That’s right.  Now Snoop has joined Speech in endorsing, or at least supporting, Ron Paul (click picture to follow link).  He’s made it no secret that Paul’s support for legalizing marijuana is what’s motivating the endorsement.

Again, no problems with Paul’s blatantly racist newsletters?  And it’s not like Snoop has trouble getting his hands on weed anyway…

Touré has an excellent piece in Time about the life of a contemporary musician.  Using Whitney Houston’s death as his point of departure, he looks at how the physical demands of fame are taking their toll on performers.  Rick Ross and Questlove are his central examples, but their grueling routines (and the health consequences) are becoming the norm for artists throughout the music industry.  As Questlove puts it, “I’m not worried about bullets, I’m worried about strokes. Strokes are the new bullets.”

This is the side of the industry that people don’t fully appreciate. The Teflon Don might make it look easy, but it definitely isn’t.