politics

North London rapper & producer Sway made an appearance on BBC One’s ‘This Week’ yesterday (October 18th) for an interesting discussion of how social media can be utilised for politics and public relations. In a discussion with former politicians Michael Portillo and Alistair Campbell, Sway had some enlightening points on the benefits of tweeting and [...]

When the president is being asked questions about Nicki Minaj, you know the world has its priorities wrong. [...]

Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk joins fellow musicians Franz Ferdinand, Kate Nash, Sting and Madonna in calling for the release of Russian female punk band Pussy Riot from jail. [...]

Jay-Z sits down with CNN to discuss his views on why it’s important to support the legal right to same-sex marriage in America, also discussing the’test’ of today’s economic climate – and the negative attitudes many seem to have towards the wealthy entrepreneurs and businessmen who manage to thrive or succeed in them – watch [...]

Voters in North Carolina on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved an amendment to the state’s constitution defining marriage as strictly a union between a man and a woman, effectively eliminating the possibility that same-sex unions will ever be allowed in the state. [...]

It’s no secret that Barack Obama is a Jay-Z superfan, but it seems like the President of the United States also likes rap music that’s a little more streetwise. While giving a speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday night, Obama jokingly name-dropped Young Jeezy when discussing his second term plans. [...]

A candidate in the 2012 French presidential race has raised a few eyebrows with his latest campaign video. In the video, meant to appeal to the nation’s young Black and Arab population, Socialist party candidate and race frontrunner François Hollande treks through some impoverished Parisian suburbs surrounded by Blacks and Arabs — all with Jay-Z [...]

Lib Dem London mayoral candidate Brian Paddick has announced that Lib Dem councillor in the London Borough of Lewisham Duwayne Brooks will be appointed deputy mayor of London if Paddick wins the race. [...]

On March 8, US president Barack Obama signed his name to H.R. 347, The Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011 — commonly referred to as the “Trespass Bill” or the “Anti-Occupy Bill” — which criminalizes protests under certain circumstances. Many are calling the bill an attack on Americans’ First Amendment right to [...]

Some time prior to his gig at London’s Jazz Cafe last night, Aloe Blacc recently stopped for a chat with Code Emphasis to talk music, poverty, politics and his interest in teaching, before giving a live performance of ‘Politician’ from his latest album Good Things – out now via Stones Throw Records. “I think it’s [...]