By Jehnifer Henderson

First of all, Bun B is not my uncle.  He don’t even know my mama like that.

Really?  It seems like these days everyone has a blog or column about relationships.  Even Houston’s own, Bun B.  That’s right.  People write in with questions and B. gives responses/advice.  It’s not bullshit or jokes either.  This dude is giving real advice.  When I clicked the link and checked out his column on ParlourMagazine.com, titled Ask Uncle Bun B on Choosing a Mate and Claiming Your Power, I expected to find advice like: “That hoe can go ‘head, if she ain’t feelin it. She ain’t goin’ nowhere, she love how I’m drillin it.” or perhaps lessons on what “ridin’ sidesaddle” actually means.  But he’s really talking about relationships and he stands a chance at putting a lot of the current relationship columnists to shame.  I never doubted him, though.  With lyrics like “Cause whats a hoe with no pimp, and whats a pimp with no hoe?” you know he’s a family man.  So if you don’t quite understand or know the game just yet, check out Bun B’s new column. As absurd as the name is (for real, Uncle Bun B?), it’s worth a quick read.

Hater’s First Poster, “Oil Monster”, was inspired by our hate for BP and the catastrophic spill in our Gulf.  Subscribe to Hater Magazine and receive the limited edition poster.

Zeale Rapz, an Austin rapper, will be making the trek to peform for Hater’s first show @ Walter’s. We wanted to give our readers a quick meet and greet with this cat but since he is still enjoying his vacation, we had to hit him up via Facebook.

Hater:  Every Texas rapper has a certain sound from their city, how has growing up in Austin influenced your style?

Zeale: Austin influenced my style by keeping it a lot less “traditional Texan,” like the southern rap deliveries of Paul Wall, Slim Thug, etc…

Hater: Favorite track to perform?

Zeale: Favorite track to perform right now is a song called “GO.” Its a hot beat and it always pulls the ladies in.

Hater: Do you dig mexican chicks? Because my art director thinks you can get it.

Zeale: Hahaa. I dig all kinds of chicks, but there’s only one who has my attention right now.

Hater: Where are you hoping your music takes you?

Zeale: I hope my music gets me around the world, rich, and all access to Jay-Z’s house.

Hater: Where are all the black people in Austin? 

Zeale: All the black people in Austin are in jail. I’m only half black so they let me out for shows.

Hater:  Backstory about the creation of the video Monzter Hozpital?

Zeale: This was the first song I wrote for the soon to be released “DISASTERKRFT” mixtape. I wanted to make sure my it made a statement, but was still hot. When I was done with it I was like…video. We shot it and half of the way through it started raining so we just dropped and umbrella over the camera and went for the Jodeci shot.

Friday night, “Hater Presents…” starts off the Houston Sneaker Summit weekend with a line up worthy bragging about to your future illegitmate children.  Don’t Sleep.

SO F@#!’N FRESH…SCREWED AND CHOPPED

By: Kelly King

T-Pain’s Texas girl-group Sophia Fresh has been busy cookin’ up that hot Southern-fried goodness in the recording studio it seems.  After the release of their remix buzz joint “What It Is” featuring none other than Mr. West himself, the Atlantic-Nappy Boy recording group is back with a feature on Disney’s “Step It Up 3D” and a debut album on the way.  The girls are keepin’ it TRILL this summer though, dropping a raspy remix of the Screwed Up Click’s classic “June 27^th” in honor of all things chopped an screwed.  I got a chance to chop it up with the girls recently…wrote a song bout it, like to hear it, here it go!

HATER: How’d you girls get together and form Sophia Fresh and how’d you hook up with T-Pain?
 
SKYE: Cole and I were in a group signed to Underdog Entertainment/JRecords and the situation didn’t work out so our manager at the time introduced us to Mike Caren, A&R at Atlantic Records and he loved us. He then introduced us to T-Pain and the match was perfect so we did the new deal with Nappy Boy Ent. and Atlantic Records. One of our former group members decided to further her career elsewhere and Crystal ( a childhood friend of Cole) joined. And for the past few years we’ve been at it…and magic is still in the making!

HATER:  So all three of you rep the Lone Star State and just dropped a new remix of the legendary Screwed Up Click’s “June 27^th”—What made you choose this track? What does the original June 27th really mean to Sophia Fresh?
 
CRYSTAL: The original June 27th is a guaranteed swag setter for Sophia Fresh. No matter where we are, when we hear that song it takes us back to our roots of summer times in Texas–candy-painted cars, riding slow, and freestyling to random “screwed” mixtapes. We wanted to honor where we are from, remind folks that we’re good ole country gals, and display a little of our freestyle skills in the meantime, lol! 

HATER: The latest issue of HATER is about food and how to eat healthy on a dime—what do you girls do to eat healthy when you’re on the road and working non-stop?
 
SKYE: Well we’re southern girls so we do have our way with carbs, but good carbs. We try to carry along wheat bread, natural chips, no-salt seasonings (etc.) We also have  things like meal replacements such as protein shakes by Myoplex (choc flavored– they’re yummy!) There’s usually a fridge and freezer for us to carry along things we have made already at home. Natural is the way to go though!

