Frank Lucas, the Harlem drug kingpin immortalized in the 2007 film American Gangster, has died. Lucas, who was residing in New Jersey, died of natural causes on Thursday (May 30).
It’s December 4 and that makes it Shawn “Jay Z” Carter’s 44th birthday. The number four has made a tremendous impact on his career akin to the way his artistry has made him arguably the best rapper in many a debate.
50 Cent is the gun-toting, ghetto war hero that makes his living slandering competition on wax. Curtis Jackson on the other hand, takes his talents to Tinseltown for the moviegoers to gloss over his mug.
Collaborations with artists like Destiny’s Child, Ludacris, Mary J. Blige and Jay-Z established 9th Wonder‘s mainstream presence. But its the Little Brother producer’s choice to remain loyal to his core underground fan base that granted the North Carolina native a different level of respect among cultural enthusiasts. 9th’s decision has no bearing on his ability to […]
“To be perfectly honest, I was mandated to do 1500 hours… And contrary to popular belief, I do this from the heart. I was doing this before I was mandated to do it. My work from the past is what really created the opportunity for this unconventional agreement to be made so I’m gone keep […]
The wife of Frank Lucas, the man Denzel Washington played in the movie “American Gangster”, has been arrested for cocaine dealing. Julainna Farrait, a 70-year-old former beauty queen, was arrested by the DEA after they say she tried to sell two kilos of cocaine to undercover agents. She appeared in a court room Thursday to […]
In the Hip Hop game, many artists create their own personas or rap aliases from certain individuals that they looked up to in the game which symbolized the epitome of what they were striving for. Jay-Z used American Gangster to chronicle the rise and fall of Frank Lucas with each individual track being a representation […]
