The plan was to rock the mike, not cause an identity crisis. In 2008, when Jay-Z was named as a headlining act for Britain's fiercely rock-centric Glastonbury Festival -- a first for any hip-hop performer, let alone one of rap's epochal superstars -- the island nation erupted in furious debate. T... Read more...
You could be excused for believing that I spend every waking hour obsessing over rap trivia while preparing for my next interview with an obscure hip-hop character, but that’s not really the case. Admittedly, a lifetime of perusing linear notes and thumbing through old rap magazines can tend to h... Read more...
At the 4:53 mark of Jas Prince’s Ustream broadcast last night, Drake says he feels people try to pit him against J.Cole. He admits that J. Cole is one of his favorite up and coming rappers and said that they plan to work together. Via: Read more...
Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z and his business partner sued Boston Red Sox baseball player David Ortiz Thursday for naming a Dominican Republic nightclub after their chain of 40/40 Club sports bar lounges. Jay-Z and Juan Perez own 40/40 Clubs in New York City, Atlantic City and Las Vegas and have pla... Read more...
Philly Freezer sits for an interesting interview with host Eddie from The Deen Show, “a Muslim film company that strives to provide the correct information about Islam to Muslims and non-Muslims alike from authentic sources which include The Quran and The Sunnah.” They touch on most of th... Read more...
Last week when upstart rapper J. Cole stepped onstage at New York's S.O.B.'s, he was welcomed by a packed house. Among those in the audience were fellow MCs Talib Kweli and Asher Roth. There were even whispers throughout the crowd that the attendance at the event, Hot 97's Who's Next series, su... Read more...
"I'll believe it when its in my inbox..." -#cynicalSpit I'll ask again, does anybody even care anymore at this point?? Via: Read more...
A few years ago, when Jermaine Cole was a freshman at St. John’s University, he came to the downtown nightclub S.O.B.’s to check out a performance by a young rapper just beginning to make a name for himself. The show was packed tight, and Mr. Cole, an aspiring rapper himself, and new to New Yo... Read more...
Dr. "Forgot About" Dre and Jimmy "I own you n*ggas" Iovine were in Fenway Park promoting Beats By Dre headphones yesterday for the baseball season opener and the Interscope slave master boss hog reveals the title of the rumored track by Dre and Hov. No April Fool’s here.... & yes, I ... Read more...