Hip-hop and Cristal - front page news?

I was a bit surprised to find a story about rappers dissing Cristal on the front page of the Phila. Inquirer this morning (see their story). I mean, most people I know don't shell out $300 for a bottle of champagne. (My wife has groaned about my spending on Araujo cabernet, but that's another story.) And most of the people likely to be reading the article won't spent $300 a bottle or can't afford $300 per bottle. Does it really matter what Jay-Z drinks? Are people that devoid of the ability to think that they'll blindly do what celebrities do? Hmmm... I guess that's a rhetorical question after all.

That aside, is this really something that belongs on the front page of a newspaper, above the fold? Is this an example of the type of fluff we'll be seeing from the new owners of the Inquirer? I hope not.