Hip Hop
From “Country Grammar” to “Hot in Herre,” St. Louis, Missouri’s own Cornell Haynes, better known to hip-hop fans as Nelly has always come with a…
Imagine your deepest, darkest secret being laid bare in the public square. Imagine how you would feel if something that you have been struggling with…
So listen, you guys know sometimes how things can be right in your face and you don’t know about it, right? I was trying to…
He was one Mr. 106 and Park because he dominated BET’s music video show as a teenage rap star. Now in a genius BET casting…
Buried in the midst of this storm of criticism and misunderstanding is a song that tries harder than any piece of music to come along in a long while to address not just some of the differences of understanding between black and white, but between the white south and a modern America defined by two […]
In one of the most ignorant, blatantly racist stunts in media history, TMZ “reports” that Boston Marathon terror suspect, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, had an email address…
On the heels of rapper Rick Ross‘ severed relationship with Reebok due to lyrics bragging about drug-induced date rape, Interscope artist, Chief Keef (BigGucciSosa300), has…
Radio stations are beginning to take a stand against rappers whose controversial lyrics are taking things way too far. Lil Wayne and Rick Ross are the latest rappers whose songs have been pulled off the radio for this. The issue came to a head last month as a result of Lil Wayne, who recently revealed […]
Rodney King’s death on Sunday (June 17, 2012) was a tragic and unfitting ending for the man who was at the center of one of…
We just paid our respects on the 15th anniversary of the illest MC ever–The Notorious B.I.G. on March 10th. Although a lot can be said…
Via NewsOne Written by D.L. Chandler “The greatest rapper of all time died on March 9th” – Canibus, “2nd Round Knockout” Fifteen years ago today, hip-hop lost one of its most-towering and talented figures in Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace. The tragic murder of the Brooklyn-raised rhyme slinger in Los Angeles still remains an unsolved mystery, even as […]
In a recent sit-down with Time.com, Moshe Levi (pictured), the rapper formerly known as Shyne (most-famously known for a voice reminiscent of Biggie and most-infamously known for his involvement in a 1999 New York nightclub shooting), went into detail about his legal name change; what kind of content to expect on his forthcoming albums, Gangland […]