HATER: Do any of you have boyfriends or “special friends”–ya know, the kind with benefits?

CRYSTAL: Nope, no boyfriends and CERTAINLY no friends with benefits. Plus we’re southern, a lady never lays her business bare.

HATER: We like the word HATER around these parts. It’s not necessarily a bad thing to NOT love EVERYTHING. What kinda stuff does Sophia Fresh HATE?
 
COLE: Sophia Fresh hates negativity. We hate folks stealing all our ideas before we can come out and be ourselves without lookin’ like the swagger jacker’s, we hate how the industry has changed to more of a self-righteous  apparatus… BUT other than that we’re Lovers not haters…LOL.
 
HATER: Why should Haters love you?

CRYSTAL: A lot like Hater magazine, Sophia Fresh quite often cuts through the phoniness and exposes what’s real. We are real chicks who sing about real things for the comforts of a real world. Sophia is that chick–that home girl that keeps it 100, that girl that never forgets where she comes from, but who can’t help but be as genuine as the foundation she was raised on.

HATER: Nuff said.

You can download Sophia Fresh’s June 27^th Remix here.

Check out this photo project by photographer Michael Koehler.

Picture show from Good Magazine @ good.is.

Reason number 1,987,975 – Our legislators don’t realize that America’s finest are not throwaway people.

Sgt. Victor Medina suffered brain damage when an IED hit his truck in Iraq. As part of a rehabilitation exercise, Jimmy Moody times how long Victor can balance at the Mentis rehabilitation facility in El Paso, Texas.

It’s no wonder we can’t get a good healthcare system in the US; we can’t even treat our wounded soldiers.

Hater Magazine is gearing up for the upcoming Sex Issue.  As Hater is a DYI magazine, we need you to touch us with your genius.  Submit a series of 7 – 10 photos on the topic of sex and sexuality and you might find your work on www.Hatermag.com.  Before the release of the Sex Issue, we will be highlighting photographers and their work on the Hater site and select photos might be printed in the next issue of Hater.

Your input is important to Hater Magazine.  Please submit photos to  jehnifer@redhydrantmedia.com.

Photos by Jehnifer Henderson, Hater Magazine

By Mani Nezami

Fuck yeah:

In general, people in the sports world keep their political leanings to themselves. Sure, there are a few guys who regularly speak out on political issues, but for the most part that’s considered bad business. As Michael Jordan put it, “Republicans buy shoes too.” That’s why what the Phoenix Suns are doing is so amazing.

The team will be wearing its “Los Suns” jerseys for Wednesday night’s Game 2 against the San Antonio Spurs “to honor [the] Latino community and the diversity of our league, the state of Arizona, and our nation.” Awesome.

The decision to wear the jerseys came from way up the corporate ladder, as team owner Robert Sarver suggested the team wear their Noche Latina alternates.

Sarver, who was born and raised in Tucson, said frustration with the federal government’s failure to deal with the illegal immigration issue led to the passage of what he called “a flawed state law.”

“However intended, the result of passing the law is that our basic principles of equal rights and protection under the law are being called into question,” he said, “and Arizona’s already struggling economy will suffer even further setbacks at a time when the state can ill-afford them.”

The Suns voted on the jerseys and unanimously decided to wear them for Cinco De Mayo. As if he weren’t likeable enough, Phoenix guard Steve Nash(notes) succinctly summed up the Suns’ feelings on the issue.

“I think it’s fantastic,” Nash said after Tuesday’s practice. “I think the law is very misguided. I think it’s, unfortunately, to the detriment of our society and our civil liberties. I think it’s very important for us to stand up for things we believe in. As a team and as an organization, we have a lot of love and support for all of our fans. The league is very multicultural. We have players from all over the world, and our Latino community here is very strong and important to us.”

And it’s not just the Suns who are speaking out on this issue.

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich is on board, and the team even tried to get their “Los Spurs” jerseys, though it was too late to do so. When asked for approval to wear the jerseys, the NBA “was all for it,” said Suns general manager Steve Kerr. Furthermore, NBA Players Association executive director Billy Hunter issued a press release, denouncing the law.

The recent passage of the new immigration law in Arizona is disappointing and disturbing. The National Basketball Players Association strongly supports the repeal or immediate modification of this legislation. Any attempt to encourage, tolerate or legalize racial profiling is offensive and incompatible with basic notions of fairness and equal protection. A law that unfairly targets one group is ultimately a threat to all.

We applaud the actions of Phoenix Suns players and management and join them in taking a stand against the misguided efforts of Arizona lawmakers. We are consulting with our members and our player leadership to determine the most effective way for our union to continue to voice our opposition to this legislation.

It’s not much, just an extra three letters on the front of a tanktop, but it means a lot more. As Kerr said, the Suns want to “make sure that people understand that we know what’s going on and we don’t agree with the law itself.” For a sports team, that’s huge.

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