After months of waiting (we knew it had to happen eventually), Joaquin Phoenix’s rap movie is finally coming out!

A little while ago, we put out this great Joaquin Phoenix Rap Generator, because hey, he is a REAL RAPPER who is RAPPING FOR YOU.

Play it right here!

Our friend Scott Chernoff, remixes pop-culture weirdness (and makes it even weirder) in his new blog series: Smash’d.

Have you heard the latest (and most awesome) conspiracy theory to hit President Obama? The internets and TV news are on fire over Gawker.com’s claim to have spotted Obama in the video for Tag Team’s 1993 rap novelty, I mean classic, “Whoomp! (There It Is).”

This raises several questions, most strikingly: Who was spending their day watching Tag Team videos, and why?

While that mystery may never be solved, I pulled this original cut of the video off YouTube so you can decide for yourself.  The video’s fuzzy, and it’s hard to make out the Obama-lookalike, but if you look hard, and don’t blink, he’s there – and I swear to God that IS President Obama. And by the way, this is a brand new, never-before-seen director’s cut. If you think you’ve already seen the Tag Team video with Obama, take another look, because this version features footage you probably didn’t notice the first time around:

Oh, and if you missed President Obama’s bizarre interview with Larry King last week, check it out here.

You saw the preview at San Diego Comic-Con 2009 (that’s kind of a marketing phrasing, statistically I have to admit that you possibly did not see the preview at San Diego Comic-Con 2009), and now it’s finally (almost) here. The next edition of Star Wars Gangsta Rap is almost here. Next Tuesday, November 10th, the newest video from the amazing guys at Bent TV will be live right here at Atom.com. I just caught the whole thing, and I have to tell you, that shit is amazing. Look for amazing verses from pretty much all the luminaries from the Star Wars universe.

To whet your appetite, here’s the preview you saw (or maybe didn’t) at Comic-Con.

So don’t forget, next Tuesday, November 10th!


Also, catch up with the original Star Wars Gangsta Rap and Star Wars Gangsta Rap: Special Edition.