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The nation’s oldest HBCU Morris Brown College is filing for bankruptcy protection, as officially announced Saturday (Aug. 25). As it stands, Morris Brown is in debt more than $30 million, is facing foreclosure, and is in fear of losing its accreditation as enrollment remains low. “During the past several year, the Board of Trustees and the Administration […]

Danny Swain is dropping his new record, Payback, on September 25th. “Evil” is simply titled enough, but the rhymes that accompany the song are anything but. “Jay-Z‘s favorite rapper” according to the one and only Questlove, will be releasing Payback on September 24th under the recently relaunched Okayplayer records. Payback will be Danny!’s first recorded project since the 2011 effort, Where […]

There was a surprise addition to the box office top-1o list this weekend, and it wasn’t an action, horror or comedy, it was an anti-Obama documentary. 2016: Obama’s America is a conservative hypothesis of what will happen to the country if President Obama is re-elected. Movie studios gave fans two major releases in Premium Rush […]

Talib Kweli will be dropping his mixtape collaboration with Z-Trip, titled Attack The Block, next week and drops a new tune from the project called “Fly Away.” The song features poetry from the renowned Jessica care more and the “Get By” rapper provided some insight on it via his Tumblr: So I’m starting to get […]

While on a press run for his new movie, 2 Days In New York, Chris Rock revealed to Sway on Shade 45 that he and Nelson George were kicking around ideas for a possible second installment of his cult classic CB4.  “When we made it, we never dreamed that rappers would be old,” Chris Rock said about […]

Ras Kass provides some witty role reversal for a few of society’s prevalent stereotypes in his visuals for “Sushi.” According to the left coast MC, “Sushi stands for raw, real Hip-Hop culture. But shooting the video also allowed us to explore and flip stereotypes upside-down.” There is even a nod to Caine and O-Dog’s infamous […]

The legendary DJ Jazzy Jeff shows us that he can still son the competition if need be with his LRG sponsored mixtape, Life Colors. The project bridges the gap between yesteryear and music’s current landscape, seamlessly blending recognizable tracks like J. Cole’s “Can’t Get Enough,” Kendrick Lamar’s “Swimming Pools (Drank),” and G.O.O.D. Music’s “Mercy” with their samples. Listeners […]

No matter how much shat they talk on records about their knuckle game or hot temper, when a rapper puts them paws on somebody it’s always a WTF moment. That’s because rappers are unpredictable creatures. Blame it partially on their(alleged) past street lives, hectic schedules, loony work hours coke habits and the everyday ups and downs […]

Hip-Hop and the E! Network have had a strange relationship in the past, and thanks to Kanye West it looks like it is going to get just a wee bit stranger. Last night on Keeping Up With The Kardasians, Kanye West made a special appearance on his girlfriend’s reality show. In these clips, Mr. West told Kim Kardashian […]

Rocky and friends are dropping their collaborative free album tonight at midnight, Lords Never Worry. Ty Beats, Nast, Twelvy, Ant, Ferg, Rocky and the rest of the gang are dropping this right before Rocky goes for self on LongLiveA$AP on his debut album. This is the first full project from anyone in the A$AP crew since Rocky release LoveLiveA$AP last fall. […]

MF DOOM DOOM done did it again. This past weekend in London, the MC born Daniel Dumile was scheduled to perform at Livin’ DOOM, an event organized by the Livin’ Proof Crew. However, it seems that one half of Madvillain sent out some other dude in his place to perform . To his credit, the […]

After dropping off a new record with Mac Miller and The Cool Kids, Rapsody follows up with another new track off of her new album, The Idea Of Beautiful. This Ka$h-produced track features Childish Gambino and GQ and will be on the deluxe version of The Idea Of Beautiful that will be available on DJBooth.net tomorrow. Jamla’s first lady […]