A Lot Of White Guys With Guns!

The National Rifle Association held its event in Houston, Texas.

The White guy with a firearm. It's the part of the conservative credo to have a bigger gun! I mean how many of these people have this obsession with firearms?

A whole lot of penis swinging around there. All gushy eyed over that half term moron and the cabal of conservative agitators.

The NRA elects its newest nut to the tree. The guy is a former lawyer named Jim Porter.

With headliners like Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Governor Rick Perry (R-Texas), Chalk E. Becker, The Guy Who Helped Obama Win, Palin Da Ass, and other agitators there, the NRA convention came off more so as the only place where a White man can feel like he's a leader in a diversified nation.

Jim Porter, the newest president of the National Rifle Association.

Can't be so subtle when I say this: But do you actually think the NRA events are catered to anyone of color?

Republicans and their conservative allies have done victory laps over the defeat of a reasonable background check. The NRA have put so much time in trying to scare up fundraising.

Jim Porter declares President Barack Obama, a "phony politician." Porter, who until this week was first vice president at the NRA and chairman of the group’s Legal Affairs Committee, will officially take over for David Keene at the group’s annual convention this weekend in Houston. The NRA’s executive vice president and CEO, Wayne LaPierre, has headed the organization since 1991, and has become a somewhat controversial but public face of the organization in recent months.

It’s no surprise that Porter, whose father was an NRA president in the late 1950s, is well-versed in NRA doctrine, namely protecting 2nd Amendment rights at all costs.

And anyone expecting the NRA to soften on assault weapons would be, well, deeply disappointed.
Indeed, Porter, 64, has put it in crystal-clear terms: He believes the NRA was founded to teach civilians how to use military-style weapons in the Civil War era.

“That was the very reason they started the national rifle association, was to teach and train the civilian in the use of the standard military firearm,” Porter said at the New York Rifle & Pistol Association’s Annual Meeting in 2012. “And I am one who still feels very strongly that that is our greatest charges that we could have today is to train the civilian in the use of the standard military firearm, so when they have to fight for their country, they’re ready to do it.

“Also when they’re ready to fight tyranny, they’re ready to do it. Also when they’re ready to fight tyranny, they have the wherewithal and the weapons to do it,” Porter added.

The video of the meeting was first unearthed by the Education Fund to Stop Gun Violence.

Speaking of a fight, Porter also noted that the Civil War is commonly mislabeled in the North.

“Y’all might call it the Civil War, but we call it ‘the war of northern aggression’ down South,” Porter said.

In that same speech, Porter also made it clear that there’s no love lost between the NRA and President Obama, whom he called a “fake president.”

“His entire administration is anti-gun, anti-freedom anti-second amendment,” Porter said.

And that was before Obama backed a new background checks bill and pushed for an assault weapons ban in Congress.

Here's some lowlights from the show

Mountain Dew Drops Lil' Wayne And Tyler The Creator!

One thing they never lost was the skateboard they're riding on.  Lil' Wayne and Tyler The Creator were let go of their Mountain Dew endorsements. They've managed to stir the junk food media with their antics.

To all reading: Understand that rape is rape! There's nothing funny or creative about it! 

And by the way, if you don't snitch: You get sentenced! Help solve a crime, don't be a part of it!

Who would of thought a heavily sugared soft drink would draw such controversy?

I understand that these agitators in the entertainment industry are entitled to their opinions. They're creative artists. The most popular are subjected to the most criticism.

If you're on the top, you're expected to lead the way! Shame that everything you're saying is looked under the microscope.

Not saying that most rappers are role models, but I don't see any of them going into a public school telling a class that it's cool to be an entertainer or media mogul!

Tyler the Creator of the rap group Odd Future and Lil' Wayne are now facing a public backlash over their endorsement of Mountain Dew. Under pressure PepsiCo dropped the rappers. MTV reports that Tyler the Creator and Lil' Wayne are pretty much upset over the whole ordeal.

Lil' Wayne appears on Cash Money Records. He is affiliated with Young Money Entertainment.
Tyler The Creator appears on Odd Future Records.
Future appears on A1/Freebandz/Epic Records
Rocko appears on A1/E-1 Entertainment
Rick Ross appears on Def Jam. He is affiliated with Maybach Music Group and Slip-N-Slide Records.

First, there's a video circulating over the internet that the junk food media considered "racist".

