RIP Hip-Hop 1978-2009

It is the end of a rather short lived era; after a mere 31 year existence as a music genre, Hip Hop has died.

In a strange set of circumstances involving Hip Hop artist Kanye West, country music artist Taylor Swift, and President of the United States Barack Obama, it is unclear who is to blame for the untimely death of the Hip Hop music genre.

As the young country music sensation Taylor Swift humbly collected her MTV Video award for Best Female Video last week, a reckless Kanye West stormed the stage, ripping the microphone out of the confused Swift's hand along the way, and with his cutting words effectively sliced Hip Hop's wrists in front of a concert hall of onlookers.

Much like The Fonz jumping the shark as the TV series 'Happy Days' painfully dwindled to an end, is the desperate act of an artist looking for attention too much for Hip Hop fans to take? Or did Country kill the Hip Hop star? There is much to speculate about this odd event. Was it a botched murder attempt on the life of Country Music? After all, what right does Country Music have to be at the MTV Video awards anyway? Or was it a Hip Hop suicide attempt in front of thousands of onlookers? Some believe that Beyonce isn't as innocent as she lets on and was actually the brains behind the operation. Possibly West was a casualty of war, a used pawn in an unseen battle between competing female artists. We may never know the reason behind his actions, but as West left the stage after his rampage, Hip Hop was left a mangled mess, a mere fragment of it's former self; beaten, bloodied, and shamed in front of the entire world.

Enter the President of the United States, Barack Obama. As the leader of a free nation, it is in the President's best interest to remain impartial to the entertainment industry, never taking sides in the ongoing genre wars. Obama is a different kind of president though, firmly putting his foot down and letting the nation know where he stands. "That was totally inappropriate", remarked Obama as he casually rested his hand on Hip Hop's life support after the incident. "He's a jackass", were the last words Hip Hop heard as the President pulled the plug on the genre forever.

So long Hip Hop; to those who were paying attention to your short life, you'll be missed. For the rest of us, this incident will surely be used as a stepping stone for Country Music's rise to the top. Domination of all musical genres by Country Music is on the horizon. Look out Show Tunes, you're next!


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Videos of this event are being removed from YouTube right left and centre. 'copyright laws' pfft. Those that remain typically have the embedding function disabled. Here is a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z8gCZ7zpsQ