All Star Break is a wrap and we are now heading down the final stretch of the season. With playoff positioning and berths on the line, every game is crucial. Especially in the Eastern Conference where several teams have the potential to steal the last playoff spots. Its that close. Lets face… Read more »
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For the last couple of weeks Ive noticed a few of you seem to have noted a particular bias on my part towards Barack Obama. Ive never tried to disguise the fact that Im pro-Obama and probably do show some prejudice towards the junior Senator in my reporting. I dont think that makes my overall… Read more »
Tickets to Jay-Z and Mary J. Bliges Heart of the City Tour sold out within hours, forcing organizers to add more dates to the itinerary, it was announced today (February 20). Tickets sold out Baltimore, Washington DC, East Rutherford, Long Island and Boston. The pair have added six new stops on their co-headlining tour. The… Read more »
It was just around the spring of last year when the buzz of Kid Sister escaped Chicagos borders. As the designer dance movement began to penetrate the Hip-Hop community, groups like Flosstradamus and Chromeo gingerly escorted rap fans through the transition. Luckily, for Melisa Young p/k/a Kid Sister, her flashy nailed fingers rested on the… Read more »
[Photo: Mos Def as Dr. Vivien Thomas in the HBO film Something The Lord Made]I like to give credit where credit is due, and there is no better time to do this than Black History Month. We even get an extra day this year.Hip-Hop would not exist if it were not for the pioneers of… Read more »
Rappers KRS-One, Common and Q-Tip have teamed with super producers DJ Premier, Just Blaze and Cool and Dre to create new versions of influential tracks recorded by each artist. The rappers are part of the Smirnoff Signature Mix Series, a new program created in partnership with Cornerstone Promotions to help market established and emerging musical talent…. Read more »
Isaac Newton once said of his innovations, If I have seen a little further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. We may consider that saying to be a platitude but it is still correct. The advancements we make today are built on the ideas and struggles of the generations that came before… Read more »
DISCLAIMER: All content within this section is pure rumor and generally have no factual info outside of what the streets have whispered in our ear. Read on. YESTERDAYS RUMORS! Hip-Hop Rumors: Khia’s Beef With Janet? 50 Cent’s Baby Moms LOST! Cee-Lo The Wife? Hip-Hop Rumors: LaLa Plumps Up, Amerie Dropped? AHHmerican Gangster! NEWS ROUND UP… Read more »
Absolut Vodka has teamed up with Kanye West for new advertising campaign and tour. The “In an Absolut World” campaign will feature Kanye West, Common and Just Blaze among others. The rappers share their visions and testimonials of their lives in the “Absolut World” campaign. West will also be the headliner on the “Glow in… Read more »
Despite an upset by jazz artist Herbie Hancock, rapper/producer Kanye West and embattled soul diva Amy Winehouse emerged as the big winners at this years Grammy Awards. West took home four of the eight Grammy awards he was up for, including Best Rap Album for Graduation, Best Rap Solo Performance for “Stronger,” Best Rap… Read more »
G.O.O.D. Music recording artist GLC is determined to make his own way in the rap world. You might know GLC and then you might not. Gangsta L. Crisis is a neophyte in the Hip-Hop game that has been fortunate enough to flow on tracks with some of the most notable names in the business. Yet,… Read more »
She is Queen and shes ready to roar. The days of female empowerment within Hip-Hop may have died off with Latifah, but now theres a new Queen entering the game and shes ready to make a change. Queen Yonasda tackles the image of women in Hip-Hop, vows for a balance of power, and in this… Read more »
It is the last year of the Bush administration and thank God. I usually rail against being described as simply “political rapper”, and I haven’t voted since Bill Clinton first ran for President. I was following the tradition that Black Americans have had of voting for democrats since we got the right in 1964 (temporarily)…. Read more »
When is the right time to love someone? Is it when its all good and the world is going your way? Do you love someone when theyre living the good life and high on the hog? Or is it when they are down in the dumps, seemingly out of second chances and on the… Read more »
Hip-Hop was borne of the pain of urban America. Much of the music is driven by the cathartic release of a beaten but not broken people. In the same vein, comedy has also been a means of expression and emotional release from our environment. In Vince Vaughns Wild West Comedy Show, we have the story… Read more »
