Rest In Power: Legendary Writer Amiri Baraka Dies At 79
CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND LEGENDARY WRITER AMIRI BARAKA DIES AT THE AGE OF 79.

Talib Kweli Rocks Out S.O.B.’s for MLK
(AllHipHop News) Last night at the world famous S.O.B.’s, Brooklyn’s finest Talib Kweli delivered a powerful performance in front of a sold out crowd. Surrounded by a live band, Kweli dedicated the concert to the lives and memories of Civil Rights revolutionaries, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Gil Scott-Heron. Kweli was proud to carry […]

BLACK MUSIC MONTH: "We Got The Jazz" – The Top 5 Artists To Mash-Up Rap With Abstract
IT’S BLACK MUSIC MONTH…MEANDER THROUGH THE MASH-UP OF RAP & JAZZ WITH ALLHIPHOP.COM!

Million Dollar Lawsuit Breaks Out Over Gil Scott-Heron Estate
A BATTLE HAS ERUPTED OVER CONTROL OF GIL SCOTT’S ESTATE!

Book Notes: Gil Scott-Heron Memoir, Release Date Honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
THE LATE, GREAT GIL SCOTT HERON’S MEMOIR DEBUTS ON MLK DAY!

Gil Scott-Heron Memoir Set For Release on M.L.K. Day 2012
(AllHipHop News) Musician, poet, and author Gil Scott-Heron’s post-humous memoir, The Last Holiday, will be published by Canongate on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 16, 2012. The decision to release The Last Holiday on that day is no coincidence. According to The Wire, Heron’s civil rights activism is chronicled in the memoir, as well […]