K-Fed Gets Rejected

I picked up this story from the Associated Press:

Hip-hop community hoots at Federline's rap debut

August 22, 2006

NEW YORK -- Kevin Federline's TV debut as a rapper is being derided as a not-ready-for-prime-time disaster by critics in cyberspace and the hip-hop community.

On Sunday, Federline -- also known has K-Fed and Mr. Britney Spears -- performed his new single ''Lose Control'' at the eighth annual Teen Choice Awards, which aired on Fox. Introduced by his wife, Federline stalked about the stage with attitude as he rapped about his bling and his amazing rhyming skills.

It was the most anticipated performance of the night -- and the most ridiculed. By morning, videos of it were splashed on Web sites, accompanied by comments mocking both Federline and Spears.

If the Web world isn't exactly accepting of Federline's rap-star ambitions, the hip-hop community is even less so.

Elliot Wilson, of XXL magazine, hadn't seen Federline's debut. Still, he called it a ''YouTube disaster.''

''He's a joke, basically," Wilson said. "I just don't think he gets it. He doesn't get that he's Britney's man and it's hard to take him seriously.''

Federline is expected to release ''Playing With Fire'' in October.

AP