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Controversial Watts Battle Rapper Daylyt Slays His Opponents

Battling another MC is a daunting enough proposition, but Watts MC Daylyt has done it while (at various times) wearing a ski-mask, stripping naked or dressed as Batman. Through it all, he's become one of the most successful and in-demand battlers working today. We spoke with him about his relations ... More >>

Kennedy, the MTV VJ Everyone Loved to Hate, Has a New, Salacious Memoir

You know you're a polarizing figure when Courtney Love takes a liking to you. For anyone who regularly watched MTV from 1992 to 1997 during the height of grunge and gangster rap there was no presence on the network more memorable (or more irritating) than the single-named Kennedy, she of the nerdy ... More >>

Best of Coachella: Weekend One

Karen O's Outfit Karen O's wardrobe on Friday night was bad ass. The Yeah Yeah Yeah's front woman appeared on the main stage in a technicolor cape draped over a suit that looked like it was made of mercury. The vibrant collage was topped with a headpiece that Liberace might have worn had he ever bee ... More >>

My 5-Year-Olds Face Off With iPhone's Siri

At the end of November, Trinidad James, a 25-year-old Trinidadian rapper living in New York, released a video for "All Gold Everything," the unsuspectingly gargantuan single found on his otherwise mostly middling mixtape, Don't Be S.A.F.E. The video was PERFECT, and flung James, then of a tepid amou ... More >>

Roc Marciano, In the Sunshine

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] The most cold-blooded and grimy New York rapper of the last decade lives by the Beverly Center. It's worlds removed from the drug-infested projects of hi ... More >>

Jimmy Buss Says "Screw You" to Phil Jackson -- and "Screw You" to Lakers Nation

It was the biggest "Screw You" in hoops history. Phil Jackson is not coaching the Lakers today because Jimmy Buss and Jackson do not like each other and never have. It's that simple and that complex.

6 Movies to See This Week, Including Wet Hot American Summer in a Cemetery

Our weekly list of special movie events to check out in L.A.: Thursday, Aug. 16 6. Last January at Sundance, a movie starring Frank Langella (who played Richard Nixon in Frost/Nixon and, more importantly, the scheming owner of the Knicks in Eddie) as a man who becomes friends with a robot made qui ... More >>

Spike Lee on Shooting in His Favorite Borough for Red Hook Summer

Lee talks making the very indie Red Hook Summer

Amar'e Stoudemire's Food-Heavy Facebook Feed

Most Angelenos may not root for New York Knicks star Amar'e Stoudemire, but they may at least appreciate what he eats. The dapper, self-proclaimed "Hebrew" with a tough and much-travelled backstory, Stoudemire has taken to posting pictures of his personal chef-prepared breakfasts and pre-game noshe ... More >>

Ben & Jerry's "Taste the Lin-Sanity" Flavor: Stereotypes à la Mode

Boston Ben & Jerry's Twitter pageBen & Jerry's first batch of its limited edition "Taste the Lin-Sanity" flavor​When Ben & Jerry's decided to pay pint-sized tribute to New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin and his spectacular rise in the NBA, they had a few options. Draw inspiration from the ... More >>

Cholafied: What If Your Favorite Celebrities Wore Chola Makeup?

You say you're sick of the what I really do for a living memes. And shit people say is so 2011. Well, we've got the next viral time-suck for you. Up pops the SoCal-based Cholafied website, a genius rendering of celebs in chola-style makeup: Surprisingly high eyebrows and dark, clown-like lip-liner ... More >>

Sarah's War, Other New Reviews, and L.A. Weekly Theater Awards Info

Jordan Elgalby"Sarah"s War is this week's Pick. Go to the jump for all other new stage reviews.​The nominees for the 33rd annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards will be posted Wednesday evening here. ​ Lauren Ludwig directs Lost Moon Radio, host of the bash, with an ancient Greek theme. (Wear your to ... More >>

