“In that day the wolf and the lamb will live together; the leopard will lie down with the baby goat. The calf and the yearling will be safe with the lion, and a little child will lead them all.” –Isaiah 11:6 (New Living Translation) Earlier this year I coined the phrase, ‘demographic death,’ in relation […]
Oscar Grant & Mumia: What is Black life worth in America? Let me be very candid and straight to the point. This is not a post-racial America. This broken system of America is a joke to the fullest and could care less about giving justice to the Black people within its borders. We were brought […]
Lil Wayne just finished a bid of 9 months in jail.T.I. just started a new bid of 11 months after serving. Mike Vick served 23 months in jail. The police officer that murdered Oscar Grant in cold blood was sentenced to 2 years in jail. I’m back, b***hes. That’s right, I said B***HES. Want to […]
Push pause before watching for colored girls…. People either love or hate filmmaker Tyler Perry—that much is clear to me. Weeks before I decided to see Perry’s “For Colored Girls” on opening night I could hear the extreme reactions to the fact he was adapting, producing, and directing a film version of Ntozake Shange’s classic 1970s […]
The sentencing of Johannes Mehserle sent shock waves through the Bay Area Friday. There was hurt and anger throughout the region. I was in downtown Oakland when the sentencing came down. Two years with credit for time served felt as bad as if he was acquitted. At that very moment, the hopelessness rushed in as […]
In the words of hip hop theologians Goodie Mob, black folks are often “fighting for our spirits and mind.” I too know the paralyzing fear and total horror of being targeted by the police solely for living while black. Grant’s tragedy struck a chord in me cause because we can longer stand on the side […]
“Thank you to all that took the time to check out my new video GET BACK UP with my homie Chris Brown. And a bigger thanks to those of you who decided to comment (good & bad). To all of you who say “He should practice what he preaches” and “How could he do something […]
On the internet, an unreleased song was leaked and the internet went nuts on T-Pain. The song was “PTY,” originally recorded by the late Michael Jackson and produced by Quincy Jones. Well, what those detractors didn’t know is that Michael personally requested T-Pain and also Robin Thicke to remake the classic song. T-Pain asks, “Why […]
“And no I ain’t get shot up a whole bunch of times Or make up s*** in a whole bunch of lines And I ain’t animated like say a Busta Rhymes But the real s*** you get when you bust down my lines…” – Jay-Z on “What More Can I Say?” If you ever wanted […]
Last week, spoken word poem Jasmine Mans released a poet that garnered her the adoration (and scorn) of the internet when the video virally spread across social networks and websites alike. In this exclusive editorial to AllHipHop.com, Mans explains, her poem “Nicki Minaj” (often called “The Mis-Education of a Barbie Doll”) was not a diss. […]
When Hip Hop first started, it was a local movement of artistic expression and social commentary. Hip Hop artists and lovers challenged the status quo by scratching records, tagging buildings and defying gravity.Those who had been ignored and forgotten grabbed the microphone, hopped on (and sometimes off) stage and ushered in what would become a […]
A great leader has the unique ability to admit when he’s wrong. Without this ability you suffer the fate of Napoleon and end up dead on your way to Russia. I was wrong about my assessment of Chairman Reid. After I stopped being all Carl Thomas emotional and things like that, I thought about the […]
The following editorial was written by Silky Slim, a former gang banger than had seen the way violence has ravaged his hometown of Baton Rouge. Silky again speaks on the violence ravaging the inner cities and African Americans across the nation. Click here to read his previous work, “Lil Boosie and the New KKK.” […]
While some have tried to use Nas’ scathing letter to Def Jam executives (https://allhiphop.com/stories/editorial/archive/2010/10/07/22425459.aspx) as more evidence to condemn the music industry’s exploitative practices I saw it as a teachable moment on the subject of artist responsibility – an opportunity to explain to today’s young artists how important it is to think more like an […]
REPUBLICAN WOMAN STAY AWAY FROM ME! The inspiration for this song came while attending Ignite 2010, a conference hosted by VIBE and The League of Young Voters in Atlanta on the eve of the BET Hip-Hop Awards. The purpose of the event was to bring together Bloggers, Artists and Community Activists to see what could […]
Troy Cle is the creator of The Marvelous Effect, a fantasy book & science fiction series The Marvelous World Saga. After watching Kanye West’s “Runaway,” he was compelled to write this opinion piece and review. There is a special place where the disaster prone and eternally compelling Kanye West resides. It is a sacred place […]
Young Guru has been the sound man on some of the biggest records, including numerous Jay-Z records. At the recent seminar in Newark, NJ, which was hosted by Hakim Green of Channel Live fame, Young Guru gave the listeners one to grow on. The cornerstone of his 9-minute diatribe of the recording industry was artist […]
<!]]>If you live in California, today Monday (Oct 18 2010) will be your last day to register to vote. You can do that by going here.. http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_vr.htm For many, with a messed up economy, unmet expectations and seemingly out of touch and unresponsive politicians, this has been a pretty dismal year in terms of choices […]
Def Jam is dying…. Thanks L.A. Reid! Middle fingers to you too!!!Antonio L.A. Reid, quite frankly, doesn’t give a curse word about Hip-Hop!!! He doesn’t get it. He fails to comprehend the holy institution that is Def Jam. How a Jewish guy named Rick & an African [American] guy from Hollis queens by the name […]
One of the oldest discussions in Hip-Hop is quite simply “Who Is The Best?” BET has taken that discussion and put it in a new special with a twist. “Who Are The Top Rappers Of The 21st Century?” is a new program by the network that presents a roundtable of DJ’s, artists, tastemakers and Hip-Hop […]
