Don't cross her. She has a Twitter account.

I am almost loathe to write about this, because the feedback could be brutal. But I must.

Apparently, some Dutch fashion magazine called Jackie thought it would be nifty and funny to do a fashion spread about how to dress just like Rihanna. I know lots of people who would love to dress like Rihanna. But they might not want to if they knew that dressing that way makes them look like a – and I was not aware that this was a thing- a “n—ab—h”. Yes. That happened. And Rihanna is apparently “the ultimate n—ab—-h”.

The red-headed wonder was shockingly not thrilled about this achievement, and rather than asking that this be placed on a plaque, sent a profane Tweet to the editors of Jackie. While I might not have sent a profane Tweet while trying to prove that I was not low-class or profane or whatever that horrible word is supposed to be, I can’t blame the girl for being mad. Because they called her a … y’all, I’m not even gonna type that anymore, because it’s hard to type and because it’s stupid. How do you not know that’s offensive? Ack!

The best part of this is the response of the magazine. The editor responsible for the story quit, saying that she was sorry that she hadn’t realized that it was OK to call somebody that, and that it was a joke. Ha Ha. And then the publishers wrote a statement saying that, essentially, they were sorry that their now former editor had apologized, because they aren’t racist, and they didn’t do anything wrong and “they will not be silenced.”

Oh, lighten up, Jackie. No one’s burning down your office or stealing your printing press. They just said that they reserved their right to be offended by something offensive you said. Funny how that happens. And your editor quit because she made a joke whose blowback she couldn’t handle. You have every right to say offensive things. And we have every right not to like it. Funny how that works.

And as for the blog commentors who have said “Well, rappers say that all that time”:

- That doesn’t mean you have to.

- It’s ignorant no matter who says it, no matter what race they are. Or what gender. I have never even heard that phrase written that way, although those two unfortunate words are found all through hip-hop. And they’re ugly. No matter who says them. So stop. I don’t care if you’re a rapper, a rocker, a blogger or just someone who likes pushing people’s buttons. You say that, someone is likely to fight back. This is how it works.

- Stop hiding behind other people’s ignorance. I am not thin-skinned for being offended by something that anyone with sense might know was offensive.

So one more time. That’s a bad word. If you didn’t know that , it is. Don’t call anybody that, OK? You don’t have to ask anyone else. I don’t speak for black people, or women, or black women, or the easily offended, very often. But on this I feel confident about saying definitively. DON’T EVER SAY THAT TO ANYONE.

You’re welcome!

A 14-year-old Palm Bay teen accused of attacking someone for listening to rap music could be charged with a hate-crime.

Police took the teen into custody late Monday and charged him with battery. He is not being identified because of his age.

Police spokeswoman Yvonne Martinez says the teen faces a hate-crime enhancement charge because he shows “extreme prejudice against the victim because of his race.”

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Alicia Keys, Jay-Z and Sade Adu will join musical forces later this year for charity.

Keys has recruited Jay-Z and Sade to perform at her charity’s annual Black Ball on Sept. 30 at New York’s Hammerstein Ball. Keys will also hit the stage.

The foundation, Keep a Child Alive, is celebrating its seventh year. The organization assists children and families affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India.

The 29-year-old Keys is expecting her first child with producer-rapper Swizz Beatz. She and Jay-Z teamed up last year for a hit song about New York called “Empire State of Mind.”

Sade will appear without her band of the same name. The 51-year-old singer and her group won a Grammy for their song, “Lovers Rock,” which was released in 2000.

Update: Corrected to show none of the men have been cut from the cast.

It could’ve been potentially disastrous.

On So You Think You Can Dance, the final group started with six men and five women. After a few weeks of cutdowns, more women saw the door than men, leaving six men and three girls. Now, while it was still possible for each guy to pair off with a female counterpart, the powers that be decided the time had come for two guys to be paired up.

And so classically trained ballet dancer Alex Wong — of the Miami City Ballet — was paired with hip-hop master Stephen “Twitch” Boss.

But what could’ve been an out-and-out train wreck turned into one of the show’s top routines of this season and possibly any other.

Take a look at Alex — who also talks glowingly of his boss, Edward Villella — showing that because he’s pretty much up for any style, he has to be considered the clear favorite to take this season’s crown:

Eric Hilton and Rob Garza have performed as Thievery Corporation since 1997.

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Since getting together in 1995, Washington, D.C.-based duo Rob Garza and Eric Hilton, better known as Thievery Corporation, have found success with original music and resolute career independence.

Their blend of electronica, dub, jazz, bossa nova and a host of other styles — from cheesy film scores to Afrobeat — has found a wide audience without mainstream radio airplay or major label promotion.

The duo is a draw at major music festivals like Coachella, while its five albums since 1997, all on Thievery Corp.’s Eighteenth Street Lounge label, have sold close to 1.5 million copies.
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Web Three and its cast for its “No One Knows” video at the house in Tamarac. (Ari Justin Rothenberg / anti-fascion.com) | More photos | Watch the video (Note: Contains vulgar language and sexual themes)

Pulling up to the house in Tamarac, every square foot of the lawn had been utilized for parking. The location for the Web Three video shoot was the definition of a suburban nightmare. Past the walkway with a ripped screen in its exterior window, the front door of decaying wood in need of a fresh coat of paint concealed the chaotic hustle that was playing out on the other side. Whatever the neighbors might have imagined was going on most likely didn’t even come close.

The living room straight ahead was littered with balloons, horror movie posters, and a children’s rocking horse. In a room beyond that a white casket standing upright demanded attention. In the kitchen to the right, a group of people were set up at a table with four laptop computers leaching off a nearby unsecured wireless network. The generally low chatter of female conversation was unassuming for the most part as people stirred about. Working at his computer where he was designing a South Park character from an online design generator Web site, Web Three guitarist Kris Gravez looked up to facetiously interject “Do you like fish sticks?”

In a back bedroom that had one wall completely tagged with graffiti and another painted pink with song lyrics scrawled in black, a five-man crew was hard at work setting up a shot. While a camera man on the ground was hand holding a Panasonic DV Cam, a grip adjusted an umbrella light while he was being directed by Andrew Colton, who was functioning as the video producer. From a small contiguous closet with clothing on hangers draped above her the video director, Cassandra Baihan, analyzed the lighting through a small monitor and gave feedback.

The video being shot for the song “No One Knows”, from the Web Three album Paindemonium, takes aim at the fabricated lifestyles that most hip-hop artists portray.

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