Apparently, Dres of Black Sheep wasn’t privy to the rapping hamsters in Kia’s latest ad campaign. D-R-E-S shares his thoughts with VIBE on the group’s song being used and how he’s expecting some royalties to come along with it. “The Choice is Yours” is in a new Kia commercial... Read more...
John Legend and The Roots cover Baby Huey and the Babysitters’ “Hard Times” for their collaboration album Wake Up!, in stores on September 21st. Black Thought also raps a little something on this. Press release below... (more…) Read more...
2pac’s 1995 hit “Dear Mama” was one of 25 recordings inducted today into the National Recording Registry. Each year, audio over 10 years old that are “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant” are selected. The recordings are preserved at a facility in Culpeper, Virgina. ... Read more...
Police are investigating a possible link between hip-hop star Fabolous and the murder of an upstart rapper near a Queens nightclub, the Daily News has learned. NYPD detectives aren't sure what role, if any, the Brooklyn rapper might have played in the March killing, but a surveillance video show... Read more...
A new book being published claims that Death Row Records was actually a front for the FBI in an attempt to assault and end black activism. The new book The FBI War on Tupac Shakur and Black Leaders: U.S. Intelligence’s Murderous Targeting of Tupac, MLK, Malcolm, The Panthers, Hendrix, Marley,... Read more...
Rap legend Schoolly D recounts the difficulty that Hip-Hop pioneers experienced and how they had a harder time due to there being fewer avenues and more opposition. Taken from an interview for the book How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC. Via: Read more...
Simply put, the task before Trae seems illogical. No hip-hop artist has ever walked into a courtroom and essentially forced a radio station to play their music. Then again, no other hip-hop artist has a day named after him in his own city. Interestingly, it was the unfortunate events that occurr... Read more...
I regret to inform you that I will not be attending the dirty south hip hop honors that’s an insult to us DIRTY SOUTH huh????smh @vh1Thu May 13 09:48:00 via EchofonSCARFACE darealscarface Scarface called into the HoodHype Show last night to express his displeasure with VH1 for the “Dirty... Read more...
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17/05/2010,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Edu-tainment,
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If its not true, why acknowledge it? You're making this a little too obvious now Talib The other day I saw Eskay go in on a post they did over at NahRight of this video and while I respect him as a veteran, I feel that years of blogging and his various other ventures has made the money more imp... Read more...