N.W.A captured the minds of Hip-Hop fans with their classic 1988 Straight Outta Compton debut album, and a biopic sharing the same name as the record has been in the works for years. The film takes another important step in coming to life after the studio signed a writer to rewrite the script.
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, finally united, are looking to impact the game yet again in a major way. Hip-Hop Wired had an opportunity to speak with group members Bizzy Bone and Flesh-N-Bone about the biggest moment of their year: resurrecting Eazy-E in hologram form at the West Coast shows of the Rock The Bells Festival.
Not everyone is sharing their enthusiasm for the direction of the upcoming N.W.A flick.
It’s been over a year since the late, great 2Pac Shakur made his return to stage in hologram form at Coachella 2012. That moment influenced others to reimagine deceased legends at Rock The Bells, which kicked off Saturday, September 7 in San Bernardino, Calif.
A particular sound and aesthetic come to mind when mentioning Bay Area rap music. However, local artist G-Eazy worked the indie scene operating as the outlier and his grind is finally paying off.
Street artist and graphic designer Jason “Jay Shells” Shelowitz recently captured the latest installment of “Rap Quotes,” an artistic project that places street signs featuring rap lyrics citing streets and intersections in their proper locations.
Graffiti may have created a substantial lane for itself but it will forever remain embedded as one of the core elements in Hip-Hop. If a picture is worth a thousand words, a b-boy (or girl’s) expression through the power of tagging can value several million syllables and such.
Rock The Bells is gearing up to celebrate its 10th anniversary the right way, and by right, we mean a reintroduction of the posthumous performance. The revelation was made earlier today when Guerilla Union announced this year’s official lineup, which surprisingly featured Ol’ Dirty Bastard and Eazy-E as performers.
All of the happenings at Cali Christmas 2014 immediately got overshadowed by Chris Brown breaking up with Karrueche during his performance and subsequently accusing of her “taking care” of Drake during his stint in jail. However, that doesn’t mean the talented roster of artists and efforts from Power 106’s Big Boy, Yesi Ortiz, Louie G. […]
In a matter of opinion, one could say the California sound has infused Hip-Hop with a new energy over the last few years. While the growing pool of artists and their producer counterparts on the Westside receive the bulk of credit, our latest Certified Fresh, Bobby Brackins, highlights just how important and essential songwriters are to […]
Sad news for east coast Hip-Hop fans looking to get their annual festival fix at Rock The Bells. According to XXL and Ticketmaster’s web site, both the New York City and Washington D.C. shows have been canceled because of poor ticket sales.
Snoop Dogg could very well consider himself the luckiest rapper to ever walk the earth. There’s an inevitable time factor that will allow every artist to celebrate a 20th anniversary of an album they released. However, very few of the artists can boast that they released an album as memorable as Doggystyle.
