News

LL Cool J returns to host the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards, making this the fourth year in the row the Queens rapper and actor has served as the award show’s MC. A two-time GRAMMY winner himself, the artist born James Todd Smith will undoubtedly bring his natural charm to the stage once more.

A clip of a 12-year-old Kanye West speaking from his heart about Martin Luther King, Jr. sent us right to YouTube to see which other stars have archival footage on the Internets.

The world is currently enguled in Sorry 4 The Wait 2 fever and the prime reason for that is they don’t have Tha Carter V in their clutches.

If you’re one of the 500K+ followers of Romeo Miller on social media, then you would have noticed the son of Master P creeping with a model-type blonde woman by the name of Toneata Morgan.

Monday found Killer Mike penning a moving op-ed on Martin Luther King Jr.’s revolutionary legacy for OkayPlayer.com. Anyone who is a fan of Killer Mike knows he’s not shy to take a political stance. But Mike is also not alone.

Back when Kanye West was “steal” looking for his big break in the music biz, he worked odd jobs in between crafting beats for up-and-coming producers.

Jerame Reid, a 36-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by New Jersey police last December, was seen on video surrendering to cops before they gunned him down. The video supports eyewitness accounts that the police acted hastily during the Dec. 30 traffic stop and that Reid posed no threat.

The sneaker game is out of control, and struggle criminals are contributing to the mayhem. Under the guise of buying a pair of Nike KD 4s off Facebook, a Florida teen and his accomplice robbed the seller of the shoes and his watch at knifepoint. 

Action Bronson isn’t your typical rapper; actually he purposely avoids the stereotypes that come with the profession. The Queens MC discusses this and much more during his first visit to The Breakfast Club.

Twitter doubles as a digital clubhouse,where everyone is a critic, in times of major music releases. That said, listeners began speaking their peace on Lil Wayne’s Sorry 4 The Wait 2 mixtape when it released on Tuesday night (January 20).

While MLK Day 2013 saw plenty of disrespect to the late Civil Rights leader courtesy of party flyers, this past observation of the holiday opted for blatnant racism. Borgata, a Atlantic City casino that occupys space in New Jersey’s center attraction, thought it would be best to serve patrons fried chicken, collard greens and macoroni […]

Despite tragedy, A$AP Ferg is pressing on and honoring his late homie A$AP Yams while doing so. The Harlem rapper was in Washington, DC on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and participated in the VH1 Save The Music’s MLK Day of Service event.