The ad features a White woman, a handful of Black guys and a goat.

The ad was a battered woman who is being interviewed by a detective in a fingering room. The woman who was clearly injured had to single out a handful of suspects. There were Black suspects and a goat. The woman fingered the goat and the detective was drinking a Mountain Dew.

Well according to the junk food media the ad was horrible and was deemed offensive.

'There's no type of hate being portrayed in that work of art at all,' Tyler says of his banned Mountain Dew ad.

Tyler singled out Black activist Dr. Boyce Watkins for the ad drop.

[You know this older Black] dude, Dr. Boyce Watkins, I guess he found it racist because I was portraying stereotypes, which is ridiculous because, one, all of those dudes [in the line-up] are my friends."

Tyler explained that there were absolutely no intended racial undertones in the ad, which was simply supposed to tell the story of a crazed goat who went as far as assaulting a woman on his quest to secure more Mountain Dew. "It's just a goat. I just think a goat is funny. It's no deeper meaning," he explained. "I wasn't thinking, 'Oh, let's use all black [people]' or whatever. I wanted to use my friends. You know why? 'Cause I don't like using other actors. You can look at every one of my videos, and my friends are always in it. Saying that I'm racist — every video I got, Lucas is in it! He's a little scrawny white kid. So what is this dude talking about?"

Dr. Watkins had a slight change of heart, reaching out to Tyler on Twitter on May 2, writing, "Studied your music, I have an altered perspective. Still could do without the ad, but I think you were well-intended. #respect." Tyler obviously interpreted this as "I take back what I said."

"You're so quick to judge something that you don't know the context, you're so quick to call me a racist and other stuff, but he didn't know where I was coming from. But then he looked at what I have actually done, and now he wants to take his statement back," Tyler said in reaction. "'My daughters listen to you.' OK, that's confusing, because if I'm such a racist, and such a bad person, and feeding negativity to the youth, why are your daughters listening to me? That shows you're a bad parent and a hypocrite if your daughters are listening to me and I'm such a bad person."

"I was watching a 20-minute interview that Dr. Boyce Watkins had about me, and he said that I was feeding into my demographic of black pain," he added. "Dude, to keep it honest, a lot of black teenagers don't even listen to my music, and then he says I'm portraying that it's OK to be a thug. Are you serious? All my music is about being awkward and not fitting in!"

Despite his annoyance, he did try to understand where Watkins was coming from when he reacted. "Then again, I look at it from his perspective. He's an older black man. It's a generation gap. He's older than me. So the things that he had to experience with racism and stereotypes and being a black man in this country, is different from mine."

Who said Tyler isn't diplomatic? With all that said though, Watkins is still happy that the ad was removed. "I think that people believe that I regret telling Mountain Dew to take down the ad, I do not," he tweeted.

Mountain Dew is one of PepsiCo's most popular products.

The family of Mammy Till, the mother of slain teenager Emmet Till managed to get Mountain Dew to drop Lil' Wayne. Earlier this year, Rick Ross got his endorsement deal from Reebok dropped after he made a reference to "date rape" on Rocko's U.O.E.N.O. single.

On Friday, PepsiCo said in a statement that Wayne's "offensive reference to a revered civil rights icon does not reflect the values of our brand." It declined to provide any further comment.

A publicist for Lil' Wayne, Sarah Cunningham, said that the split was due to "creative differences" and that it was an amicable parting.

"That's about all I can tell you at this time," she said.

Wayne had sent the Till family a letter offering empathy and saying that he would not reference Till or the family in his music, particularly in an inappropriate manner.

But the Till family said the letter fell short of an apology.

"It's mindboggling to me that they partnered with him in the first place," said the Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., a Till cousin and witness to his abduction. "Major corporations should scrutinize who they endorse, don't let greed or money determine who you sponsor."

Parker's written statement said Wayne's lyrics not only insulted Till's memory but degraded women as well.

Rev. Al Sharpton, who had been working with the Till family to arrange a meeting with Lil' Wayne and PepsiCo officials, said in a telephone interview that he hopes the decision ultimately is less about punishing individual rappers and more a cultural "teaching moment."

"Otherwise we're just waiting on the next train crash instead of trying to really resolve our problem and learn from these experiences and set a tone in the country that's healthy for everybody," he said.

