Okay I love hip hop music, along with the music and artists it produces. I love that hip hop can cross over so many other music genres, like for example using instruments that are known to only play classical pieces. So with that said, I have had a great interest listening to hip hop violinists since three years ago because 1) I love the violin (though I don't play it all, lol) and 2) I love hip hop. The first hip hop violinists I came across was Miri Ben Ari, from New York City. Here is a video of her playing at the Apollo:

Now after doing my weekly readings on angryasianman.com, a website that focuses on the Asian American community, I came across another hip hop violinist name Paul Dateh, from Los Angeles. Here is a video of him:

Anyways I like them both, but it turns out, according to militantangeleno.blogspot.com, Paul Dateh "has been slapped with a Cease-And-Desist Order from the lawyer of NY-based hip-hop violin player Miri Ben-Ari, who apparently has trademarked the phrase "The Hip-Hop Violinist."

Ahh...okay! The blogger for Militant Angeleno already said what I wanted to say so I'm just going to quote him:

"...the fact that someone has trademarked the phrase "The Hip-Hop Violinist" and has hired suited attorneys to guard the usage of such a phrase - is as far from being hip hop as one can get. I mean, seriously, did DJ Kool Herc ever trademark the phrase, "The Hip-Hop DJ?" In other words, Ben-Ari be wack (Besides, her over-polished ish sounds more at home at 94.7 The Wave than something played on a pair of Technics 1200s)! Of course, money talks in the industry game...Maybe the more street-cred Dateh can use the phrase, "Da Hip-Hop Violinist" to avoid a court appearance."

Me thinks Ms. Ben Ari has gone too corporate. That's not, as the kids like to say it nowadays, DOPE.