I hadn't heard of this rapper before now.  Small wonder, he's part of the "chief keef" clique.  I don't support violence against women, the sexism and outright misogyny in hip-hop and the general culture has gone beyond anything remotely defensible due to "racism", "systemic oppression", etc.  You cannot carp about the "demonization" of black men when dudes are cell-phone recording themselves beating up girls!  You cannot!  No excuses.  The older have to teach the younger, and hopefully the younger will learn sooner than later.  Too many see jail, prison, and the penitentiary as the "street" equivalent of college, just another rite of passage.  Shameful.

Def Jam needs to step up with the caliber of artists they sign.  They should look for real character, and not just "swagger".  It's a shame when labels start signing affirmed criminals to record deals.  Too many un the "new" generation of rap see anti-social behavior as simply part of their appeal, and have no ethical or moral compunctions about it at all.  At one point, maybe a kid with hiphop talent would seek to elevate themselves from the vices of the ghetto after they get a record deal.  But nowadays, people still want to live a straight-up thug life while performing concerts for money and expecting people to buy their records.  What happened to the Def Jam that (initially, anyway) supported LL Cool J, Beastie Boys, Run DMC, Public Enemy, 3rd Bass?

"To make matters worse, Lil Reese was unapologetic when responding to the controversial video tweeting “”The haters tryna see a mf Dwn lol Dey gotta b broke and bored wanna upload sum sh– from years ago damnn we winnin it’s 2 late…#3hunna”

I can't even decipher this. 

I kind of don't have faith in the hip hop community when it comes to protecting women. Remember when Oprah tried to have a forum about hip hop? A whole bunch of people went on her show making excuses, and defending lyrics that degraded women and the Black community. Normally I'm optimistic but I don't see him being dropped, If he is it won't really change his perspective on violence. Most likely they'll make him do anger management classes, or some thing else useless if they chose to act at all. And yes it'll be the girl's fault, and not his. 

Good. I really hope they do drop him. He needs to be made an example of so other men can see you cannot do something so reprehensible to a woman and think you are going to get away with it or that it wasn't a big deal. What matters is not how long ago it happened, what matters is that he did it in the first place and thought it was okay.

Good, it's a start.  If they want my resoect they will have to fire Lil Pricks ass, and help the young woman press charges, because he deserves to be arrested and he deserves to go to jail. He could have killed that young lady or given her severe brain damage, so getting fired os a slap on the wrist.

Lil Turd.

"Controversial rapper Lil Reese is under fire after a video was released of him beating down a woman"

Dang!  Never heard of this idiot, but he needs to be in jail if such a video exists.

He'll probably get picked up by someone else like Rick Ross or some other rapper that openly hates Black women (there are so many to choose from), but Russ needs to regain some of the credibility that he lost, even if he sets things up behind the scenes to take care of Reese behind the backs of the public.  They should start placing clauses in these artist contracts that would discourage these dudes and their entourages from engaging in felony behavior.

 If I had my way Chris Brown wouldn't have a career. He's an unapologetic asshat who has his career still. It's because of him that these little women beaters think they can get away with shit. Because THEY ARE GETTING AWAY WITH IT! I mean there is visual evidence of an assault and not one cop stepped in to arrest this kid? Wtf? What is the point then of paying others to defend ourselves if they are not doing their jobs? Urgh.

Honestly I think he will end up like Young Berg(the infamous rapper who claimed he doesn't date "dark butts"), and just disappear into oblivion. Most of these lame rappers have little star power and are just a flash in the pan. He is not a mainstream rapper like lets say Wiz Khalifa, so he is probably just happy people are talking about him in the first place. People like these thrive on things like this because they know it's the only way people will pay attention to them.

OT: But has anyone seen Daniel Bedingfield new song/video Secret Fear featuring him with a beautiful BW? There's quite a lot of nudity in it but it is an interesting video, very artistic and sexual.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE9ySQRZpGI

He did eventually release a "better" apology about a week ago. He probably was starting to fear for his contract.

http://rapfix.mtv.com/2012/10/27/lil-reese-apologizes-assaulting-woman-video/

A rival gang member is probably responsible for leaking the video, not the girl who was assaulted. I heard the girl didn't press charges after it happened because she's in a gang herself.

We don't need anymore garbage rappers anyway.

"To make matters worse, Lil Reese was unapologetic when responding to the controversial video tweeting 'The haters tryna see a mf Dwn lol Dey gotta b broke and bored wanna upload sum sh– from years ago damnn we winnin it’s 2 late…#3hunna' "

He sounds like a narcissistic sociopath.

Russell Simmons doesn't own or preside over Def Jam anymore, he sold it 10 or so years ago. The guy at the helm is white, Manda  I believe. 

I am generally an unshakable optimist, but I'm completely dejected about this whole thing.  I feel like even if they do drop him, he'll probably be picked up by some other label and will still have a forum to spew his garbage.  The fact that they're representing him in the first place is sick.  His story and the story of all of the rappers that he is partners with, it's effing insane.  These rappers are gang members! They're out there killing people, shooting at cops, selling drugs, going to jail for about 2 minutes before being released to do it all over again.  And they're rapping about it, glorifying it, and perpetuating it as role models to the youths of the chicago badlands. And it isn't a joke.  They're dead serious about their lyrics, their gangs, their guns, and their stupid, insignificant, petty, nonsensical f*cking rivalries.  The rap industry is just rewarding this crap, keeping the cycle going, and if def jam drops lil reese, they're only going to turn around sign someone just like him.  I seriously can't stand rap culture. 

"...how much do you wanna bet that he’ll blame the “bitch snitching” and not his sociopathic tendencies?"

In the immortal words of Marion Barry: " The B***** set me up!"

Why do so many of these DBR-BM dis black women???? They know DEEP in their hearts they don't deserve you and couldn't win you...

http://www.taleswithmorals.com/aesop-fable-the-fox-and-the-grapes.htm

He needs a hot fire lit underneath him.

What he needs is a machete up his ***. :)

I'll believe it when I see it, until then, not buying it.  These fools thrive on controversy and dumbassness (yes, I just made that word up).

"If he does lose his contract, how much do you wanna bet that he’ll blame the “bitch snitching” and not his sociopathic tendencies?"

These type of males are rarely sorry for anything they do, and it's always someone else's fault. He should consider himself to be lucky as to ONLY be getting dropped and not cooling his heels in jail, which is what he deserves.

I'm hoping he gets what he deserves, and if he does:

http://i51.tinypic.com/2cffc02.jpg

i wouldn't bet against you, Chris..