Puns can be divisive: Some find them irresistible, some find them groan-worthy. And while newspaper readers may appreciate clever wordplay in a headline—say, “Big Rig Carrying Fruit Crashes on 210 ...
The makings of hip-hop have been largely attributed to black youth --particularly African-Americans and people of the Caribbean diaspora, however, those in tune with the roots of hip-hop are well ...
Fat Joe has claimed the late Big Pun was so gifted as a rapper that he used his narcolepsy diagnosis to his advantage and would write songs in his sleep. During a visit to the Jay Shetty Podcast, Joey ...
In 2014, Liza Rios filed a lawsuit against Fat Joe, alleging that the Terror Squad owed Pun’s estate over $1 million in royalties. Big Pun’s widow, Liza Rios, did ...
Are you a fan of wordplay? Whenever a perfectly fine sentence walks by, must you throw a punana peel under its feet? Then the 40th Annual O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships—set to take place on May ...
GRAND CONCOURSE, Bronx (WABC) -- An iconic intersection in the Bronx was co-named after the larger-than-life presence who helped put the borough on the hip hop map. City officials and loved ones of ...
"No pun intended" is a phrase we hear a lot, but as Lee Cowan found out, there's an annual gathering in Texas where puns are not only intended, they're encouraged -- and so are the groans: The signs ...
Ten years ago hip-hop lost a legend when Christopher “Big Pun” Rios died from a heart attack and respiratory failure in a White Plains, New York hotel room on ...
To pun or not to pun, that is the question. The lowest form of wordplay, or an ancient art form embraced by the likes of Jesus and Shakespeare, asks Sally Davies. No pun is an island. Within less than ...