An originator of the human beatbox, Doug E. Fresh gave his Instagram audience a quick culinary class on Sunday morning. Transforming into Doug E Chef, the hip-hop pioneer also dropped a couple of jewels while stationed in his kitchen preparing a meal for his son. Displayed on his electric stove was one skillet of pan-fried […]
Born Ricky Martin Lloyd Walters on this date in 1965 in London, England, Slick Rick is undoubtedly the best storyteller in the history of Hip Hop. From stories about his hectic lifestyle just “six minutes” before stage time to his almost unbelievable sexcapades, Rick The Ruler set the bar for rappers to tell their tall […]
The National Museum of African American Music in Nashville, Tennessee is getting ready to honor George Clinton, Doug E. Fresh and Gloria Gaynor at the sixth annual Celebration Of Legends Gala. The gala will be hosted by Grammy and Emmy Award-winning producer Shannon Sanders and will award the three honorees for their efforts toward music. […]
Get out your Hammer pants and don’t hurt em. MC Hammer will be hitting the road this summer on the Hammer’s House Party Tour. The tour is headlined by Mr. “U Can’t Touch This” and supported by a gang of friends from the ‘90s in MC Hammer, Sir Mix-A-Lot, The Funky Bunch, Biz Markie, Sisqo, […]
Lionel Richie, Bobby Brown, En Vogue, and more of our favorite legend R&B singers are set to perform at The City of Miami Gardens 14th year of iconic music, delectable food and fun shopping. The 14th Annual Jazz inThe Gardens has done it again with their jaw-dropping upcoming line-up for their festival March 9th and […]
While most folk are winding down, wrapping their gifts, hanging their stockings and OD’ing of homemade eggnog, The NorthStar Group and The Source wants you to remember the power of service and giving. Check out our annual recap of the 2018 SOURCE360 Conference and Festival. This four-day conference which took place September 6ththrough the 9ththis […]
On this date three decades ago, Hip-Hop’s greatest storyteller Slick Rick dropped his debut LP The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick on the Def Jam imprint. MC Ricky D came on the scene with the “Original Human Beat Box” Doug E. Fresh in 1985 with the party anthem “The Show” and the X-rated flip side […]
Whodini has finally gotten the chance to smell their flowers. The legendary Hip-Hop trio was honored with the Hip Hop Icon Award at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors which aired this past weekend on national broadcast syndication. The tribute was sanctioned in pure nostalgia as fellow icons in rhyme Doug E. Fresh, Yo-Yo, and […]
We’re almost at the end of the road to SOURCE360 festival and music conference, and we’ve got a treat in store for you. On September 8th The Source will be giving a special tribute to the late Aretha Franklin. On August 16th, 2018 she lost her battle with pancreatic cancer. The passing of Aretha Franklin […]
As far as conferences and festivals go, there are few that have family-friendly Hip-Hop as a driving force behind it. SOURCE360 can proudly claim that our conference has something for the rap enthusiast (who has like 4 decades in the game), something for their kids and their kids’ kids. At The Source, particularly with our 30 […]
SEPTEMBER 6-9, THE 5TH ANNUAL SOURCE360 CONFERENCE & FESTIVAL TO BRING TOGETHER HIP-HOP ICONS, NEW & EMERGING MUSICAL TALENT & INDUSTRY ACTIVISTS TO CELEBRATE HIP-HOP & PROMOTE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT SOURCE360 HONORS ARETHA FRANKLIN WITH A HIP-HOP & R&B LIVE TRIBUTE In the Wake of Cultural Shifts in the Country, Hip-Hop Has Overtaken Other Genres as […]
Without any doubt, Lady of Rage is one of Hip-Hop’s most distinguished female emcees and unquestionably a pivotal figure in the emergence of West Coast rap. Since the beginning of 2018, the “Afro Puffs” star has been in and out of the hospital due to what is an undiagnosed illness and a recent incident has caused […]
On this day in Hip Hop history, one of the most important films for Hip Hop culture was released in theaters around the globe. The Stan Lathan-directed Beat Street was a film that was able to help Hip Hop culture as a whole breakthrough into the mainstream market and showed a side of the scene at […]
Respectfully a legend in the culture of hip-hop and notably a pioneer of the ‘Golden Era,’ Slick Rick will be inducted into the 2018 Bronx Wall of Fame in lieu of the borough’s 47th annual Bronx Week celebratory anniversary. Born Richard Martin Lloyd Walters in southwest London with a Bronx adolescence pounce, Rick is being […]
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. Presented by the City Parks Foundation’s SummerStage Festival slated as Big Daddy Kane: Long Live The […]
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. The line-up is […]
We ALL Like to Party: La Di Da Di’s Jazzy Ways Continues to Hypnotize Artists (and Audiences) Almost 35 Years After its ReleaseIn 1985, as rap was just getting its sea legs, two new artists, Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick, unknowingly made history with “La Di Da Di,” what would become one of the […]
There is nothing like an HBCU Homecoming. That could be the entirety of this re-cap but would that really be fair? ABSOLUTELY NOT! Especially since this year, The Source was front and center of all the hot action during two historic homecomings at Howard University and Morehouse College— as they celebrated 150 years of Black […]
New Edition buzz is everywhere right now, and N.E. members Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins and Ronnie DeVoe, better known as BBD, are ready to give fans what they want with their new album Three Stripes. During an interview with Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, BBD talked about how The New Edition Story, came about with BET. “This is a process that started […]
Years removed from their previous project “The Preface,” which yield the A$AP Rocky assisted hit “24K,” brothers Trips-N-Slim make their return to the music scene with their brand new single “At The Church.” Sons of Hip Hop icon Doug E. Fresh, the duo made their presence known along with their much larger Harlem based collective […]