Sharpton said that he and the Till family still plan to meet with PepsiCo officials next week.

The controversy erupted after Wayne made the reference to Till on Future's song "Karate Chop" earlier this year. He refers to a violent sexual act on a woman and says he wants to do as much damage as was done to Till.

The black teen from Chicago was in Mississippi visiting family in 1955 when he was killed, allegedly for whistling at a white woman. He was beaten, had his eyes gouged out and was shot in the head before his assailants tied a cotton gin fan to his body with barbed wire and tossed it into a river.

Two white men, including the woman's husband, were acquitted by an all-white jury.

Till's body was recovered and returned to Chicago where his mother, Mamie Till, insisted on having an open casket at his funeral. The pictures of his battered body helped push civil rights into the cultural conversation.

Music and media industry executive Paul Porter, who comments on music issues on his website RapRehab.com, said he thought PepsiCo's decision was an effort by the company "to do the right thing now."

Their fingerprints are all over this one!

Porter, who had complained publicly and to PepsiCo about Lil Wayne and the Mountain Dew video by Tyler, the Creator, said the company is "doing a whole evaluation of the process" involving its commercials and musicians. His comments were based on his conversations with the company.

"I commend them for making this strong judgment," he said. "Lil Wayne's apology was not an apology."

Earlier this month, Rick Ross also lost his deal with Reebok after he rapped about raping a woman who had been drugged. As for the Mountain Dew ad by Tyler, the Creator, PepsiCo said it pulled the spot immediately after learning people found it offensive.

The ad portrayed a battered white woman being urged to identify her attacker from a lineup of black men and a talking goat that has appeared in other Mountain Dew ads. Tyler, the Creator has noted that the men in the lineup were played by his friends and members of Odd Future, a Los Angeles-based rap collective.

Now as usual, I don't endorse every boycott or sponsorship drop but if we could allow King Hippo to lose endorsements because of his controversial rants, then it's considered equal upon those in the entertainment industry.

Notice that Al Sharpton and Boyce Watkins were involved. Conservative agitators scorn at them for being "race-hustlas" and panderers of "anti-White" rhetoric. But the supporters look upon them when there's an issue and there's no one who can help.

No doubt, Lil' Wayne and Tyler The Creator will hit back at Mountain Dew, Bill O'Reilly, Boyce Watkins and Al Shaprton. It's assured that in a feud, a rapper will not rest until they've won the battle.

But in an age post Sandra Fluke and even the Steubenville rape trial, many women are calling out the sexism. Even President Barack Obama wasn't immune from criticism.

Being a pop culture icon in a nation full of cynics can be problematic. Especially in the age of Barack Obama.

Here's a few examples of rappers who embraced the culture of sexism, commercialism, homophobia, the crime and gun culture being dropped from endorsements after groups and conservative agitators rolled their tongues.

Ludacris (Pepsi), Snoop Dogg (The Muppets), Busta Rhymes (Mountain Dew), Chris Brown (Wrigley's), The Game (Reebok), and Shawty Lo (All My Baby Mamas), Hank Williams (ESPN), Ted Nugent (U.S. Military Bases and Discovery Channel), Sarah Palin (TLC and Fox News) are examples.

Some conservative agitators lost endorsements for their embracing of racism, sexism, homophobia, Islamophoia, the crime and gun culture.

Rush Limbaugh (1,000 endorsements), Dr. Laura Schlessinger (40 endorsements, 4 syndicators), Michael Savage (400 endorsements, 5 syndication companies), Glenn Beck (ABC, HLN, Fox News, 500 endrosements).



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Spring Forward!

Unemployment numbers drop!

The unemployment numbers are out again and this has the economy looking a little better. The hiring numbers are at 165,000 and the unemployment number drops down to 7.5%.

Again, we're in a sequester and the likely numbers are higher. But still hiring for the spring and summer are looking better. Of course, conservatives will dismiss this job report as bogus because in their warped minds, it's over 40% unemployment and millions of individuals on food stamps.

Que: King Hippo and the Guy Who Helped Obama Win.

Well it's an improvement in the economy and why would anyone root for it to be


Employment rose more than expected in April, pushing the unemployment rate to a four-year low of 7.5 percent, which could help ease concerns of a sharp slowdown in the economy.

