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Partnering up with Duck Down Records, which has released albums for rap acts such as Sean Price, Boot Camp Clik and Buckshot & 9th Wonder, Blue Scholars will be on the scene as it is set to release several projects through its partnership with the record label and with Seattle’s Caffe Vita Coffee Co. Dru […]

As the urban community continues to make giant leaps onto the music scene, it will be given an opportunity to create further progress into the future for the art form. The culture of Hip-Hop will gather tomorrow in Seattle, Washington to spark off the 8th annual National Conference for the Hip-Hop Congress. Partnering with the […]

Fans of the legendary DJ Jazzy Jeff will have a chance to play his likeness in the follow-up to “Guitar Hero.” The Grammy award winning DJ has been added as a digital character in the new “DJ Hero” video game. The game, from Activision Publishing, Inc. allows players to scratch, blend and sample like some […]

While being incarcerated in 1995, West Coast rapper Tupac Shakur penned a screenplay titled, Live 2 Tell. Speculation has begun to circulate and there is a possibility that his screenplay will be turned into a film and will even be heading into production. Rumors first arose on the film in 2005, but it never became […]

With Harvard Professor and Black scholar, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., being arrested last week, it seems that the media has put a spotlight back on racism and corrupt police officers running wild since the election of President Barack Obama. But the truth is it has never stopped and with the election of the new […]

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson will be flooding local retail stores as his latest film, Streets of Blood, is set to hit shelves tomorrow. Aside from the rapper, the film stars the likes of Val Kilmer and Sharon Stone and the R-rated film is directed by Charles Winkler. Originally slated to hit the box office and […]

Fabolous is ready to take his spot back among New York’s elite tomorrow with his fifth album release Loso’s Way. Loso’s Way will include production from Jermaine Dupri as well as collaborations with Jay-Z, Lil’ Wayne, Ne-Yo and will feature the leadoff single “Throw It In the Bag” featuring The Dream. Speaking more about the […]

Hittmenn DJs President Rob “Kaspa” Smith announced today that his company, Atlanta’s world-renowned Hittmenn DJs, will be opening 5,000 Bank Accounts for urban children in conjunction with his Second Annual Bank Empowerment Tour. “My goal along with Hittmenn DJs this year is a great project for all our communities. We would like to open over […]

Freddy Fresh, the acclaimed Hip-Hop DJ and Producer who has worked with some of the biggest names in rap music since the ’80s and enjoyed international success with his own records, has been named to the faculty of the McNally Smith College of Music’s Hip-Hop Diploma Program, the first accredited Hip-Hop degree program of its […]

AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted turned Hollywood shot caller Ice Cube has traded in his Chuck Taylors and entered into a new partnership with Nike. In Nike’s latest commercial advertising their Nike SB, the commercial uses Ice-Cube’s classic hit “Today Was A Good Day” and follows skater Paul “P-Rod” Rodriguez as he makes his way throughout L.A. […]

Although Nas has won the battle with the birth of his son Knight, he has lost the war with Kelis as the judge has ordered the rapper to pay his soon to be ex-wife close to $40,000 per month for spousal and child support. Court records have shown that Nas will provide monthly temporary spousal […]

“To have longevity you have to change with Hip-Hop, it’s not going to change with you.”–The Game With a short and simple response from Jay-Z, the Brooklyn rapper has put the Game in overdrive as it relates to his ongoing beef with Jigga. In a recent interview on Tim Westwood, in relation to Game, Jay […]