There are some artists that can handle the responsibility that comes with social media, and then you have those who just do entirely too much. Whether it’s sharing worthless personal information or beating us down with shameless self promotion, we need some rappers to show some chill.
Hip-Hop fans were all warm and fuzzy last week after seeing photos of former Roc-A-Fella bosses Jay Z and Damon Dash kicking it at a mutual associate’s birthday party. Although it wasn’t officially billed as the pair reuniting, it did prove that feuds in the rap game don’t last forever.
As one of New York City’s most prolific young artists, Joey Bada$$ recognizes the importance of asserting himself as a fixture on local radio. The Brooklyn lyricist did just that this morning, when he appeared on Power 105’s The Breakfast Club. Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God and DJ Envy picked the “Waves” MC’s brain, and got him to open […]
Recently, Joey Bada$$ and Lil B traded diss records called “I’m the Bada$$” and “Don’t Quit Your Day Job,” respectively. Bada$$ spoke on the song he created and said that going at the Based God was just a necessary reaction.
Although his birthday was actually on January 15, today (January 21) is when Martin Luther King Jr. born day is observed as a federal holiday. Plenty of water cooler type conversations over the years, and an episode of The Boondocks, have been held about what Dr. King would think of today’s Hip-Hop music if he […]
Lil B, one of Hip-Hop’s most polarizing figures, was part of a list of hopefuls to perform at this year’s Grammy Awards. But, it appears the Based God may have been banned from doing so.
Hip-Hop Wired continues our weekly countdown of the best of 2012 in this week’s Wired 25.
Last night during the New York Knicks‘ blowout of the historically terrible Charlotte Bobcats, Amar’e Stoudemire and Baron Davis pulled off some very rare cooking dances. Popularized by esteemed guest of New York University Lil’ B, the cooking dance has become a very popular form of celebration in professional sports. From the NFL, to the NBA, […]
Esteemed best selling author and invited guest speaker at NYU, Lil’ B, has a new video dedicated to his love of the derriere. To be honest, there isn’t much that needs to be said about this video. The Based God‘s new song “I’ma Eat Her @$$,” will appear on his newest album #1B-tch. This is just […]
The Hip-Hop generation in 2012 is as gluttonous as any genre in music. Today’s successful MC is one who can stay relevant in all facets including great music, social media awareness, touring, and so on. However, the downside about that is one day you can be on top of the world and the next day we […]
The “Pretty Beyotch” commandeers Rick Ross’ “Stay Schemin” instrumental and does what he does best, which is kick knowledge to the best of his ability. Lil’ B will be releasing a mixtape titled, and I’m not making this up, #1Bitch. No word yet on the actual release date but expect something flashy from the flamboyant from […]
The mysterious New Orleans MC known as Jay Electronica has been known to get his legion of cult-like fans’ hopes up, but this time it seems that there is reason to get legitimately excited. Today, Jay Electronica took to his twitter account to announce that his long awaited album and Roc Nation debut, Act 2: […]
