Wow, just wow. You can’t make this shit up! Serving two years for gun possession, Ja Rule found a new posse behind bars — a couple of cons he calls “Hevey D” and “Koz.” The Queens-raised rap star says disgraced pol Alan Hevesi and corporate greed poster-boy Dennis Kozlowski took him under their wings. From Kozlowski, he got stock tips. From Hevesi, he heard about the perennial impasse in Albany. [...]
Yo, the streets are going crazy over this one!! NEW YORK — Rapper K’Naan is upset that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney used his song “Wavin’ Flag” during his Florida primary victory speech. In a statement Wednesday, K’naan says Romney’s campaign did not seek approval to use the song and that he would not have granted permission if it had. The Somali-born, Canadian-based rapper says he would happily grant President [...]
Here is a really interesting article on two Senegalese rappers who are truly demonstrating the power of hip hop. DEF JAM will probably never sign them, but Cheikh Oumar Cyrille Touré, from a small town about 100 miles southeast of Dakar, Senegal, and Hamada Ben Amor, a 22-year-old man from a port city 170 miles southeast of Tunis, may be two of the most influential rappers in the history of [...]
Here is a really interesting interview with the directed and co-produced of a new documentary on financial disputes surrounding The Sugar Hill Gang’s classic “Rapper’s Delight” “I said a hip-hop, hippie to the hippie” could quite possibly be one of the most significant verses uttered in rap history–but most fans don’t know the legal and financial battle the words unleashed. The Sugarhill Gang released what’s widely regarded as the [...]
Here is a seriously dope interview with Rap-A-Lot Records founder J-Prince in celebration of their 25th Anniversary. There might not be another strain of music more perpetually misunderstood than gangsta rap was in its golden age. Though most commonly associated with its superficial negativity — comically absurd slasher film violence (often directed at women) and vulgarity played for laughs that became more problematic as the music was embraced by the [...]
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com While discussing race and the New York Times with regular Bernard Goldberg, Goldberg showed a picture of himself with rapper Ice Cube, but called him Ice T to which O’Reilly replied. ““That is how white you are Bernie, you don’t know the difference between ice T and Ice Cube,” O’Reilly said, adding “I’m a brother man!” Yes, this actually happened… Tweet
It’s always amazing to take a step back and see how global hip hop has become. In that regard, it’s great to see someone of stature of M.O.P.’s Billy Danze reach out to international artists and help them be heard by the masses world wide. “RUN” (Raps United Nation) is the brainchild of M.O.P.’s Billy Danze who throughout the course of his illustrious career and years of extensive international touring [...]
So you may have heard that rappers like to make references to suicide doors. Apparently why is question this writer felt like raising. Can’t knock the hustle. Gotta keep those articles to your boss coming! Fourth on Slate pop critic Jonah Weiner’s list of 2011’s best songs was Chris Brown’s “Look at Me Now,” a paradigm of macho braggadocio in which he cryptically raps, “She wax it all off, Mr. [...]
Here is a dope piece on parenting in this day and age of hip hop as popular culture. It is sad commercially successful rap is very rarely of positive social value because as all of us lover of the culture know, that side of it is as potent and powerful as ever.
Word, so thespian Lin-Manuel Miranda is debuting excerpts from his “The Hamilton Mixtape” which is his series of songs based upon the life our most Tupacesque founding father Alexander Hamilton. Another example of how much hip hop has permeated our culture and think this is a positive example.
If this album is half as decent as the violent track titles and stellar line-up, it’s gonna be sick! 1. JFK Skit 2. Can’t See Me (Prod. by BlaqThoven) 3. 21 Gun Salute Ft. Prodigy of Mobb Deeb ( Prod. by Kia Miller) 4. The One Ft. Rhona Bennett (Prod. by Big Bad 40) 5. Truth Hurts Ft. Truth Hurts (Prod. by Big Bad 40) 6. One Day At [...]
And the award to most obsessive Tupac fan ever goes too… A sex tape featuring the late rapper Tupac Shakur has been sold to a private collector. The owner of the video, which was filmed in 1991, made a point of keeping the tape out of the hands of porn companies. The private collector apparently has no plans to sell the tape or release it to the public. According to [...]
5 questions with Russell Simmons By On Faith Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons has been one of the most prominent voices protesting Lowe’s decision to withdraw ads from the All American Muslim reality TV show. Sally Quinn interviewed him Thursday. Sally Quinn: Why did you get involved in this controversy? Russell Simmons: It’s my job. It’s the best way to promote what I do. But I never expected to have this [...]
Hot damn, Shyne gets mad real with his conversion to Judaism… Doing his time for firing that pistol in the nightclub with Puff Daddy and J. Lo a dozen years ago, the rapper known as Shyne experienced a jailhouse religious awakening. The faith he says changed his life involved embracing his heritage as a black man, forswearing destructive behaviors, covering his head and taking a new name. Yet it had [...]
Word to Drake inspiring a stutterer. Wheel Chair Jimmy is for the kids. Like a lot of 12 year-olds, Jake Zeldin is a fan of Canadian rapper Drake. But unlike other 12-year-olds, Jake has actually had the chance to rap with him. Impressive enough; but what’s more impressive is what rapping does for Jake. Jake Zeldin has struggled with a significant stutter all his life. But when he starts to [...]
Get More: Music News Goodness gracious this album is going to be awful. That said, 50 really is a true hustler and if he sees an opportunity to make paper he damn sure will take it. Tweet
Can’t knock Weezy’s hustle in trying to pass this off as a good deal despite evidence to the contrary. Money is a significant part of rapper Lil Wayne’s life. Not only does he talk about it incessantly in songs like “Got Money,” “I Got Some Money on Me,” “Money on My Mind,” “I’m so Paid,” and “Money to Blow,” but he also makes a lot of it, ranking 4th on [...]
I mean who doesn’t love Canada? Such a nice place and lovely people to boot! Wu-Tang’s in the house. Literally. Raekwon, a member of hugely influential rappers Wu-Tang Clan, just opened the Toronto office of his new Canadian label, Ice H20, and is hoping to find the next big hip-hop act to unleash on the world. The timing couldn’t be better given Toronto rapper Drake’s sophomore album, Take Care, debuted [...]
Here’s another excerpt from Root for the Villain: Rap, Bullsh*t, and a Celebration of Failure. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing after the high school basketball game I had been covering was over. “Yo man, you J-Zone?” the point guard asked me before I could ask him about his 19 point, 8 assist performance. I asked him to repeat his question. Not to flatter myself, but to make sure [...]
I don’t actually know if Jay-Z is a billionaire but you get the point. Did Warren Buffett and Jay-Z cook this up on our dime? We want a finder’s fee. Forbes got Warren and Hova together last year in an Omaha diner for the cover of the 2010 Forbes 400 issue. Now the two are in an animated show together. Not that many people noticed when Warren Buffett lent his [...]
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