Happy 43rd Birthday 50 Cent! Fif’s Realest Rap Beefs Sha Be Allah July 6, 2018 Exclusives, feature, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories Born on this date in 1975, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson is undoubtedly one of the most influential forces in the game today. From music to movies to successful business ventures, Fif has always stayed on top of his... Read Article
Happy 49th Birthday To The Wu Tang Clan’s RZA! Sha Be Allah July 5, 2018 Exclusives, feature, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories, News Exclusives On this day in Hip Hop history, one of the culture's most influential musical masterminds was born. Wu-Tang Clan frontman Robert Fitzgerald Diggs a.k.a. RZA was born today (July 5) in Brooklyn, New York, 49 yea... Read Article
Happy 47th Birthday Missy Elliott! Check Out 4 Ways Missy Changed The Game Sha Be Allah July 1, 2018 Exclusives, feature, Her Source, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories, News Exclusives Rapper/producer/songwriter Missy Elliott is a legend in the game due to her left of center ideas. She's never been deterred by people saying her musical inclination as are too weird for the general public. Miss... Read Article
Happy 31st Birthday To Kendrick Lamar! Sha Be Allah June 17, 2018 Exclusives, feature, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories, News Exclusives On this day in Hip Hop history, Compton based rapper Kendrick Lamar was born in Los Angeles, California. Since the start of the decade, Kendrick has been credited with being one of, if not the, best rappers ... Read Article
Happy 49th Birthday Ice Cube! Check Out His Top Five Gangsta Roles Sha Be Allah June 15, 2018 Exclusives, feature, News Exclusives Former NWA member Ice Cube was born June 15, 1969. He has set his own mark in gangsta rap music since leaving N.W.A in 89' and has built a successful solo career in music and film. In celebration of his birthda... Read Article
Happy 41st Birthday To Kanye West! Sha Be Allah June 8, 2018 Exclusives, feature, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories, News Exclusives As many tribulations as Yeezy has been through this past year, today is a day that even Kanye West himself cannot deny is reason to celebrate. Born to the late Dr. Donda West in Atlanta, Georgia on this date... Read Article
Happy 43rd Birthday To Andre 3 Stacks! Sha Be Allah May 27, 2018 Exclusives, feature, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories, News Exclusives Rapper/actor and member of the legendary Hip Hop duo Outkast, Mr. Andre 3000, has a Birthday today! Andre Benjamin is known for his eclectic style and flow, from his start with the Dungeon Family to his... Read Article
Happy Birthday To “The Overweight Lover” Heavy D (R.I.P.) Sha Be Allah May 24, 2018 Exclusives, feature, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories, News Exclusives On this day in Hip Hop history, "The Overweight Lover" Heavy D was born in Mandeville, Jamaica in 1967. If he were alive today, he'd be 51 years old. Heavy D, born Dwight Errington Myers, moved to Mount Vern... Read Article
Happy Birthday Notorious B.I.G.! (R.I.P.) 10 Memorable Biggie Verses Sha Be Allah May 21, 2018 Exclusives, feature, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories, News Exclusives Brooklyn’s own Notorious B.I.G., real name Christopher Wallace, was one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time. Smalls had the game on lock before an unknown suspect gunned him down on March 9... Read Article
Malcolm X’s Top 10 Influences In Hip Hop Music Sha Be Allah May 19, 2018 Exclusives, feature, featured, Hip Hop Community News, Hip Hop Culture | Hip Hop Arts and Lifestyle, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories, News Exclusives TheSource.com has put together a classic list honoring the legacy and works of the man who made intelligence cool in Hip Hop music Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little also known to many as El-Hajj Malik El Shabaz... Read Article
5 Times Redman Bodied A Guest Feature Sam - @thewriterau April 19, 2018 Digital Entertainment, Hip Hop Culture | Hip Hop Arts and Lifestyle, Hip Hop Music | Listen To and Download Hip Hop Tracks, Hip Hop Music Videos | Official Videos and Performances Redman is a rapper's rapper — an artist that truly embodies what it is to have funk, style and to really immerse oneself in the beat. Having been introduced to the world through EPMD’s track “Hardcore” in 19... Read Article
Happy 57th Birthday To Hip Hop Pioneer Grandmaster Caz! Sha Be Allah April 18, 2018 Exclusives, feature, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories, News Exclusives Curtis Fisher a.k.a Grandmaster Caz turns 57 today. He currently works as a celebrity tour guide for Hush Hip Hop Tours, a Hip Hop cultural sightseeing tour company in NYC, and is a board member of The Universa... Read Article
Happy Birthday To Hip Hop Pioneer DJ Kool Herc! Sha Be Allah April 16, 2018 Exclusives, feature, featured, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories, News Exclusives On this day in 1955, DJ Kool Herc was born Clive Campbell in Kingston, Jamaica. He moved to the Bronx when he was 12 years old and took on the name "Kool Herc" when he became a member of the graffiti crew the "... Read Article
Remembering Phife Dawg! (R.I.P.) Phife’s Five Hottest Verses Sha Be Allah March 23, 2018 feature, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories, News Exclusives On this day in Hip Hop history, the second lyrical half of A Tribe Called Quest, Phife Dawg was born. Born Malik Isaac Taylor in Queens, New York, the Five Foot Assassin is a part of one of the most influent... Read Article
Happy Birthday To The Rap Bar-Barian Sean Price! (R.I.P.) Sha Be Allah March 17, 2018 Exclusives, feature, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories, News Exclusives On this day three years ago, the late legend Sean Price of the Boot Camp Clik was born in 1972. His first appearance was on Smif-N-Wessun's 1995 album Dah Shinnin', and his next major appearance was in 1996 as... Read Article
Happy 59th Birthday To Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav! Sha Be Allah March 16, 2018 Exclusives, feature, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories, News Exclusives On this date in 1959, William Jonathan Drayton, better known to the world as Flavor Flav, was born in NYC. Flav is the hypeman of the iconic, Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame Hip Hop group Public Enemy. Growing up ... Read Article
Happy 46th Birthday To Microphone Legend AZ! Sha Be Allah March 9, 2018 feature, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories, News Exclusives On this date in 1972, AZ was born Antonio Cruz in Brooklyn, New York. AZ is regarded as one of the most prolific emcees of the 90s, even though his entrance into the game came from just one verse on Nas' "Life'... Read Article
Happy 44th Birthday To Beanie Sigel! Sha Be Allah March 6, 2018 Exclusives, feature, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories, News Exclusives Born on this date in 1974 in the City of Brotherly Love, Dwight Grant aka Beanie Sigel aka Beans morphed into a icon in the Philly Hip Hop scene as the leader of the now defunct Roc-A-Fella Records' State Prope... Read Article
Happy Birthday To BDP’s DJ Scott La Rock: Gone But Not Forgotten Sha Be Allah March 2, 2018 Exclusives, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories, News Exclusives Along with living legend Blastmaster KRS-1 and and then teenaged D-Nice, DJ Scott La Rock helped pioneer the legendary Boogie Down Productions crew to iconic status within the Hip Hop world. He contributed ... Read Article
Happy 36th Birthday To Lupe Fiasco! Sha Be Allah February 16, 2018 Exclusives, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories, News Exclusives On this day in Black History we celebrate the birth of one of Hip Hop's most passionate revolutionaries. Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, better known as Lupe Fiasco, born today in 1982. Lupe Fiasco is an American rapper... Read Article