Earlier this week Dream Hampton caused a firestorm online after revealing that Nas used Jay Electronica and Stic Man from Dead Prez as ghostwriters for his Untitled album [click here if you missed that].
After being discounted and attacked by fans and rappers alike, Dream addresses the issue once and for all and vows to be done with hip hop...
Dream writes,
I began my writing career calling out Dr Dre for his misogyny. My friendship with Jay Z began when I reviewed Reasonable Doubt and called Jay out for his hyper-capitalism. I was not 'calling out' Nas by telling the truth about Stic writing whole bars (ne songs) on Untitled. I was telling a truth to someone who thought his most radical ideas were his own. They were not. I'm unsurprised that these men have circled around their lie.
I'm unmoved by the misogynist threats I'm receiving in open forums (last night Just Blaze tweeted I should be "bled out"). But I am done. I may not be done talking about this (unsubscribe to my feed, I will block as I see fit), but I am done with hip hop and men who collude to silence women. And done with women who are happy they're not me. Don't worry. You could never be.
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she is so overrated and over the top. i understand standing up for what you feel is right.... but not every stand requires a tyler perry play performance. it makes your credibility look less than stellar.
"Right on sista!" in my "Goodtimes" Voice!!
Nobody is trying to silence women, just her dumb ass! Nightmare your 15 mins are up. Exit stage left please.......
@12:40a Exactly! Everything is a Broadway production with her.
What I don't understand about her is her over reaction to.....everything!
If people don't agree with everything she say's or does...she shuts down her accounts. WTF? What are you, 12?
And...btw, this is AFTER she puts her foot in her mouth like she recently did with the Jay Z /Nas/Ghost Writing debacle.
Didn't she also shut her Twitter account down because someone posted a picture of her daughter on the internet a little while ago?
She. Was. Livid. She wanted her daughter to have some anonymity (which I get & can respect) but in this day & age...it was a reach for her to believe that her daughter would remain 'unseen' FOREVER.
Come on, Dream be realistic and stop.. DREAMING.
Dreamscicle ain't going nowhere...Watch.
She 's using feminist rhetoric "you criticise me/you critcise EVERY woman" because she doesn't have tough skin.
If you criticze,you have to take criticism as well.
Skip Bayless enjoys playing the "bad guy" because he knows people will watch.
Keep on exposing all fake and cowardly " hiphop techno trap rappers ". I'm so tired of all these losers pretending while screwing the public out of their hard earned money. People better wake and STOP supporting bullshit. All they rap about is fucking, strippers, bouncing ass & titties, popping bottles, beating somebody head to the white meat, I got more money than you, killing etc... Music with no substance or truth. This is what they put out and call " Real " music. These fake so called rappers are lame, weak, no skill, phony rappers. Look at how they have turned people into zombies of false advertisement. Be original and STOP falling the false money hungry rappers.
She should really sit her old ass down somewhere.
My friendship with Jay Z began when I reviewed Reasonable Doubt and called Jay out for his hyper-capitalism
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If she called Jay out for NOT calling out Gwyneth Paltrow or Kanye for associating with Kim K,whose family prettymuch pimps Black culture,then I would've given her more respect.
Telling me you have a friendship with Jay-Z means YOU're on his payroll.
^^Also may I add that saying that she should be "bled out" has nothing to do with misogyny. I'm tired of women stepping to men and when they get hostility back any negative remark is considered "misogyny". If a negro tells you to "stay in your place and go and make me a sandwich" then you might have a point. But threatening to kill you (although wrong) is not misogyny.
Hip hop is done with hip hop, that industry is a pop, coon, booty implant, strip club, fake thug mess. Not a meaningful message left in the industry.
Dream been in this game long enough to know how it works. If she don't want anyone to say a word, or threaten her then maybe she should be silent. Maybe people are mad because while she's talking about them, she also has many skeletons in her dirty closet.
"I'm unmoved by the misogynist threats I'm receiving in open forums.."
Yeh you so unmoved that yo ass is movin' away from hip-hop..
Cosign @ 1:32am - At least mainstream hip hop anyway.. There's still plenty of "flowers" bloomin' underground that have adapted and no longer need the mainstream "sunlight" to grow..
She looks white. Is she white?
I have heard her name before on this blog. What is she known for and what DOES she do for a living.
This name-dropping drama queen again? Every time her fee-fees get hurt, she gotta announce it on the internet insteada just moving the fuck on.
snitches get stitches...its been that way since the dawn of time.
@7:30
She's mainly a writer. She used to be an editor of Source Mag and had written pieces for Vibe mag.
She co-authored Jay Z's book....you remember the one they were accused of stealing the concept for.
