Ultimate 'Swagg': Hip-Hop's Royal Couple, Jay-Z and Beyonce celebrate new family addition!

Years ago, when word first hit the streets that Jay-Z and Beyonce were hookin'-up, they were obviously rounding second base by the time word was bond about their romance. The next thing we [all] knew they were writing, recording and performing hits together...and then - married! They were Mr. & Mrs. Carter and hip-hop's most famous couple. At first, the reaction was lukewarm and a bit surprising; some ignorantly judged their relationship based on who looked better, or who was worth more, financially. But through it all, and as crazy as it seemed at times, popular culture and fans the world over have continued to support and express big love for hip-hop's flavor of Bonnie and Clyde. Now that there's a new life to care for and a new mouth to feed, quite naturally, they'll be some changes to how Jay and B approach the game of parenting, while balancing life as a couple and as individual performers. 

 

No doubt we've all heard the good news about Hov and wife, Beyonce's new addition to the (hip-hop) royal family - congrats, Carter family! Already, their little star - Blue Ivy is shining brighter than mom and dad did when they were her age. The newborn star "enters R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at No. 74 with a song called "Glory", where her rapper daddy proudly professes his love to her while she's cooing and crying. The song has got 1.7 million audience impressions on 54 radio stations, according to Nielsen BDS." 

To date, baby Blue Ivy is the youngest person in history to ever appear on a Billboard chart. Like any proud father, Jigga is just as passionate and committed to giving his daughter and family the best, including strength to ignore all the hateful comments about the name, Blue Ivy, and how she looks, for instance. After visiting a host of sites to view comments about Jay and B's new family addition, most of them were positive - as they should be. But as always, haters were represented among web-heads. Not surprisingly, these are probably the same haters who diss everything about Beyonce and young Hov. 

Before you even think of asking: Swagg won't bother to quote any of those insulting disses, by the way; "we don't get-down like that". Though we live in a superficial, materialistic, fake society - we do not have to eat of its ills. Hip-hop is, and should be, about unity, expression, cooperation, beautiful struggles, truth, integrity, and most importantly...love. For the Carter's, their extended family, friends, and loyal fans - Blue Ivy is the rebirth and extension of hip-hop's love, for which there is no sustainable power of disapproval. 

West Coast Rap Artist - WC Gets and Gives 'StreetSwagg' Love

Of all the negative connotations associated with 'gangsta' rap, very few artists in the game get the recognition they truly deserve, beyond the 'hood', like one of the West Coast's tightest MC's - WC (or Dubb-C). 

Not only can Dubb spit game metaphorically with real rawness in explicit fashion, he paints visuals through verse and rhyme that depict and reflect reality for many living in the ghetto and among the streets of not only South Central Los Angeles, but even far beyond U.S. borders. 

Among the many songs the "King of the Streets" has and continues to lay down for fans the world over, this particular video, in our opinion, represents Dubb's true-to-heart conviction, not only as an artist in the rap game, but as a man still givin'-it-up and showin' 'maad' love to those, particularly young black males, still struggling in search of better days.

In this video, Dubb and Jon B show love and respect to those who are often maligned, exploited, character assassinated, misguided, poorly educated, misunderstood, and wrongly and unjustly stereo-typed.

While the game tends to produce a host of rappers who thankfully get exposed as "studio" gangsters - 'The Shadiest One', who reigns from Imperial and Western Avenue in South

Central, definitely ain't one! And as far as we know, no one has dared to test Dubb's "realness"...for good reason, no doubt.  
Released in 1998 for Island Def Jam Music Group, 'Better Days' featuring recording artist,  Jon-B, Dubb expresses his message of hope and dedication to uplifting and inspiring the lil' homies. Regardless of how long this 'smooov' cut has been on the market, it's a street classic that no-doubt stands the test of time. He reminds those who are blessed with fortune and fame to never forget from whence and where they came, and those left behind. 

Don't let the movies and constant barrage of negative press fool you about the "reality" of living in the 'hood'. For some, the situation is as dire as often depicted. But for most, life in the so-called ghetto, or South Central to be specific, is one of much more peace and good times, than daily dramatic episodes - 'real-talk'. 

For his commitment to his art and community, WC gets our double-'s' [SS] StreetSwagg big shout-out! Good look for keepin' it "real", "raw" and to-the-point, Dubb!