Rick Ross and Busta Rhymes - Nokia Theatre - 1/13/12

Rick Ross feat. Busta Rhymes 1-13-12 Nokia Theatre See also: Fictional Cutting-Room Floor Outtakes From Rick Ross' Amazing GQ Profile Better than: Actually being Big Meech. Or Larry Hoover. At least in 2012. "Schindler and I are like peas in a pod! We're both factory owners, we both made shells f ... More >>

Blue Note Records' Troubling New Direction

Few genres are as protective of their past as jazz. Some might say it's all they've got. The discipline is largely defined by the classic record labels that brought the sounds to the masses. Jazz nerds will argue the superiority of one golden recording era versus another just as stubbornly as baske ... More >>

Top Five Rapping Basketball Players Phil Jackson Might Actually Like

​Phil Jackson, of all people, recently had some harsh words for "Fix The Knicks," the odd, showtuney-tune penned by New York Knicks owner James Dolan. (You can hear it here.) Dolan needs either "a better lyricist or a better musician," Jackson said. Ouch! Of course, it's hard to disagree with ... More >>

Sports Bar Report: Where Do Laker-Haters Drown Their Sorrows?

schudog3/flickrSonny McLean's​ Not every adopted Angeleno hops on the Laker bandwagon. Many of the guys with whom we play pick-up. The gruff, white-bearded bartender at the local pub. "I'm from Jersey, see," the bartender said on a Sunday afternoon, doling out free samples of a new Irish w ... More >>

Troy Jackson, a.k.a. Streetball Player 'Escalade,' Dies in L.A. During NBA All-Star Weekend

YouTubeTroy 'Escalade' Jackson.​Troy "Escalade" Jackson, a prominent figure on the "streetball" circuit and brother of former Knicks player Mark Jackson, died in his sleep, reportedly at an L.A. hotel room during NBA All-Star Weekend. The cause of death was still under investigation. NBA lum ... More >>

Paula Wolfert and The Watched Pot Her New Book

A. ScattergoodPaula Wolfert considers a pot of couscous​ As you may know, if you got your fix of Merguez sausage, roasted lamb and Tuareg weaponry this past weekend in Pasadena, Paula Wolfert was in town for the Couscous Festival. The celebrated cookbook author, couscous expert and friend of ... More >>

Camp Freddy's Billy Morrison and Donovan Leitch List Ten Important Cultural Moments of the 1990s

Editor's note: In honor of the final week of Camp Freddy's December residency, which happens tonight at the Roxy, West Coast Sound asked members of the band to chime in on their favorite music of the decades. Two weeks ago Billy Morrison highlighted his favorite things about the 1970s. Last week Don ... More >>

If the Lakers Were Rappers: A Study in Similitude

Prediction: If Kobe doesn't grow a mullet, the Lakers will take it in June. Kobe Bryant = Kanye West Raised in more affluent circumstances than their peers, Kobe and Kanye are not only among the best in their respective fields, they share a severe lack of humility and empathy. Mutually ol ... More >>

Fanning the Fuego at Dodger Stadium

And special guest Benjamin Franklin on immigration

Hillary's Fight for Survival

Game Six: It Ain't Pretty

Death Race 2000

Horror filmmaker Eric Red crashed his Jeep, killing two. Then he slit his own throat. That was only the beginning

Still a Working Stiff

Never mind the buzz: To Woody Allen, Match Point is just a job well done

Really Big Packages

Forget what EW says, it’s the moguls’ perks that are out of control, not the stars’

Illini in the Air

Medium Cool

James Wolcott on lowbrow vs. highbrow, common sense and his first novel, The Catsitters

Letters

'The Government Has To Stand Up'

Bill Bradley on health care, labor, free trade and Russia

Campaign2000.com

What the administration's antitrust crusade against Microsoft means for Al Gore on the stump

Where's the Left?

American liberalism at century's end