Nonfarm payrolls rose 165,000 last month, the Labor Department said on Friday. March's payrolls were raised to 138,000, 50,000 more jobs than previously reported, and February's job count was revised up to 332,000, the largest since May 2010.

Winning the narrative!

Economists polled by Reuters had expected April payrolls to rise 145,000 and the unemployment rate to hold steady at 7.6 percent. The drop in the unemployment rate last month reflected an increase in employment, rather than people leaving the workforce.

Still, details of the report remained consistent with a slowdown in economic activity.

Construction employment fell for the first time since May, while manufacturing payrolls were flat. The average workweek pulled off a nine-month high, but average hourly earnings rose four cents.

Even the guy who throws shit on the wall concedes that there is an improvement.

Usually I click on the conservative agitator's website to see all the negative reactions to the good news. But today I rather just get a screenshot and prove the point.

Tupac Shakur's Aunt Is A Wanted Woman!

Assata Shakur is placed on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists.

This week the FBI announced that the aunt of Tupac Shakur is added to the list of most wanted terrorists.

Assata Shakur (aka Joanne Chesimard) is wanted for escaping from prison in Clinton, New Jersey, while serving a life sentence for murder. On May 2, 1973, Shakur, who was part of a revolutionary extremist organization known as the Black Liberation Army, and two accomplices were stopped for a motor vehicle violation on the New Jersey Turnpike by two troopers with the New Jersey State Police. At the time, Shakur was wanted for her involvement in several felonies, including bank robbery.

Shakur and her accomplices opened fire on the troopers. One trooper was wounded and the other was shot and killed execution-style at point-blank range. Shakur fled the scene, but was subsequently apprehended. One of her accomplices was killed in the shoot-out and the other was also apprehended and remains in jail.

In 1977, Shakur was found guilty of first degree murder, assault and battery of a police officer, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault with intent to kill, illegal possession of a weapon, and armed robbery.

She was sentenced to life in prison.

On November 2, 1979, Shakur escaped from prison and lived underground before being located in Cuba in 1984. She is thought to currently still be living in Cuba.

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $1,000,000 for information directly leading to the apprehension of Shakur.

Chesimard was a member of the Black Panther Party (BPP) and Black Liberation Army (BLA). Between 1971 and 1973, she was accused of several crimes and made the subject of a multi-state manhunt.

Shakur fled to the island nation of Cuba by 1984; in that year she was granted political asylum in that country.


The Cuban government pays approximately $13 a day toward her living expenses.

In 1985 she was reunited with her daughter, Kakuya, who had previously been raised by Shakur's mother in New York.

She published Assata: An Autobiography, which was written in Cuba, in 1987. Her autobiography has been cited in relation to critical legal studies  and critical race theory. The book does not give a detailed account of the events on the New Jersey Turnpike, except saying that the jury "Convicted a woman with her hands up!" The book was published by Lawrence Hill & Company in the United States and Canada but the copyright is held by Zed Books Ltd. of London due to "Son of Sam" laws, which restrict who can receive profits from a book.

Mugshot in 1973.

 In the six months prior to the publications of the book, Evelyn Williams, Shakur's aunt and attorney, made several trips to Cuba and served as a go-between with Hill.

In 1993, she published a second book, Still Black, Still Strong, with Dhoruba bin Wahad and Mumia Abu-Jamal. Shakur's writings have been widely circulated on the Internet. For example, the largely Internet-based "Hands Off Assata!" campaign is coordinated by Chicago-area Black Radical Congress activists.

As early as 1998, Shakur has referred to herself as a "20th century escaped slave."

In the same open letter, Shakur calls Cuba "One of the Largest, Most Resistant and Most Courageous Palenques (Maroon Camps) that has ever existed on the Face of this Planet."

Shakur is also known to have worked as an English-language editor for Radio Havana Cuba.

Obviously, the FBI has been tipped about the whereabouts of Shakur. They're counting the days for her to make a simple mistake in her movement. Because the moment she does, Ms. Shakur is caught and brought to the United States.

This is the first time in history a woman was placed on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist list.


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Mark Sanford: South Carolina, Please Forgive Me!

Former Republican South Carolina governor Mark Sanford is trying to restart career.

The disgraced former governor of South Carolina is fighting for redemption. He's taking on a famous celebrity's sister in the fight for a politically conservative U.S. congressional district, once held by him, and the former Tim Scott.

