Recorded live at 9th Wonder‘s North Carolina studio, Bright Lady Studios, and featuring production from 9th and the Soul Council (E. Jones, Khrysis & more) Aquil and Yahzilla come through with their aptly titled EP, Bright Lady Sessions. The full 9-track EP is available for free downloa... Read more...
George Moses Horton George Moses Horton was a poet. He was born into slavery on William Horton's plantation in Northampton County, North Carolina. As a very young child, he and several family members were moved to a tobacco farm in rural Chatham County, when his owner relocated. Horto... Read more...
Prison Radio announces that it will continue to record and distribute Mumia Abu-Jamal's radio essays in the face of State censorship and State sponsored torture. Mumia is being kept in solitary in SCI Mahanoy's dungeon. Its restrictions and conditions belie its modern construction. The defeat for ... Read more...
A decision by retail giant Lowe's Home Improvement to pull ads from a reality show about American Muslims following protests from an evangelical Christian group has sparked criticism and calls for a boycott against the chain. The retailer stopped advertising on TLC's "All-American Muslim" after a c... Read more...
What would Joe Clark say about this? You shouldve just jumped Sams... The guy who starred as troubled youth Thomas Sams in the 1989 classic "Lean On Me" was arrested in Arizona for allegedly buying 200 pounds of pot from an undercover cop this week. Jermaine "Huggy" Hopkins has been cha... Read more...
Big Pooh - Dirty Pretty Things Sampler Big Pooh can hardly wait for November 1st to release his upcoming album, Dirty Pretty Things. Neither can his fans, so, in giving loyalists a chance to get an early glimpse at his sophomore solo effort, the North Carolina MC is releasing an official albu... Read more...
FSM (Flight School Music) founder and North Carolina emcee The Mecca of Rhymes links up with Detroit native Young Scolla to create this powerful hip hop track "Progression" off of The Mecca of Rhymes upcoming EP "Heroes of Our Own Story". With the help of the soulful R&B sounds of DejaBluu this ... Read more...
The New Jersey Nets have been fined $50,000 by the NBA due to minority owner Jay-Z's illegal contact with Kentucky players, a league source confirmed to SI.com. The entertainment mogul visited with the Wildcats in the team's Prudential Center locker room on March 27, congratulating them a... Read more...
*Pause at that picture above ^ Petey, I dont really have anything more to say than you're an idiot. I dont care if white jesus was chasing you, you tried to carry a gun in an airport in racist North Carolina on the day that white people (cops especially) are terrified of, and given a license t... Read more...