In a recent sit down with Fat Joe for his IG Live “Joprah Show, the DITC veteran sat down with Murder Inc.’s Irv Gotti and spoke extensively about Jay-Z, who he said had real-life beef with Tupac because of another deceased king of the game; Notorious B.I.G. According to Gotti, Shakur’s beef with Hov originated […]
As Eddie Murphy took to the stage to accept his first Emmy, the comedian extraordinaire spoke about how fortunate he was to win the coveted award almost four decades after appearing on SNL, Dave Chapelle had a completely different approach to his acceptance speech for his win. Chappelle said “Boy, comes as a complete surprise. […]
In a shocking video, the 15-year-old son of NBA star LeBron James posted a video on social media of him apparently smoking marijuana. The teenage son of the B-ball living legend posted the video of him taking a pull from a blunt but took down the video after the seconds-long clip went viral. Advertisement
According to several reports, Kobe Bryant’s widow allegedly kicked her own mother out of the Bryant home and even told her to return the car purchased for her. In an interview on Univision, Sofia Laine, the mother of Vanessa Bryant, is claiming that her own daughter had forced her out of the home and even […]
On this date in 1993, De La Soul dropped their third full length studio album The legendary Long Island Hip Hop trio known as De La Soul showed and proved that the third time is the charm when they released their Buhloone Mindstate album two years after their oxymoronic De La Soul Is Dead LP. […]
On this date in 2000, Dipset general Cam’ron released his second album Sports, Drugs And Entertainment on Untertainment Records, which was owned by his former manager Lance “Un” Rivera. Originally titled The Rough, Rough, Rough Album, S.D.E. features appearances Destiny’s Child, Noreaga, Dutch & Spade, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Prodigy, Freekey Zeekey, Juelz Santana, and Jim […]
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a longtime women’s rights advocate who became the court’s second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87. Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court said. Her death, just over six weeks before Election Day, is likely to set off a heated battle over whether […]
GEAH!! For two decades MC Eiht has been one of hip-hop’s most recognizable voices in hip-hop; and undisputedly one of Compton’s finest originators and emcees. A straight menace, MC Eiht burst onto the scene with Compton’s Most Wanted Music To Driveby. Released just months after the LA Riots, Music To Driveby was a manifesto for the nihilism, frustration […]
Born Lorenzo Dechalus on this day in the Bronx in 1968, Hip Hop legend and critic Lord Jamar of the legendary Brand Nubian crew has maintained his relevance in the game by not just dropping gems on the mic in the booth, but he keeps artists and notables on their toes when stepping into the […]
Memphis rapper, Moneybagg Yo teams up with City Girls and DaBaby for “Said Sum Remix” today on via N-Less Entertainment/Interscope Records. Together, the four artists send a clear message to their haters. The original track has nearly 130 million streams globally and over 51 million views on YouTube.
According to several confirmed reports, Nicki Minaj landed a victory in court when a judge ruled that Minaj did not commit copyright infringement against Tracy Chapman for her 2017 hit “Sorry”. Variety reported that U.S. district Judge Virginia A. Phillips ruled that Nicki’s experimentation with Tracy Chapman’s song constitutes “fair use” and is not copyright […]
Amazon Music announced today the launch of podcasts in the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Japan, across all tiers of service at no additional cost. For the first time, customers will be able to stream top podcasts they already know and love, as well as new, original shows produced exclusively for Amazon Music. This includes The First […]
Born today in 1966 as Douglas Davis, Doug E Fresh is known as “the greatest entertainer” in Hip Hop, with his ability, to rap, dance, and perform his original human beatbox, which is what has made him one of the most important figures to the culture. In the early 80s, Fresh performed among some of […]
Kanye West continued his Twitter rant today after a tumultuous social media weekend, demanding an apology from J. Cole, Drake, and Kendrick and even comparing himself to famed slavery abolitionist Harriet Ross Tubman. In today’s continuum, Ye insists that white media corporations set agendas to take down Black male celebrities such as Michael Jackson and […]
After L.A. County ‘s Sheriff Alex Villanueva challenged NBA star LeBron James to match the reward for the arrest of the person responsible for the shooting of two Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies, Kobe Bryant’s widow Vanessa Bryant called out the sheriff and L.A. County for leaking the graphic photos of the scene of the helicopter […]
When you play illegal games on international trips, you get illegal prizes from the boys in blue. Chicago rapper G Herbo learned this the hard way after landing in Mexico with two ounces of marijuana that was eventually discovered by the police, who made sure that he and his crew paid in full for their […]
On today’s date 41 years ago, Hip Hop’s first Billboard Top 40 single “Rapper’s Delight” was released by Englewood, New Jersey’s Sugarhill Gang. As one of Hip Hop’s earliest relics, this single, which was written by The Cold Crush Brothers’ own Grandmaster Caz, is credited with bringing the art of rap to a multicultural mainstream audience. In […]
Memphis rappers Moneybagg Yo and Blac Youngsta announce their forthcoming joint mixtape due this Friday, September 18th on N-Less Entertainment/Interscope Records with Epic Records/CMG Enterprises. The two went on Instagram Live yesterday to reveal the collaboration. Ari Fletcher, Yo Gotti, Lil Migo, 42 Dugg, Fredo Bang, and Blac Youngsta all joined to chat about the upcoming tape.
On this date in 1983, graffiti artist Michael Stewart received recognition after his death in the hands of the New York City Transit Police following an arrest for using a marker and/or spray paint can on a First Avenue Station subway wall. Stewart’s treatment while in police custody and the trials of all of the […]
Yesterday, local L.A. radio show The John Philips Show, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva challenged living NBA legend LeBron James to match the reward money for the arrest of the person wanted for the shooting that left two L.A. County deputies injured. Villanueva said the reward was up to $175K and challenged James to […]