He is facing Elizabeth Colbert-Busch, a the Director of Business Development at Clemson University’s Restoration Institute. She is the sister of Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert.

Colbert being one of the most recognizable names in pop culture has made this race even more tighter.

Sanford is fighting for political life. And this political fight may come out to be a nail-biter to say at least.

The first district is a strongly Republican district. No Democrat has ever this area in over 30 years.

As governor, Sanford had a contentious relationship with the South Carolina legislature: notably, he made public statements that he would reject stimulus funds for his state from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

He wasn't a popular governor. He often clashed with the even members of the South Carolina state house when it came to issues because he stood on his "family valued" conservative principles.

The congressional seat was held by Henry Brown, a conservative Republican. But due to the ongoing issues with Congress and fatigue, he retired and Tim Scott went on to take the mantle. Tim Scott served one term before Republican governor Nikki Haley chose him as a senator.

Scott was the representative of that district. He was promoted to become the Republican U.S. Senator after Jim DeMint resigned to take over The Heritage Foundation. Scott, is the first African American politico in the U.S. Seante since Senator Roland Burris of Illinois. He and Massachusetts Mo Cowan, the Democrat make the only two Black senators in 113th Congress. Cowan will retire after the special election in Massachusetts. Scott intents on running for the remainder of the term.

Anyways, as her duty Republican governor Nikki Haley ordered a special election for the open seat.

Sanford, a former governor and representative himself written his political future in disgrace. He made a bogus claim that he was taking a hike in the Appalachian Mountains with staffers. Unbeknownst to the public and his wife, he was secretly traveling to Argentina to meet his mistress (and future baby mama).

He was a married man with four children, why would he travel to another country?

His excuse, he was in love! Of course, we understand. But the junk food media knew what's up!

He was floated around as a potential candidate for the Republican nomination in 2012. Alas, that was squashed and the Republicans allowed the perennial loser Mitt Romney to sent them to defeat.

Sanford and later former presidential candidate John Edwards ended up making the news for all the wrong reasons. Besides being caught up in romantic trysts, the politicos were pretty much written out of

His political adviser and strategist was his wife Jenny, the rock of his life for 20 years was betrayed by this guy who found interest in María Belén Chapur, a news reporter from Argentina. He would eventually leave the state house and travel to the penthouse.

This would eventually end their marriage. Jenny was often floated around as a potential contender for the Republican vacancy, but alas, she wanted no part of it. So here comes the ex-husband and his smoking hot girlfriend and the path to redemption election push.

To say that Sanford's legal and political woes are over is an understatement. The Republican National Committee abruptly pulled all support from the Sanford campaign in the wake of revelations that Jenny Sanford had filed a trespassing complaint against him on February 4.

According to the complaint, Jenny Sanford had caught her former husband sneaking out of her home in Sullivan's Island, using his cellphone as a flashlight. Under the terms of their divorce agreement, neither Mark nor Jenny Sanford may come to the other's house without permission--a condition Jenny Sanford alleged that Mark Sanford had flouted on numerous occasions despite Jenny Sanford filing a "no trespass" letter with the Sullivan's Island Police Department.

In a statement, Mark Sanford admitted that he'd gone to the house to watch the second half of Super Bowl XLVII with his son. He claimed to have tried to contact Jenny beforehand, but was unable to do so. Jenny Sanford filed the complaint the next morning. Several Republican operatives said that they were upset Sanford had known about this complaint for some time and failed to disclose it.

Sanford actually debated a cardboard cutout of Minority Leader Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-California) in an attempt to paint Colbert-Busch as a devoted follower of the Democratic leader.

Larry Flynt, publisher of adult themed Hustler Magazine endorsed Mark Sanford for Congress saying "His open embrace of his mistress in the name of love, breaking his sacred marriage vows, was an act of bravery that has drawn my support."

Republicans cautiously endorsed him for the seat. But if the polls say that Colbert-Busch is slightly ahead of the embattled Sanford, it's going to be a major upset.

In their only debate, Colbert-Busch knocked the former governor over his trip and reckless behavior. The embattled Sanford ignored it and tired to zero in on the experience of the candidate as well as the celebrity of "Hollywood Elites" such as Stephen Colbert.

This is one of the most memorable races ever! For the fact that a scandal prone governor faces the sister of an American comedian is quite entertaining (only if there wasn't these jokers running for office, it would be funny)!

