Sitting in the audience last night inside the crowded 37 Street Arts Theater in Manhattan Off Broadway, I witnessed another great Damon Dash contribution, one that takes hip-hop culture to another significant level of accomplishment.        Sony Entertainment and Damon Dash produced, “Hip-Hop Monologues: the Life and the Mind of Jim Jones.” It was a […]

Hip Hop and sex have always gone hand in hand.  However, the carnal endeavors our culture has attached itself to have definitely become more and more salacious over the years.  Like anything else, the more you see it, more commonplace it becomes. With this in mind, could the image of the Hip-Hop female as an […]

“Strangeness, you don’t control this, you barely hold this/ Screaming brand new, when they just sanitized the old s###/ Suppose it’s, just another clever Jedi mind trick/ That they been runnin across stars through all the time with/ –          Black Star, Thieves In The Night, Black Star (1998). “They don’t know, who we be/” –          […]

  Developer/Publisher: Swordfish/THQPlatform: XBOX 360   Players: 1-2(Online)Release Date: 2/24/09   Rating: C   With the massive popularity of Curtis Jackson’s Rap persona, it is no surprise his brand has transcended past music onto clothing, movies, television, and beverages. In 2005, 50 Cent took his Southside Queens hustle to a platform Hip-Hop has often failed […]

Recently, some friends and I were sitting around shooting the s### about Slaughterhouse.  Since no one I hang with is part of the online Hip Hop community, it was actually me shooting the s### all by my lonely as they looked on with faces crumpled up like used napkins. Then they channeled Woodsy. “Who?” One […]

It’s St. Patrick’s Day but there are always plenty of shoes to make you green with envy any day of the year. Nevertheless, here are a couple of St. Patty’s Day specials. Shout out to the Irish massive.   You can’t front, House of Pain had spots bumping with their hit “Jump Around.” Don’t sleep […]

Barrera: “I am not your stepping stone.” Today (March 14), Mexican legend Marco Antonio Barrera (65-6, 43 KOs) is on a mission to prove that he’s still an elite fighter. The test comes in the form of young British sensation Amir Khan (19-1, 15 KOs), who’ll face the cagey veteran in the toughest bout of his […]

So Prodigy is still up on his one man rant from behind the walls of the correctional facility in upstate New York he’s going to be calling home at least till sometime late this summer. Part of his latest handwritten homage to everything you don’t know, but he is willing to share, is his top 40 […]

On January 30th 2009, America once again had reason to celebrate. Former Maryland Lt. Governor, Michael Steele became the first African American appointed as National Chairman of the Republican Party. This came just over one week after the historic inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. The Obama campaign sparked […]

In Hip-Hop, when the Notorious B.I.G. spoke, the world listened. When the late, great rapper said he was prone to “stash more cash than Bert Padell,” he revealed an industry secret to the masses. Padell has a client list that could stretch across the nation. Past and present customers include EPMD, Big Daddy Kane, Run […]

Developer/Publisher: CapcomPlatform: XBOX 360   Players: 1-2Release Date: 2/17/09   Rating: A-   It’s been nearly twelve years since Street Fighter III. After two subsequent installments and die-hard Street Fighter fans questioning Capcom about the next title, the company finally decided it was about time to give us what we wanted. Despite the fact that […]

March 9th, 2007 marked the 10 yr anniversary of the death of arguably the greatest rapper of all time. It doesn’t seem like it’s been that long and it probably won’t matter how many years pass, his music and memory will live on. I remember getting the phone call that he passed that morning and […]

Biggie Smalls: The Notorious Mix When was the first time you saw the Notorious B.I.G. Think about that for a minute. Now think about the last time you saw him. Now, envision what he did to change your life. The rapper didn’t make it to see 25, but the impact he had on the Earth […]

Marquez Weathers Storm to Stop Diaz in Nine Juan Manuel Marquez (50-4-1, 37 KOs) may be reaching the twilight of his illustrious career, but the veteran technician proved on Saturday (February 28) he still has much left in the tank. Before a raucous crowd, Marquez stopped a relentless Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz (34-2, 17 KOs) […]

So this Joe Budden Public Service Announcement pops up a few days back with Mr. Budden expressing his obvious disdain for a reviewer misunderstanding him as an artist frustrated with the music industry. He then spends the next two minutes explaining to us why this guy was wrong.  In no stretch of anyone’s lyrical interpretive […]

Zab Judah’s extensive melees as a champion should lead him to The International Boxing Hall of Fame when he decides to retire, but the celebrity fighter is equally determined to conquer another arena of entertainment. The Brooklyn native anticipates knocking the sagging music industry with a sly counter punch before he steps out of the […]

“It’s fresh air, when I’m speakin’ to ya’ll/Sometimes it falls upon deaf ears, like I’m speakin’ to walls/… Breakin’ cycles of violence, not repeatin’ they flaws/… We the leaders we’ve all been waitin’ for/… Each generation must find its mission, fulfill or betray it/I know the odds are more than just being killers or playaz/Or […]

So Damani, an upcoming MC from Inglewood, CA connected with the folks over at adidas for his own shoe. Not bad for a cat who hasn’t even dropped a proper album yet. These red, black, green [shout to X-Clan] and gold flavored take on the adidas EQT B-Ball lows are seen below. Damani also recorded […]

Open Letter to the New York Post Dear Editor: I’m trying to understand what possible motivation you may have had for publishing that vile cartoon depicting the shooting of the chimpanzee that went crazy. I guess you thought it would be funny to suggest that whomever was responsible for writing the Economic Recovery legislation must […]

MONEY IN QUESTION FOR MOTHER OF THE CHILD’S ATTORNEY FEES NOT CHILD SUPPORT   The story in yesterday’s Miami Herald gives a false impression about my arrest on Tuesday. The arrest had nothing to do with “allegedly owing” over ten thousand dollars in a child support case. I have acknowledged that I am the father […]