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The 52nd annual Grammy Awards took place last night highlighting the best in musical entertainment for the year. One thing you didn’t see “highlighted” however were winners from last night’s Rap categories. In typical Grammy fashion Hip-Hop was snubbed and several of the categories were not aired on television. In case you didn’t know “Best […]

Apparently, Houston rapper Bun B is one to always deliver and give the people what they want with the drop of his recent mixtape “No Mixtape” Originally meant to be an outlet for a lyrical exercise, Bun dropped freestyle after freestyle over instrumentals such as Jay Z’s “On To the Next One”, USDA’s “Bag Music” […]

Hip Hop may be the platform for an artist to spin their street tales to the masses, but some have come to find out that the rap money doesn’t stretch that far and there must be other means to support one’s self as they perfect their craft in music. Mos Def is an artist that […]

Atlanta’s own B.O.B., also known as Bobby Ray, has been on a grind like no other as an up and coming rookie in Hip Hop. Opting to not using his status under T.I. as part of Grand Hustle as some means of leverage, the rapper has been heavy at work to build his foundation through […]

“Communication is the key to any unit staying together for so long.  Even I’ll admit that 18 years is a long time for a group of people to stay together.” ?uestlove Many groups are unable to stand the test of time.  Legendary groups such as the Jackson 5, the Wu Tang Clan and The Beatles […]

While artists such as 50 Cent, Eminem and Jay Z were celebrating their Grammy wins at Sunday’s awards ceremony, some artists were still ecstatic to be in such an arena, but took note of Hip Hop being snubbed by the show. As acts such as Taylor Swift and Beyonce were able to receive their awards […]

With February serving as the celebration for Black History Month, Hip Hop looks to be making its own history with an onslaught of mixtapes being dropped. As Cassidy continues to work on his fourth album C.A.S.H., the rapper intends to leave the streets with something to feast on with the release of the mixtape Apply […]

Harlem based rapper Juelz Santana has slowly been on the come up and making himself more visible in Hip Hop as he begins his climb back into the limelight. Releasing “Back To The Crib” featuring Chris Brown, “Mixin Up The Medicine” with Yelawolf and the recent track “Home Run” featuring Lil Wayne have all been […]

When Joell Ortiz isn’t ripping down shows with his Slaughterhouse family he’s chiming in to raise awareness about relief efforts in Haiti. Taking to the studio Joell has dropped “Exhibit H”, a track detailing the history of the first country to successfully revolt from slavery and the current devastation that’s challenging the nation today. Listen […]

“I don’t know her…” Reality TV star Tila Tequila stirred up controversy after professing to the world that rapper Game was the father of her unborn child. As previously reported Tequila posted Tweets on her Twitter addressing Game as the man who got her pregnant and saying that he would take her shopping for baby […]

VH-1 will be the next outlet to take a stab and try and solve the murders of Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. Launching their new half-hour series “Famous Crime Scene” on Friday, February 12th at 9 p.m., the first episode will take an in-depth look at the murders of Pac and Biggie which are […]

Mr. West is in the building.  Kanye West recently let  out some pent up emotions this week and went at his critics via his blog at his website http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/. Hate him or love him, Ye always speaks the truth.  But slow down sometimes playboy… because whether right or not, (in which most of the time […]