The estate of the late Malcolm X and his wife, Betty Shabazz, hasn’t been taking care of their accounts payable responsibilities. According to the New York Post, a New York City Mini Storage location is after them for an unpaid bill, which has been neglected since December. Mini Storage is owed $2,447 for the unit, and the contents […]
Mac Miller sure knows how to appease his ever growing fan base. The indie Hip-Hop star will hit the road on September 13th for the Fall leg of his Macadellic tour. This time around, he is bringing YG and Travis Porter along as opening acts and won’t look to get much rest after finishing his […]
This summer heat is leading to far too much gunplay. Last night (July 25th), a shooting at the Entertainer’s Basketball Classic in Harlem’s Rucker Park left five people injured. The gunshots rang off at Holcombe Rucker Park court on Frederick Douglass Blvd near 155th St. (across from the infamous Polo Grounds housing projects) after an argument […]
Nearly one week after the shooting rampage in Colorado, President Obama addressed the issue of gun control at the National Urban League conference in New Orleans, Wednesday (July 25). The president stood in support of every citizen’s right to bear arms, but stressed the importance of using “common sense,” and doing background checks to prevent […]
A little healthy competition never hurt anybody, but Pusha T is not about that life—and neither is his G.O.O.D. Music family. In an interview with Complex the Virginia rapper denied being in a battle for supremacy with Rick Ross and his Maybach Music Crew. Being that both groups are pretty much running the Hip-Hop game right now, […]
Drake is a funny (and clearly delusional) guy. October’s Very Own foolishly believes that he is the first rapper to “successfully” mix rapping with singing. His words caused an instantaneous stir in the online atmosphere with commenters hitting up both our Twitter and Facebook pages giving tons of examples of reputable artists who not only […]
Nas recently sat down for an informative and extensive interview with the UK’s Benji B. During their conversation, the Queensbridge rapper spoke about a wide range of topics including the creation of specific records from his new, critically acclaimed and #1 selling Life Is Good album, his love of Jazz music and his relationship with […]
So much for freedom of speech. A mural went up in NYC’s Inwood neighborhood that was critical of numerous issues including bankers, drugs, war and, of course, the NYPD. On Tuesday, July 24th, just days after the graffiti styled artwork went up, it was painted over. But the rub is that the people responsible for […]
A couple of days before he stopped Nicki Minaj from performing at Hot 97’s Summer Jam, Lil Wayne was in a decidedly better mood, as he greeted fans at the Macy’s launch of his Trukfit line in Los Angeles Friday (June3). Weezy and skateboarder, Stevie Williams –whose apparel line DGK, also launched at the department store— […]
The events that have transpired in the Jackson family over the last week are not only embarrassing and sad, but have shown the public what we may not have already known; the late great Michael Jackson was not the crazy one. During the latter half of his life, much of the King of Pop’s energy was focused […]
The 2012 Summer Olympics is poised to be a huge ratings grabber for NBC, but it also spotlights a bevy of Black athletes who have broken barriers in their sports. Olympic swimmer Lia Neal of Brooklyn is only 17, but she’s become the second Black woman in her field to make it to the games. […]
No matter what you my assume about Lupe Fiasco, he is a rappin’ @$$ rapper. Wasulu visited the kingpin, Funkmaster Flex’s show last night and spoke on his incident with Pete Rock, guest blogging for InFlexWeTrust.com, and more. After talking about all of that, Lupe got busy over Artifacts’ “Wrong Side Of The Tracks.” These […]
