Hip-Hop Cocktail Party: Liberal Dark Money Group Hosts Concert for Journalists (Feat. 4 Violent Criminals)

Get Ready for a Wild Night: Hip-Hop Legends Take the Stage

What’s Happening: Brace yourself for an unforgettable night as a hip-hop-cocktail-party-liberal-dark-money-group-hosts-concert-for-journalists-feat-4-violent-criminals/” title=”Hip-Hop Cocktail Party: Liberal Dark Money Group Hosts Concert for Journalists (Feat. 4 Violent Criminals)”>liberal dark money group hosts a concert featuring some of the biggest names in hip-hop. The event is scheduled for Thursday evening, just before the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. This is a chance for journalists to let their hair down and party with celebrities, all while patting themselves on the back for their contribution to democracy.

This particular event is sponsored by Power to the Patients, a health care nonprofit funded by mysterious donors. The concert will feature performances by four legendary hip-hop artists: Busta Rhymes, French Montana, Rick Ross, and Fat Joe, the group’s celebrity spokesman. Mr. Joe is in Washington, D.C., this week to meet with lawmakers on Capitol Hill and with Biden administration officials at the White House.

What You Need to Know: All of the headline performers at Thursday’s WHCA kickoff event have a long history of legal challenges.

• Fat Joe—Charged with assault and robbery in 1998 for allegedly beating a man with a baseball bat and stealing his gold chain; charged with assault in 2002 after members of his entourage fractured a man’s jaw; credibly accused of sexually assaulting a woman inside his Cadillac limo after a concert in 2011; named as a witness in two murder trials; sentenced to four months in prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion in 2012; bragged that he used to “stick people up” and endorsed violent theft in a 2022 interview.
• Busta Rhymes—Charged with assault in 2006 for beating a pedestrian; charged with assault in 2007 for beating up his former driver; busted for DUI and driving with a suspended license; ordered to pay $75,000 to a fan he allegedly assaulted at a concert; arrested in 2015 for assaulting a gym employee while spouting racist and homophobic slurs; refused to pay his fair share in taxes.
• French Montana—Credibly accused of sexually assaulting an intoxicated woman in 2018, resulting in an undisclosed settlement; credibly accused of sexually assaulting another woman in a Las Vegas hotel room that same year; credibly accused of raping a teenaged model in 2021; sued for negligence earlier this year after 10 people were injured in a shooting while filming a music video; refused to pay his fair share in taxes.
• Rick Ross—Sentenced to five years probation in 2017 after pleading no contest to kidnapping and assault charges; widely denounced that same year for saying he would never hire a female artist because “I would end up f—ing her and f—ing the business up;” arrested for gun possession in 2008; sued that same year for orchestrating a “brutal attack” on a rival artist; refused to pay his fair share in taxes.

Why It Matters: It’s important to hold people accountable for their actions, regardless of their celebrity status.

Bottom Line: This hip-hop cocktail party hosted by a left-wing dark money group, headlined by violent criminals and tax cheats, is intended to kick off several days of ceremonial self-congratulation among political journalists. It’s a rather fitting reflection of the Democratic Party in 2023.