HHC’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson

The Fat Boys are back! Just in time to capitalise on hip-hop’s vogue for, er, skinny jeans and extra-smedium tees, rap’s most rotund crew announced their arrival in the clothing game. HHC Digital was lucky enough to get a peak at the boys’ debut collection and their mustard-stained gusset jeans are going to change the garment game.

Meanwhile, having long since conquered clothing, 50 Cent hawked Power, his new lemon-scented multi-surface cleaning fluid, sorry, masculine fragrance. Multi-tasking Curtis also found time to eat crackers in his new video and be all non-committal about signing Beanie Siegel.

Beanie’s current foe Jay-Z took joined the Yankees World Series parade for an encore rendition of ‘Empire State of Mind’, although it’s not clear whether Jigga’s status as a one-man Skinner, Baddiel and The Lightning Seeds influenced Rakim to acknowledge him as a GOAT contender.

Contending for Rookie of the Year honours, Fashawn promoted his ‘Boy Meets World’ debut set by answering questions about the identically titled Ben Savage sitcom −and yes, ladies, he’s still “looking for a special Topanga”.

While DMX ducked out of his scheduled MMA scrap following the promoters’ stubborn refusal to fix the result, Earl’s one-time boss Russell Simmons went in on fellow sweater-sporting entertainment giant Bill Cosby over the funnyman’s recent rap project. Striking an altogether more unified front were Mos Def, Jay Electronica and Curren$y, the component members of hip-hop ‘supergroup’ Center Edge Territory. “Mos came up with that,” said Curren$y of the group’s handle. “I can’t take credit for that.” Good to see some rappers still have a sense of tact.

Finally, Rhymefest recalled the time Q-Tip nearly relieved him of his spot supporting A Tribe Called Quest after he outshone them on tour. Come on, ’Fest – you think Jarobi’s stayed in their good books for all these years by trying to grab the limelight?

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