Hip-Hop Rumors: Wack MC’s In The BET Cypher?
DID SOME WACK DUDES SNEAK IN THE CYPHER? Did you read the story that AHH posted on Skillz? In the piece, he is griping about the fact that several artists in the BET Cypher were decidedly non-cypher. They were trying to spit a hot 16 or whatever and were unable to fulfill the duties of […]
Steve Jobs’ Glorious Effect On AllHipHop
STEVE JOBS’ LEGACY LIVES ON AT ALLHIPHOP
Hip-Hop Rumors: Rapper Shot! Wiz Khalifa Got Profiled! Epic Wins & Fails!
EYE SEE YOU! WIZ AND AMBER ROSE GET PROFILED AT BARNEY’S! DAMN! A brother can’t get respect even though he’s spending 16k! Here is the report from RadarOnlin.com: Rapper Wiz Khalifa had a Pretty Woman moment when he visited a swanky Beverly Hills department store with his model girlfriend Amber Rose. RadarOnline.com has […]
AllhipHop Classics: Hip-Hop Reflects On 9/11 (2002)
A year after the September 11 tragedy, people had formulated their varied opinions of the matter that left nearly 3,000 people dead. The shock had yielded to reason and reflection. On this nine-year anniversary of September 11, AllHipHop Classics revisits what rap artists like Scarface, 50 Cent, Kool G Rap, Nelly, 8Ball, Skillz, Kimora Lee, […]
Michael Steele: The Real Hip-Hop Republican
Your typical Hip-Hop head tends to support the Democratic party and diametrically opposes to the Republican party. Certainly not an absolute assertion but certainly holds its ground in the face of public opinion. One must consider the affects of Reaganomics in the 80’s, when Hip-Hop truly became vocal, as a hard reason for Hip-Hop lack […]
I Volunteer To Mentor Soulja Boy
Knowing how people don’t read or quickly form judgments, I want to state this editorial isn’t mean to be funny or a disrespectful commentary. I’ll never forget how I came into “meeting” Soulja Boy. It was through a parody from a guy named Army Boy, who had created a hilarious re-make of “Crank […]
Mutulu Shakur: Papaz Reprise
To his supporters, activist Dr. Mutulu Shakur is a political prisoner forced into an Atlanta-based penitentiary for crimes he didn’t commit. Since his capture and arrest on February 12, 1986, he’s been vehemently fighting for his freedom – nearly 20 years. In 1987, he was sentenced to 60 years in jail for an alleged conspiracy […]
Grandmaster Melle Mel: The Original G.O.A.T.
Born Melvin Glover, Grandmaster Melle Mel is more than one of the pioneers of hip-hop – he is heralded, by those that know, as one of the finest lyricists Hip-Hop has ever seen. While we at AllHipHop deem him the original G.O.A.T., the notion is certainly arguable with greats before and after him. But. Melle […]
Game: Winds of Change
The Game has had enough rap beefs, legal beefs and inner-crew beefs to feed a homeless shelter. Now, the rapper says his thugged-out modus operandi has changed for the positive and hes tattooed a butterfly on his right cheek to represent that dramatic transformation. Across from the new symbol is a tattooed tear, an older […]
Geronimo Ji Jaga: Soulja’s Story Pt 2
AllHipHop: How did you join the Panthers? GJJ: I never joined the Panthers. My function, after Martin Luther King was killed, was to come and defend our community. That was something we had to do. So, when I came out, I worked in the South and then East – New York. I didn’t get to […]
Geronimo Ji Jaga: Soulja’s Story Pt 1
For real, for real: To understand – better yet – to know Tupac Shakur, you must peer beyond hip-hop into history. The family tree that bore Tupac has a lineage of political activists, Black Panthers, and a tightly woven unit all rolled into one prolific individual person that was stolen from the Earth on September […]