Q-Tip Launches Twitter Attack On New York Mayor, Michael Bloomberg

via ballerstatus:
If you follow rapper Q-Tip on Twitter (@QtipTheAbstract), you may have noticed that over the past few days, he's had some not-so-nice things to say about New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
In a series of tweets he dubbed the "Anti-Bloomberg Operation", the former A Tribe Called Quest frontman called out Bloomberg for his "manipulation of the law", and his lack of support for the poor and middle class.
"NYC Don't let BLoomberg turn the city into the office for rich folk and kick out the middle class/poor folks," Tip said in one update.
"Bloombergs manipulation of the law to enable him to run for a 3rd term is an act of Tyranny," he wrote in another.
Q-Tip explained his attacks on the mayor to NewsDay, saying he is "way out of touch" with the average New Yorker.
"His viewpoint of New York City is from his East Side town house ... his occasional jaunt to a neighborhood is when he has to go for political substance or [to] quell anger in a neighborhood," Q-tip said.
Although Q-Tip is not a registered voter in New York, he explained that his Twitter bashing began after he began noticing Bloomberg's poor handling of the city's homeless and his decision to change the term-limits law to seek a third term.
According to NewsDay.com, Bloomberg signed a bill in November 2008 changing term limits, citing his fiscal experience was needed to guide the city through troubling economic times.
"That's pretty egotistic in a way," said Q-tip of the move.
Despite the Bloomberg bashing, Tip said he doesn't dislike the mayor. In fact, he's happy with the way he's cleaned up the city's parks and subways.
"It's not like I hate him," he said. "I disagree with the way he is dealing with the city that I love, that millions of people love."

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Normally, Drake makes headlines with his music, which has led him to become one of the most buzzed-about MCs in recent years.

But this week the Toronto rapper's unexpectedly candid comments about Universal Motown head Sylvia Rhone have further stirred blog fodder that began with his dismissive line about the executive on a track titled "Say What's Real," from his breakthrough mixtape So Far Gone.


In an interview with MTV News this week, Drake apologized to Rhone, saying his comments — both in the song and in a recent interview — were "emotionally charged" and "very brazen."

"I can definitely say for me, for furthering the negativity, I can definitely say I apologize," Drake told MTV News. "I don't know her personally to discredit her character. It's not the right thing to do."

The tension seemed to reach a high point between the parties this past week.

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The university just signed a ten-year licensing deal with Wearwolf Group, a major clothing manufacturer.

The clothes won't say "Harvard University" on them or don the schools colors except in the fine details (think crimson buttonholes) as they aren't geared toward their own students, but a larger contemporary male demographic.

The line, which will range in price from $165 for pants to $495 for sport coats, was inspired by photos of students lounging in Harvard Yard in the '60s.

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