Comments on: TMZ: R.I.P. Pimp C http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/blackplasticbag/2007/12/04/tmz-rip-pimp-c/ Washington City Paper's Music Blog. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:13:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Joe Warminsky http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/blackplasticbag/2007/12/04/tmz-rip-pimp-c/#comment-1854 Joe Warminsky Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:17:19 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/blackplasticbag/?p=422#comment-1854 I think the problem was the already existing hyphen in "hip-hop," combined with the headline writer's inflexible sense of what modifiers were necessary in the headline. Or maybe "Southern hip-hop artist" was too short to fit the print-headline box. "Southern rapper" certainly was. In any case, yeah, it's lame. I think the problem was the already existing hyphen in “hip-hop,” combined with the headline writer’s inflexible sense of what modifiers were necessary in the headline.

Or maybe “Southern hip-hop artist” was too short to fit the print-headline box. “Southern rapper” certainly was.

In any case, yeah, it’s lame.

]]> By: Brent Burton http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/blackplasticbag/2007/12/04/tmz-rip-pimp-c/#comment-1849 Brent Burton Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:58:15 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/blackplasticbag/?p=422#comment-1849 The NYT headline calls him a "Hip-Hop Rapper." Are there any other kinds of rappers? http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/arts/music/05pimpc.html?ref=arts&pagewanted=print The NYT headline calls him a “Hip-Hop Rapper.” Are there any other kinds of rappers?

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/arts/music/05pimpc.html?ref=arts&pagewanted=print

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