Hip-hop artist Nas has produced No. 1 albums, performed in front of cheering crowds and had a doll made in his likeness in Japan. But he never received his high school diploma, and yesterday he told an audience of high school students at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America's annual National K... Read more...
If you’ve bought any good hip hop albums in the last 15 years, chances are you have some work by Brent Rollins sitting in your collection right now. Rollins is the design mastermind behind classic album covers by the likes of Gang Starr, Blackalicious and Black Star. His most recent work was the... Read more...

“I have to admit, you know, a few years ago, I wouldn’t have admitted this — or maybe I wouldn’t have been conscious of it in a way to admit or be embarrassed — but in my earlier years from when I first left home, I was embarrassed from being from the South. Not in general, but as a rapp... Read more...
Today, I went to a funeral service. A joyous and upbeat one at that. After weeks of push backs, 11th hour recordings and a few back and forth squabbles with DJ Drama on Twitter, their highly anticipated mixtape, There Is No Competition 2, was finally released. So here’s how the story goes… I m... Read more...
Before his debut album, B.o.B. Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray, hits shelves on April 27, B.o.B. is excited to hit the road with labelmate Lupe Fiasco. Their nationwide tour kicks off this Friday (March 5) in Claremont, California. The pair first met in the hallway of Atlantic Rec... Read more...

Toronto’s Boy Wonda talks about wanting to experiment outside of hip-hop, Dr. Dre being his biggest influence, the faux-sample by Al Khaaliq that was used on “Over”, and says his boy wrote a hook for Jeezy to use on “Over” before Drake got it. Props to Brook Millz Via Read more...
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IN ALL HONESTY, I ONLY KINDA WATCHED "PRECIOUS" & I WAS MODERATELY IMPRESSED. IM MORE A FAN OF THE BOOK... *KANYE SHRUG* Last night the 82nd annual Academy Awards are went down and as you can see the highlight of the evening was Mo’Nique taking home the Oscar for best Female Supporti... Read more...
Says Sumit of The Hip-Hop Chronicle UK: I caught up with Steve Rifkind during his stay in London. Firstly I got him to break down the Duck Seazon lyrics where RZA says “Stev Rifkind must be sniffin”. We then get onto speaking about Steve’s first encounters with artists. He explai... Read more...