Welcome to “No Passes,” a new column on AllHipHop.com. The purpose of the column is to simply address some of the improprieties, inexcusable acts and general f**k ups of our otherwise grandiose, innovative and otherwise trailblazing community. The column will be in a number of voices, from AllHipHop Staff to you the writer. So, drop […]

Open Letter to Hiphop America September 2010 Peace to all of you. I am writing this letter from Brooklyn, New York, where I am currently a Democratic candidate for Congress. For those who do not know, there are 435 United States Congresspersons in America, and 100 United States Senators, all based in Washington, D.C. when […]

This is one of my most serious editorials that I’ve ever penned. It’s very serious because it deals with people’s lives and whether or not they’ll choose to live or die. In writing this piece, I have to reflect back on the lives of other men who found themselves in similar situations and use them […]

The views expressed in this article are those of the author and not necessarily those of AllHipHop.com.T.I. T.I. T.I. I was just talking about the homey T.I. I was specifically talking about this: Since Tip got out of jail, he’s been smiling a lot. I’d look at every post-arrest interview, every photo, every appearance and […]

Greetings Relatives,  Last Night BET premiered their first music documentary “My Mic Sounds Nice” about the history of representation of females in Hip-Hop and asked the question “Where is she now?” Something I have been telling people in the past 7 years that I have been rapping professionally is that Hip-Hop isn’t dead it just […]

Welcome to “No Passes,” a new column on AllHipHop.com. The purpose of the column is to simply address some of the improprieties, inexcusable acts and general f**k ups of our otherwise grandiose, innovative and otherwise trailblazing community. The column will be in a number of voices, from AllHipHop Staff to you the writer. So, drop […]

Hate is the new love. Recently, the hate levels have risen faster than a wave in a Tsunami. Why do the fans hate their own artists so badly? I don’t have all the answers, but I sure have a lot of observations. This strand of hate isn’t new, but it sure is pervasive as an […]

Both singers allegedly stepped out with a married man. All similarity ends there. Guess which one gets a pass and which one gets labeled with a scarlet letter — and why. American Idol winner and R&B singer Fantasia Barrino tried to kill herself. It is being reported that she took an overdose of aspirin and […]

Brand Alignment: Why Floyd Mayweather Jr. Should Connect With Don King “For him it’s all a matter of the disrespect that he’s feeling and them not listening to him,” King said. “It’s all about pride and dignity. I understand him completely because we share a common background as rising from the ghetto. “He wants his […]

Her sweet voice was originally what caught my attention as she walked by us on a Port Au Prince street singing Justin Beiber’s “Baby”.  In the midst of such destruction and chaos, here 15-year-old  Sophia was, plowing forward, taking odd jobs to support herself and her  four year old brother and providing them shelter and […]

Is Live Nation at death’s door, as some recent media reports may have us believe? Not quite. You can put the electrical defibrillator away for now, but don’t let the doctor leave the room, yet. As many of you may know from reading my writings at AllHipHop.com or elsewhere I believe that one of the […]

 “First things first, I Poppa, freaks all the honey’s, dummies, playboy bunnies, those wanting money.  Those the ones I like, cause they don’t get nathan, but penetration unless they smell like sanitation.  Gar-barge I turn like door knobs.  Heartthrob?  Never, black and ugly as ever; however…”Biggie is considered the G.O.A.T by many because of his […]

“This is the way of an artist a purging, a catharsis the emerging of a market a genre on my own…” – “Water Walker” by Djezuz Djonez (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBXSIan1l8o) As many AllHipHop.com readers know I have been promising to write about what I have loosely described as the death or demise of the conscious MC. Last […]

A Statement by Kevin Powell Good day to you all. I find it very sad and contradictory that Congressman Edolphus “Ed” Towns, a 27-year Democratic incumbent here in Brooklyn, New York’s 10th Congressional District, is suing me. Like him, I am a life-long Democrat. Like him I was born in another state but came to […]

On the break up of Slum Village. An open letter to whom it may concern. It’s hard to try to write about Slum Village coming to an end. Although, it’s an obituary that I have had in my head for a very long time. TheEnd  is one of hip-hop’s more resilient groups because they kept […]

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”   —Abraham Lincoln    And the drama of Congressman Charlie Rangel continues to unfold with 13 charges of misconduct, even as I type this essay: Mr. Rangel faces a range of accusations stemming from his accepting four […]

Edited by Sha’ahn Williams First of all, I’d like to apologize for what I am about to do. Weird, I know. But I want to apologize to every woman that loves Rap with all her heart and soul, and is tired of hearing why the female emcee is endangered, yet no one has given a solid […]

“I think I’m Big Meech, Larry Hoover Getting’ work, hallelujah One Nation, under God Real n***s getting money from the f***** start” – ‘B.M.F.’ by Rick Ross featuring Styles P. When listening to the hot new Rick Ross album, Teflon Don, and in particular, the chorus to ‘B.M.F.’ something very important came to mind which […]

The following call and response is real simplistic, but guaranteed to get any party jumping!Call:  Aint not party like an old school party cause an old school party don’t stop!  Response:  Aint no party like an old school party cause an old school party don’t stop!Call:  Heeeeey yoResponse:  AlrightCall:  Heeeeey yoResponse:  AlrightCall:  The roof, the […]

A few months back when 50 Cent expressed his interest in making dance music he received quite a bit of negative feedback and chatter from the hardcore rap fan base on blogs and websites with many even making mockery of him for having the thought. It was one of those moments where depending upon perspective […]