@6:43
She's black as far as I know. It's possible that she may be mixed with something but nobody cares enough about her history to ask or figure out.
good bye bum ass groupie. She was dick ridin Pac, thiks she's an authority on all thing hip-hop. your choca got you in spots niggas couldn't b/ of a wall dudes put up. but niggas tryin t fuck let you in & this is how you come at them. one sided hussy. 'i called out dre' foh
HO SIT DOWN!!
That should be "misogynistic" threats (she's a writer?). Tighten up that farewell speech.
Not misogynistic anyway, as pointed out, but rather just violent.
Oh yeah - her farewell speech doesn't mention Jay Electronica. Is that tantamount to a retraction? She probably just doesn't want him to do a Ben Goldsmith-style Twitter rant on her.
BITCH SHUT UP, good day & GOOD BYE! i swear it seems like only black people constantly tear each other down instead of giving one another time to shine. Nas is so irrelevant these days, even if he does have ghost writers nobody cares. What gets me going is the nappy headed fuckups try get a little attention by "exposing the truth"...i can't. this my friends is a great example of when keeping it real goes wrong
She is over the top..but for some reason I believe her!
Men stick together on dumb shat like this (lying about ghostwriting) I can't say what women stick together for and I am a woman!
SMDH
I don't know much about her, but I know how men act in regular life when it comes to business. I like people that stand for something. I will take her over these other women featured on this blog.
Bled out? Bled out? If he really wants her "bled out" he'd do it himself. What's the hold up? What is he waiting on? Is he afraid of something? Why suggest an act that he isn't either capable of or willing to carry out? If he isn't planning on doing it he needs to let it go. He sounds like those radio and TV talk show idiots that always want somebody killed or maimed and knows that there is some weak minded individuals out there that do the dirty deed or attempt to do the dirty deed and don't care about the aftermath. If he can dish it out he should be able to take the same. Fair enough? Fair enough! Silly rabbit.
^will do the dirty deed^
um can she rap though?
Dream u just figuring out that Hip Hop was misogynist? U been here since day 1, even when the lyrics was good, they barely gave a fuck back then...backpacking beeeeeen stopped being fun, so where have you been mami?
@annoyed: It's ironic that you reference tearing Black people down in the middle of a rant tearing down Black people. Self-loathing much?
Please, hip hop is done with her trick ass. She's already been through most of the dudes who could help her out anyway.
Hold on a minute: I'm sure that there are some rappers out there who are going to speak out on her behalf.
*crickets*
is it wrong that he uses a ghost writer though? I dont think anyone cares. I'm no NAS fan since oochie wollie, or before actually. I only paid attn to him cuz he was married to Kelis. When he and Kelis went to the grammys that year with NIGGER (his album title), both were dismissed from my budget for life.
@11:34 That's a GREAT question! But you'll have to decide. There's an interesting short article and comment thread in Gelf Magazine from '07 on just that topic.
Here's an excerpt:
http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/hiphops_ghostwriters.php
"Most artists are not going to want to make it known that they didn't write [their lyrics]," Spencer says. Breaking this trust can have disastrous consequences; in 1998, Dr. Dre and Eminem severed their ties with Royce da 5'9'' after Royce's manager revealed that he had ghostwritten a few of Dre's songs for 2001."
There's also a Wikipedia entry that shows more of the history and breadth of the practice.
It ain't nothin' new, that's for sure. Mozart was a ghostwriter.
Cosign @ 1:32am - At least mainstream hip hop anyway.. There's still plenty of "flowers" bloomin' underground that have adapted and no longer need the mainstream "sunlight" to grow..
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Just Blaze is a homosexual! Everyone knows that and everyone knows the fairies are un-necessarily dramatic so just ignore him unless he challenges you to a "Westside Story" style knife fight mkay???
I've never paid her much attention (or most female hip hop writters because they aren't objective enough for my taste) but if she didn't say something of truth, no one would be so mad.
With that said, if she couldn't take the heat, she should've gotten out the kitchen! Why talk reckless to try and solicit attention and then get mad when you get the negative attention you solicited? Makes no sense! She knows how emotional and sensitive these rap niggas are!!!! They will threaten and put hands on a woman WAAAAAY before they ever even step to a dude!
For instance; Dr Dre is a well known, real life fag who was getting RAPED in public by Eazy E, then Suge and now Jimmy Iovine (50 jumps in there from time to time too) but would he ever phyically challenge them in any way??? FUCK NO!!!! He didn't even put up a legal fight! But he used to beat the SHIT out of Michell'e!!! He slapped that one chick D Barnes and you can't tell me he doesn't beat his wife Nicole!
So what if Nas had ghost writers, everyone does, even Weezy and Jay!
