What a difference a year makes. Last year, while Odd Future were blowing up, core member Earl Sweatshirt was mysteriously away at a Samoan boarding school, the Coral Reef Academy, with most people having no idea what he was up to. Now in 2012, the rhyme prodigy is back in the States and quickly locked […]
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 […]
“We should scratch her scalp and put a perm in it.” A one liner like that could only mean one thing: Issa Rae and Co. is back. The awkwardly aggressive and spot-on hilarious webseries, Awkward Black Girl, has returned for a second season, with backing from Pharrell’s “i am OTHER” channel. Issa set the bar high […]
In commemoration of Black Music Month, rapper Curren$y crowned Pharrell Williams as the rapper that “best represents Black music.” The Jet Life leader, sat down with AOL Music’s The BoomBox, where he praised Skateboard P’s abilities. “Of course he’s not old enough to have been around for all these different eras of music but he […]
Little bit of awkward, a whole lot of hood. Issa Rae is back! The mastermind behind the runaway hit webseries ‘The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl’ is back for a second season, and the trailer just hit the interwebs. The clip finds her busting out rhymes in her journal, and even features a cameo from […]
The fifth episode of Hip Hop POV, MTV’s late night Hip-Hop talk show, aired last night. Topics included the passing of MCA of the Beastie Boys, chatted with Kendrick Lamar (who talks about being signed to Def Jam for a minute) and also caught up with Pharrell Williams and Mac Miller. Also, Charlamagne Da God […]
Pharrell Williams is a man of many hats…and shirts and pants and sneakers. As part of their Fashion & Style Blog, The New York Times had Skateboard P travel through his style log last week, detailing what he did and what he was wearing. The outfits and accessories were interesting – ranging from SpongeBob SquarePants […]
In anticipation of this year’s Academy Awards ceremony, Pharrell Williams and Miss Info will be releasing special video conversations each day this week. The heavily branded videos, which promote Qream, Williams’ venture into alcoholic beverages, show Qream Ambassador Miss Info discussing all things Oscars with the producer/rapper/designer. In the first video of the weeklong series […]
Yuna is a Malaysian-born singer signed to the FADER Label. “Live Your Life” is a buttery smooth number produced by Pharrell Williams. Her self-titled debut is due out in April and this first official single should have you curious to hear more. Watch the video for “Live Your Life” below.
Anytime Sk8brd P is in the lab, it usually means something good is about to happen. The producer/rapper/Neptune was recently spotted in the studio with some of Hip-Hop’s most talented MC’s. Collabs with Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller, Wiz Khalifa & Busta Rhymes, have “hit record,” written all over them. Pharrell has also been discussing a […]
Teyana Taylor Dropped From Interscope/Star Trak After a six year run with Interscope/Star Trak Records, Teyana Taylor has been released from her deal according to HipHopNews24-7.com. After the Harlem singer/rapper never saw her single “Google Me” take off, she seemingly hit the back burner. “I officially got my release from Star Trak/Interscope, I was […]
Lupe Fiasco and Pharrell Williams Working On Collaborative Album Last night (January 9), a cryptic message posted on Lupe Fiasco’s website simply read, “FOOD AND LIQUOR 2 COMING SOON….LUPE AND PHARRELL ALBUM COMING SOON…” – spawning a series of Facebook likes, Twitter retweets and a spate of comments on the blog entry itself. Online […]
