Median: Median’s Relief
The lone guest appearance from Little Brothers stellar 2003 debut The Listening, Median has held his gifts for the longest, operating off of message boards and networking sites to get his music out there. Now having linked up with Wordsworth and Oddissees home, Halftooth Records, almost five years later than his Justus League cohorts, the […]

Prodigy Pleads Guilty, Faces 3 1/2 Years In Prison
PRODIGY PLEADS GUILTY

AHH Stray News: Fergie, Palestinian Rappers DAM, Eazy-E/NWA
Rap group The Black Eyed Peas were forced to halt a performance in El Salvador, after group member Fergie became ill. Fergie told over 10,000 fans shortly into the group’s performance that she was sick from seafood poisoning and could not continue. The concert was organized by Two Show and was a date on the […]

NFL WEEK 5 Wrap-Up
First let me say, I apologize to all of you guys this week for being late with the write-ups. With work and family, this past week has been very hectic for me and I will try my best to get my write-ups and picks to you A.S.A.P. You guys have been very responsive to the […]

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Beanie Sigel: The Answer
Beanie Sigel indeed auditioned for the role of Christopher The Notorious B.I.G. Wallace in the late rappers forthcoming biopic, but hes already long been typecast. Sigel himself admits that whether it be via the Broad Street Bullys aggressive rhymes, his roles in the State Property 2 flick, or his own well-documented run-ins with the law, […]

Bow Wow, Omarion Tapped For Howard U Homecoming
Rapper Bow Wow and R&B singer Omarion will act as this year’s ambassadors and grand marshals for Howard University’s “Hollywood Howard Homecoming Parade” this year. Legendary singer Chaka Khan will serve as Mistress of Ceremonies during the 9th annual parade, which takes place from 10:00 am – 12:00 PM, Saturday, October 20. The […]

DJ Envy and Red Cafe Ft. Styles P and Uncle Murda
Move Like A G

E-Mun E Ft. Jay Rush
I Can’t Take It Back

Hip-Hop Rumors: Prodigy Going To Jail? Eminem’s Mom Pens Book! Pleasure P Bounces On Pretty Ricky!
PRODIGY GOES TO JAIL!? I hope Havoc is comfortable with being a solo act, because I heard that Prodigy is about to a multiyear bid in jail. Yeah, you know he had a case and a trial in New York City recently. I’m hearing P had to call it a day and plead guilty. Either […]

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Hit With New $5 Million Dollar Lawsuit
Sean “Diddy” Combs has been hit with another lawsuit, this time from a man who claims the mogul’s bodyguards beat him senseless at a nightclub in Manhattan last June. According to the $5 million dollar lawsuit, which was filed in New York County Court this week, promoter James Waldon was at The Box on […]

Steroids: Is It Really That Serious?
I love wearing my throwback jerseys, especially those from the Negro baseball leagues. These jerseys symbolize so many things: pain, suffering, success, fun. But most importantly, they represent hard work that the individuals who wore them endured so that other African American players could achieve the American Dream: baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, […]

Wayne Wonder: Island Star
While hardcore dancehall was a mainstay of music in the early to mid 90s, its presence began to wean with the emergence of new artistic expressions of music, such as neo-soul and reggaeton. Yet, somewhere between the sheets, Jamaican born Wayne Wonder found a niche and introduced the world to reggae music with an R&B […]

Joe Budden Released By Def Jam
Rapper Joe Budden is no longer signed to Def Jam Records after being heralded as one of its most promising acts in the early 2000s.The rapper said he was pleased to be leaving the label and looked forward to the next steps in his career. “I’m just happy we were finally able to cut all […]

Smif N Wessun
Gotta Say It

Koch Records in Bidding War for Death Row Records
The fate of Death Row Records continues to hang in the balance as independent record label Koch Records positions itself to buy the once influential West Coast rap label. The New York Post reports that Koch is one of two companies who stand the best chance of purchasing Death Row. The other company, […]

Rapper Common Launches The Common Ground Foundation
Chicago rapper Common has announced the launch of The Common Ground Foundation Inc., a San Francisco based global initiative to educate and empower urban and disadvantaged youth. The rapper’s foundation will also focus on HIV/AIDS prevention programs targeting youth in communities around the world, specifically Africa. “I always believed that if we started […]

NBA 2007/2008 PREVIEW: Toronto Raptors
We continue our 2007/2008 NBA Preview with a look at the Toronto Raptors. Toronto Raptors Projected Starting Lineup: C Andrea Bargnani PF Chris BoshSF Jason KaponoSG Anthony ParkerPG T.J. Ford Coach: Sam Mitchell The good news: Their international squad has balance. Call em the United Nations Raptors. The big surprise of […]

Mistah F.A.B.: Combat Debriefing
Freestyle battles are not all theyre hyped up to be. The music from the DJ is hard to hear. There is a lot of standing around and waiting. And lets remember, a true freestyle battle is just that, completely on the spot, nothing pre-written or memorized. As a result, lyrics arent always syncopated and sometimes […]