What dictates cool? Originality, tenacity, courage, creativity? Is it the will to stand alone beside your own thoughts and ideas or simply just being the first and fliest to ever do”it”? Whatever the definition may be, Bedford-Stuyvesant’s own Fab Five Freddy was it’s embodiment throughout the 80’s and 90’s. As the host of Hip Hop’s […]
On this date in 2005, music and fashion mogul Kanye West was definitely not a victim of the sophomore jinx as his Late Registration project hit the streets via the Roc-A-Fella/Def jam imprint. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The album went triple platinum and turned a college drop out into a superstar. Late Registration revealed […]
Just as sad as the news was on this date eight years ago, Hip Hop mourned the loss of longtime Violator Records founder “Baby” Chris Lighty after he was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Chris became the most influential hip hop manager through his […]
On this day in Hip-Hop history, Houston’s own UGK released their second studio LP Super Tight… As the duo’s first project to make an appearance on the Billboard 200 chart, this album marked their transition from underground superstars to legitimate Hip Hop legends in the making. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information With this album, it is obvious […]
On this date in 1995, the hometown crew of Notorious B.I.G. aka Biggie Smalls, which was composed of Lil’ Kim, Lil’ Cease, Nino Brown, Chico Del Vec, Kleptomaniac, Capone, Bugsy and Trife and Larceny of The Snakes, who called themselves Junior Mafia, dropped their first album entitled Conspiracy Theory on the Undeas/Atlantic imprint. Visit streaming.thesource.com […]
adidas Skateboarding and Unity join forces to deliver a collaborative release for the Fall/Winter 2020 season ahead. Formed in 2017 by Jeffrey Cheung and Gabriel Ramirez with the goal of creating a safe space in skateboarding for LGBTQ+ people, Unity has become a global expression of acceptance and positivity. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Emanating […]
Conway and Griselda always ensure their rabid fan base is always happy and fed. Conway has already put his mark on 2020 with collaborative projects with Alchemist (LULU). Big Ghost Ltd (No One Mourns The Wicked) and appeared on high profile projects from Westside Gunn (Pray For Paris), Freddie Gibbs & Alchemist (Alfredo), and Lil […]
With a fresh look and reinvigorated sound, Grammy-winning R&B icons 112 today revealed the cover art and tracklist for their newest body of work, 112 Forever: Slim & Mike EP, dropping this Friday, August 28 via distribution partner ONErpm. Recorded in their hometown of Atlanta during quarantine, the project is a meticulously curated reflection of the heart and soul […]
In a recent interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Queensbridge king Nas says that despite the fervor around the Swizz Beatz and Timbaland-inspired platform, he’s not into putting his catalog up against another artist in a Verzuz battle. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Nas, who just dropped his highly acclaimed King’s Disease album last week, […]
After over two decades, Public Enemy, the iconic group whose message of revolution, social justice, and racial equality is more potent and necessary today than ever – finally reunites with the historic label it helped build into a globally recognized brand: Def Jam Recordings. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Public Enemy and Def Jam have reunited to […]
According to a recent report released by Buzzfeed, Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17 year old suspect who allegedly shot and killed two people while wounded two others in the Kenosha Riots following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, was photographed seated in the front row of a Trump rally in Iowa back in January. Visit streaming.thesource.com […]
In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Don Lemon, Julia Jackson, the mother of Jacob Blake, the Black man who was shot seven times by the Kenosha Police in Wisconsin, denounced the violence that has erupted in this otherwise quiet city after the police shooting that left her son paralyzed. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information “Don’t […]
On this date 33 years ago, Scott Sterling aka DJ Scott La Rock of Boogie Down Productions was shot and killed in the South Bronx Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information In an attempt to break up a fight on 167th and University Avenue near the Highbridge Housing Projects in the South Bronx, Scott Sterling, known […]
On this day in Hip Hop history, the self-proclaimed G.O.A.T., LL Cool J released his number one hit single “Mama Said Knock You Out.” Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Not only was this song a GRAMMY-winning success, but the story behind it is an interesting one. The track came at a time in LL’s career […]
On this date in 1996, Big Boi and Andre 3000 came together to release their second album ATLiens on R&B icons’ LA Reid and Babyface’s LaFace Records. On this album, the Southern playalistic duo expands their subject matter from just their urban tales from the hood to explorations of extraterrestrial life on Planet Earth. Visit […]
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. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information 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 […]
Boogie Down Productions founder and producer Scott La Rock was killed at the behest B Boy Records, the late producer’s friend and collaborator Ced Gee says during an interview with author and journalist Soren Baker on Unique Access Entertainment. Ced Gee and Scott La Rock worked together on Boogie Down Productions’ debut album, 1987’s landmark […]
According to several confirmed reports, Adam Adbul-Jabbar, the son of famed NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, has been charged with three felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon, one felony count of carrying a dirk or dagger, and three enhancements of inflicting great bodily injury over his alleged role in the stabbing of […]
This morning, Ebro Darden discussed HBO’s Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn, as well as one of Hot 97’s former employees, Paddy Duke, and his involvement in the tragic killing of 16-year-old Yusuf Hawkins in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn in 1989 as shown in the documentary. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information As reported yesterday, a statement was released […]
On this date in 1998, after her successful intro into the game with The Fugees, Lauryn Hill embarked on her solo journey and released her first solo LP entitled The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill on the Ruffhouse/Columbia imprint. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information As a play on the titles of Carter G. Woodson’s The Mis-Education […]
