Rapper, producer, label owner, concert promoter and founder of the Alumni, Kwamé Holland is one of the hardest working rappers from the Golden Era. He is recently making waves with a revelation about his former boss, Hurby “Luv Bug” Azor’s nose for sniffing out legends.
It seems like Donald Trump will stop at nothing to build his border wall. As if shutting the American government down wasn’t enough, he now promises to keep the government shutdown until the bill for the wall is paid. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information A bill that would cost the American people a staggering $5.7 […]
On this day in 1989, Big Daddy Kane released his sophomore album It’s a Big Daddy Thing on the Warner Bros./Cold Chillin label. Along with being a successful follow up to Kane’s classic debut, this album was the first to suggest Big Daddy Kane to be Hip Hop’s sex symbol. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information […]
Today marks the 50th birthday of Grammy Award-winning lyricist Big Daddy Kane! Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Born on this day in 1968, Brooklynite Antonio Hardy aka Big Daddy Kane stepped on the scene with the Juice Crew in the late 80’s and has been rocking the mic and setting cultural trends ever since. Even […]
The title of “super producer” is not one to be taken lightly. For every era of Hip-Hop, there is a man behind the keys setting the tone. Dr. Dre, Pete Rock, RZA, Swizz Beatz, Jermaine Dupri, Timbaland, The Neptunes, Mike Will Made It and Metro Boomin are among the few who have dictated what Hip […]
Ghostface Killah is ready to take a serious trip back to the mid-nineties. The tracklist for Ghostface Killah’s thirteenth studio album The Lost Tapes has been revealed and the 13-track project is filled with features bound to Classic Hip-Hop nostalgia. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Matt “M80” Markoff, the longtime A&R ace of Ghostface, revealed the tracklist […]
Highly praiseworthy in the name of Hip-Hop, Big Daddy Kane will be inducted into the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Garden Celebrity Path and will also receive the key to the New York City borough of Brooklyn on Sunday (June 24). Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Born Antonio Hardy, the Smooth Operator’s rap moniker will be engraved […]
On this day in Hip Hop history, Big Daddy Kane released his debut LP Long Live The Kane. Released by Cold Chillin’ Records and produced by Marley Marl, this album is one of Hip Hop’s earliest successes. Through this project, Big Daddy Kane was able to craft one of the most desirable brand in Hip Hop […]
Big Daddy Kane continues to prove legends never die — they only shine brighter while inspiring the next generation. Just ask rapper Rapsody, who recently shared the stage with the rap icon as a musical guest during his 2018 Tribeca Film Festival set. The recent Grammy nominee got to see her dream come true when PUMA and luxury brand MCM tapped her and […]
This summer will mark the 30th anniversary of Big Daddy Kane‘s rousing debut album Long Live the Kane. The Golden Era king will commemorate the milestone in the fashion of essential showmanship this June in his hometown of Brooklyn. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Presented by the City Parks Foundation’s SummerStage Festival slated as Big […]
Treasured hip-hop music video show Yo! MTV Raps will celebrate a milestone with a strictly nostalgic tribute concert at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on June 1 as the Yo! MTV Raps: 30th Anniversary Experience, an ode to hip-hop’s most defining era amplified with performances by the Golden Era’s most legendary lyricists and collectives. Visit streaming.thesource.com for […]
City Parks Foundation is thrilled to announce the 2018 season of SummerStage, New York City’s largest free outdoor performing arts festival, bringing more than 100 performances to Central Park and 17 neighborhood parks throughout the five boroughs. This year’s festival, presented by Capital One, will showcase over 200 unique artists hailing from New York City […]
Reigning from the golden era of hip-hop, Big Daddy Kane is a lyrical innovator whose quick paced flow and cloudless bars caused an uproar of influence throughout the classes of future emcees. A certified hip-hop legend, King Asiatic recently stopped by NPR’s Tiny Desk to give a live nostalgic performance of his essential classics “Raw,” […]
Hip-hop’s presence in what was once called the Gramophone Award now known as the exalted Grammy Award is one founded in an adventure. Presented by the Recording Academy in 1958, the Grammy Award honors musicians whose craft is primarily done in the English language and have achieved mass popular appeal. Such analysis appears to be […]
Words By Malakiy 17 Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information On Saturday, Dec. 16, The Schomburg‘s Hip Hop History Project kicked off its inaugural event of their series “Going Way Back”, with an exclusive interview of Grammy-winning MC, Big Daddy Kane, sponsored by the Schomburg Center’s Junior Scholars Program. Throughout the seminar the ghetto griot navigated […]
After a boasting year of success with his multi-platinum album DAMN gaining streams surpassing Beyonce and Bruno Mars over 2 billion alongside a Nike deal, Kendrick Lamar covers Forbes December issue as the “Hip-Hop Conscience” for their annual 30 Under 30 list. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information There is the common talk about the DAMN […]
Photos by Stella Magloire Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information November 4th, Kings Theater hosted the Art of Rap concert showcasing some of Hip-Hops legends. Brooklyn’s own Big Daddy Kane and Strong Island’s god-emcee, Rakim touched the stage and created pure magic. But they weren’t the only show stoppers: Raekwon and Ghostface Killah from The Wu-Tang […]
Words by Ime Ekpo Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information You can not call yourself a hip-hop head if the Mobb hasn’t shaken you with the realness. Bombarded with a rigid lyrical approach and dense street mannered content, Mobb Deep’s “Shook Ones (Part II)” became instrumental in the 1995 resurgence of hardcore rapping for the east […]
When we heard that Reggie Hudlin was directing a movie about Thurgood Marshall, starring the new Black Panther Chad Boseman, we did the happy dance: Shmoney Dance. Nae Nae. Hit Them Folks. We did them all. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Hudlin is as Hip-Hop as it gets in Hollywood. Since the 90s, he and […]
On this date in 2000, Big L’s posthumous album ‘The Big Picture’ was released on Rawkus Records. The LP was originally slated as the late Lamont Coleman’s debut album, but L was tragically murdered in Harlem while the album was in production. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The album was produced by DJ Premier, Ron […]