PA Senator: [GOP] Didn't Want To Give Obama A Win!

Two conservative senators Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) and Pat Toomey (R-Pennsylvania) tried to pass a bipartisan bill got shafted by Republican obstruction. 

The Republican Party already exposed their true colors.

This crucial vote on the stricter background checks may have the break President Barack Obama needed to rally his base up. The Republicans stubborn desire to hurt the president may have backfired.

Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-New Hampshire), Senator Jeff Flake (R-Arizona), Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Senator Dan Coats (R-Indiana) took a hit in their polls.

Senator Mark Begich (D-Alaska), Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-North Dakota) and Senator Mark Pryor (D-Arkansas) also taken a hit as well. They were the few Democrats who decided to put their special interest ahead of the people.

So far the 113th Congress has been an utter disappointment in legislation. While they're taking another vacation, the nation is facing a sequester. The sequester is putting a dent in growth because of Republicans obstruction to raise taxes on the higher end earners.

They allowed the FAA make budget cuts that affected travel across the nation. They finally realized that it affected them as well so they've passed a fast track bill to become law.

So far we've seen continuous gun violence across the country. One thing is clear, the gun always seems like the winner of these debates.

Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pennsylvania) has express concern about his fellow Republicans. He told the press that the reason for the gun bill failure: The Republicans basically can't stand President Barack Obama.

Now we can remember that in 2010, the minority leader Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) decided to make the Republican Party's goal to deny the president a second term. It didn't happen.

So now the only thing the Republicans got left is basically try to murky the waters up so much the blame will shift to the president instead of them.

With the sequester and gun control failures, Republicans are likely going to lose the House and pick up two seats in the Senate. That's pretty much my prediction on this.

Republicans can take Congress to the bottom of the barrel and still manage to come out looking like winners.

But this isn't going to happen. President Barack Obama will have to campaign throughout his second term to get the public's attention. If one thing is clear, the Republicans pretty much screwed themselves more so than the president.

Chris Kelly Of Kris Kross Passes Away!

Kris Kross member Chris Kelly died.

CNN and the Associated Press can confirm that former rapper Chris Kelly of Kris Kross has died.

Of the early 1990s, Jermaine Dupri introduced the world to two pint size rappers who wore their clothes backwards and sung the smash hit Jump and Tonite Da Nite!

While being one of the youngest acts to ever come out, it helped Dupri launch his vanity label So So Def. It introduced the world to Jagged Edge, Bow Wow, Xscape and Da Brat.

Chris Kelly, one-half of the 1990s rap duo Kris Kross, died Wednesday at an Atlanta hospital after being found unresponsive at his Atlanta home, the Fulton County medical examiner's office told CNN. He was 34.

An autopsy is planned for Thursday.

Kelly, together with Chris Smith, shot to stardom in 1992 with the hit "Jump," which spent eight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. The two also were known for wearing their clothes backward during performances.

The duo followed up their smash "Jump" with the single "Warm It Up." Together, the songs pushed their debut album, "Totally Krossed Out," to multiplatinum status.

Kris Kross followed it up with 1993's "Da Bomb." But the album failed to find the following of the duo's debut, in large part because the boys had hit puberty and they were marketed with a tougher image.

Their career never again reached the heights of their debut, but they continued to make music. In 1996, the pair released the album "Young, Rich and Dangerous."

Kelly and Smith were 13-year-olds when they were discovered in 1991 at an Atlanta mall by Jermaine Dupri.

The pair reunited earlier this year at a 20th anniversary party for Dupri's So So Def label.

We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to Chris Kelly's family.

Kris Kross was an American rap duo of the 1990s comprising Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly and Chris "Daddy Mac" Smith. The duo was best known for their hit 1992 song "Jump", which was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks and was certified double platinum as a single. Kris Kross was also noted for their fashion style, which consisted of wearing their clothing backwards.

Jermaine Dupri appears on So So Def Recordings.

Da Brat appears appear as an independent artist. Her previous recordings are licensed by So So Def.

Bow Wow appears on Cash Money Records. Previous music is licensed by So So Def and Columbia.

Jagged Edge appears on Slip-N-Slide Records. Previous music is licensed by So So Def and Def Jam.

Kris Kross appears on So So Def/Ruffhouse Records.