Yeah, I know, I don't really want to get in the way of all the people calling for the reform of black culture and the banishment of 'ho' from the hip-hop lexicon (though what's up with doing that and giving Imus a pass?), but I suspect I might. Here's why. Old Eazy-E was nasty and Snoop Dog isn't better. But none of them have rapped about a real person or group of people, innocent, accomplished, un-famous but easily identified being whores. That's it. All sorts of hip-hop bullshit flies around, bitches and hos and whatever else, but no ordinary people get called out by name. No rapper says, "Lorraine S. Smith, of Lanham, Maryland, is a bitch." Simple as that. Here are the women Imus and his buddies called "hard core hos" and "nappy-headed hos." Nice.