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Who is the true identity of hip-hop blogging sensation Big Ghostfase? Could he be a disgruntled label exec? A college student majoring in Creative Writing? A suburban-dwelling, middle-aged 9 to 5 office worker who happens to own every Big Daddy Kane album on cassette?

Perhaps no figure so divides the American people like Ronald Reagan. Rap and Hip Hop culture has for decades cited the Reagan era as a decisive and dangerous turning point in modern American history, while conservative Republicans hail the late president as a sort of savior whose radical conservatism restored the country to strength. While Hip Hop culture and conservative Republicans disagree on the effect of Reagan and his administration’s policies on the country, both agree that Reagan transformed the country and set the course on which the nation remains. The Eighties may be over, but we continue to live in the Age of Reagan......

Let’s just come out and say it: hip hop is nasty. Some vile, derelict, atrocious shit goes down in pretty much every hip hop song.

Hip hop however, is ALSO super popular with the kiddies these days! Kids love the bumpin' beats of the rap music, but parents object to the tasteless words coming from those scary men. What’s a parent to do? Monitor their children’s listening? Have open and frank discussions with their children about the music’s lyrical content?