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Before the award show frenzy this past weekend fully catapulted, the 2014 BMI Awards, which specializes in saluting the top Hip-Hop and R&B talent annually, was in full effect.
After much anticipation, Ty Dolla $ign delivers an 11-track bundle via his new mixtape, $ign Language.
Add Young Jeezy to the long list of rappers with horribly bad timing when it comes to being arrested. The Atlanta rapper was pinched after a search of his tour bus by authorities turned up an assault rifle.
A lot was changed since Lil Bibby released his 2013 track “For The Low.” For starters, he now has friends in high places, which worked in his favor the aforementioned cut’s sequel.
From growing up together in Harlem to bringing the streets to the corporate office, Jim Jones and Dame Dash have a long history together. It seems that relationship might be in danger as Jim called out the former cakeaholic on social media.
As the celebrity contributions for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge keep pouring in, actor Orlando Jones (Drumline, FOX’s Sleepy Hollow) decided to allow one of the country’s more pressing socioeconomic issues enter the fray.
History has given rap fans ample reasons to scoff at basketball players who attempt to rhyme. Charlotte Bobcats guard Lance Stephenson, however, isn’t too shabby on his freestyle over Bobby Shmurda’s “Hot Ni**a.”
Every festival has its rain year. It’s inevitable, but how the inclement weather affects the day speaks volumes to how the powers that be can acclimate to the unforeseen conditions. Considering that, we’d say that the Trillectro Music Festival in Washington D.C. has a very promising future.
Damian Lillard may not have made the U.S. national basketball team, but he’s still raking in the wins. The Portland Trailblazers guard graces the cover of NBA Live 15.
The scrutiny that law enforcement all across the country is facing as of late is the underlying stereotype that all Black people look alike and fit the description of the common criminal.
Say what you will about the business practices of one Sean “Puffy” Combs, his Bad Boy Records went on to become an empire that launched the career of the Notorious B.I.G., Mase and many more. In its latest issue, GQ magazine put together an oral history of the storied label, and some of the inside stories […]