 2000 FNV November 6th 2000 FNV October 26 2000 FNV October 24 2000 FNV October 18 2000 FNV October 16 2000 FNV October 2 2000
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DMC of the famed duo Run DMC rolled through the other day with the Baka Boyz and let the Bay Area know what was happening in his world. As of late there have been a lot of rumors circulating that suggested that Darryl McDaniels was not getting along with his long time partner Joseph Simmons aka DJ Run. Some of the stories suggested that DMC was no longer a part of the group. Well during the interview he laid some of those rumors to rest. He noted that he and Run are still partners and there is no beef. However, he said the pair had creative differences. DMC explained that Run is the type of person who wants to get on the mic and completely dominate emcees. He's competitive and wants to be number one. DMC felt that type of approach toward Hip Hop is something he has out grown.
st month, but record executives found his latest offering of music pretty darn bad and decided he should call it a day and let him go. So folks that's it.. No more Kobe at least on Sony, but who knows, with all his money he might go out and do like teammate Shaquille O'Neal and start his own record label.
Everyone's favorite Hip Hop duo Sean 'P-Diddy' Combs and Shyne are back in the news again. As you know, Puff Diddy was arrested the other day for making an illegal turn on a scooter and driving with a suspended license while trying to stay out the limelight and keep a low profile in Miami Beach. Initially everyone was ready to jump on P-Diddy and accuse him of being irresponsible, but his spokesperson released this statement regarding the incident;
Puff's protege Shyne was busy releasing statements of his own. As you know he was convicted for a number of charges related to a night club shooting which took place in December of 99. Shyne is currently looking at 15-25 years in jail. He was due to be sentenced later this month, but now things have been moved back to June pending some last minute filings and additional paper work. Shyne's statement came in the form of a handwritten note which read as follows; 
I caught up with rap mogul Russell Simmons and asked him what he thought about the recent situations surrounding Puffy and Jay-Z who was arrested last week and charged with felony gun possession. Simmons noted that things have gotten to a point where he feels that everyone must be refocused. He noted that he is in the process of working with senior members of the Nation of Islam to establish a responsible and effective security force for Hip Hop artists. Many of the problems that artists have been going through are related to altercations or racial profiling incidents that could've been prevented with effective security teams. Simmons noted that he and others have been working on this over the past few months and are fully committed to making this happen.. In fact when I was speaking to him he was waiting for the start of a meeting with his team of people who are helping launch this plan.