So rap is for the gays now??? I been supecting that. That's why I hardly listen to that crap. I stick to the classics.
Didn't she also shut her Twitter account down because someone posted a picture of her daughter on the internet a little while ago?
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Someone posted a picture of her daughter posing with Beyonce at one of her concerts. Folks went wild talking about how ugly she is (which she was not - but you know how crazy ass Bey Stans go for blood). They dragged that girl so bad all over Twitter that Beyonce actually addressed it. She posted the picture to herTumblr page and called the girl a 'beautiful princess' or something like that.
dream is full of sound and furry signifying nothing.
She is so full of herself, it's comical.
Who's she kidding? She'll be right back to writing another emcee's bio in a few minutes. She knows where her bread is butted.
Wow this chick insists on name dropping at every turn. It's funny how Jay's name is always at the top of the list. If you want to write your little tweets or essays for shock value, go ahead. Just remember that you have to deal with whatever consequences follow on your own. Stop dragging folks into your bullshit.
Maybe she wants to be edgy but is really not edgy. Like when Drake threw the champagne bottle then ran into the ladies' room when he saw a bottle come flying back.
She ain't lying, but at the same time if you gonna give it, be willing to take it and not bitch up when your called out on your hypocrisy.
sorry, but the chick is wack and aging badly. she needs a new schtick because mainstream hiphop been dead for 10 years or more.
http://www.sohh.com/2012/08/just_blazes_dream_hampton_beef_reports_d.html
"What the h*ll did I just wake up to???," he tweeted.
"And who started this notion that I was threatening @dreamhampton???? What the h*ll is wrong with some of you people?"
"Yo @dreamhampton wtf?!? I'm pretty sure you don't follow me. If you did you'd know I quote random 80's movies all the time."
".@dreamhampton in addition to that If I had real intent towards you. Why would I put it on twitter?"
".@dreamhampton that whole situation involves a bunch of grown men who can handle their own. Y do I need to threaten someone on their behalf"
"Don't involve me in some f*ckboy foolishness. If you're not sure if i'm talking about you, Ask me. I will tell you."
"And that last tweet is in general. Not at @dreamhampton. If anyone ever is wondering/cares if I have issue with them. Just ask." (Just Blaze's Twitter)
you miss an important element of the story here: why dream revealed that nas allegedly used a ghostwriter. she was discussing harry belafonte’s very valid criticism of jay-z’s lack of social responsibility. after offering up jay-z’s quiet donations to charities and his lone verse on minority report about hurricane katrina as a counterargument, she was asked why jay-z never did an album like nas’ untitled (nigger album). she responded by saying nas largely didn’t write the material as if that somehow discredits the fact that nas has used his platform to discuss socially responsible issues.
it then created a firestorm and deflected attention away from jay-z’s shortcomings. even if nas used ghostwriters (which all parties deny), he has demonstrated at least a modicum of social responsibility in his lyrical content (“i can” being a shining example) while jay-z has paled in comparison. instead of acknowledging that, dream went for the jugular by bringing up an irrelevant and unsubstantiated claim. then, when the reaction was unfavorable, like someone who throws a stone and hides their hand, she pretended to be shocked and appalled by it.
http://www.clutchmagonline.com/2012/08/dream-hampton-fwmj-nas-and-nas-stans-a-powder-keg/screen-shot-2012-08-15-at-4-02-00-pm/
Woman if ALL parties involved are denying your acusations I mean wtf ? Truth or not what they are really saying is stfu and mind your damn business.
I was done at all parties denying the accusation. The people you are talking about are saying one thing, and you who don't have chit to do with shit is saying otherwise blank stare. Damn if they say it's not true TO YOUR FACE wtf son ???????
@Robert the Magnificent tru, but too bad im not black..you tried..YOU FAILED!
@Robert the Magnificent tru, but too bad im not black..you tried..YOU FAILED!
@ 4:53 PM
Exactly. Your name says it all.
She's a trip. I hope that Carter loyalty (and money) works out for her in the long run.
@ 1:32 A.M. - I love you for telling the plain ole truth..
I don't doubt she's lying, however, it was the way she came at him that was surprising. You going hard trying to defend Jay by going at a dude that Jay respects tremendously. Her response seemed malicious.
I don't think she was malicious, I think she got reckless tweeting and being the one who knows what so-and-so's doing and what so-and-so's thinking. I now this one and I was the one who introduced that one and all that. She broke the trust that exists in the industry regarding ghostwriting and is too full of herself to admit it.
As my grandmother would say, she talks too much.
she's a classic narcissist which is why she can't stay of twitter.
@4:53
My point exactly!!! And YES your name did say it all:)
She clearly thinks that she is smarter & prettier than she is in reality...
It's time to wake up Dream.....
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