Lupe Fiasco Pays Tribute To Iconic Harold’s Chicken Shack In Unreleased Track [LISTEN]

Cornel West Says President Obama Using MLK’s Bible Makes His “Blood Boil” [VIDEO]

President Obama should have used another Bible, and not that of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to be sworn in for his second term, according to Dr. Cornel West. During a discussion on poverty in America, last week, Dr. West,who has called the president a “Republican in Blackface,” cited what he sees as vast discrepancies […]

Dr. Dre Finds Something Else To Do Besides Release Detox

With albums sales going down and headphones sales skyrocketing, do you think Dr. Dre is in any rush to release Detox? Of course not, so why not produce a horror movie? According to Variety, Dr. Dre will produce a movie entitled Thaw with Crucial Films partner Daniel Schnider, who originated the idea.

Eminem Talks Addiction and Lil Wayne Diss, Reveals Near Death From Overdose [Video]

Shady emcee Eminem opens up to fans about an addiction that almost cost him his life. In an interview with HLN, Eminem describes why he never admitted to having a drug problem until now. “In Hip-Hop you don’t want to come across as weak and to me the addiction was a weakness,” Eminem said. “But […]

Dr. Dre Practices With Boston Red Sox, Confirms Jay-Z Collabo

“The new song Dre has in his pocket, it’s called Under Pressure. It’s a new song by Dr. Dre and Jay-Z…” The head of Interscope records is confirming what’s been speculated for a little over a week now, that a legendary musical collaboration was made featuring Dr. Dre and Jay-Z. As previously reported, rumors were […]

50 Cent’s “Streets Of Blood” Hits DVD

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 […]

The God Rakim To Release New Album

The “R” is ready to make his entrance back into the game and preparing to drop a new album, The Seventh Seal, this fall. Scheduled to drop the first single “Holy Are You” on July 28th, Rakim’s new album will be released on his own label Ra Records in a joint venture with Tuscan Villa […]