The phenomenon of the elusive “Great White Hope” in Hip-Hop has been a lofty goal set ever since the breakout success of Michigan rap superstar Eminem. With that has come the inevitable search for a female rapper who could replicate Slim Shady’s success in a business that is overwhelmingly dominated by Black people (at least […]
In honor of Eminem’s 40th (damn, 40th?) birthday, Hip-Hop Wired is taking a look back at the amazing career of one Marshall Mathers. You can go on for days talking about the man’s lyrical accolades, but Shady has also been behind some of the greatest music videos in Hip-Hop history.
Slim Shady returns to the cover of VIBE Magazine to celebrate the ten year anniversary of his cult-classic film, 8 Mile. B-Rabbit isn’t alone as Future, Papa Doc, and the gang join in a roundtable discussion of the film.
Big Sean is being very secretive about his sophomore LP, Hall of Fame: Memoirs of a Detroit Player, giving only its title a few weeks ago. Luckily for fans, the good folks at HipHop-N-More caught up with the Detroit MC after a recent Atlantic City performance to discuss his the project. During the sit down, Big Sean revealed just enough details to […]
50 Cent is calling on the assistance of Eminem, and more, for his forthcoming Street King Immortal release. The Queens MC delayed the release for a few years, offering up different names and concepts, before landing on the current title. During a stop at 102.5 KDON, 50 ran through the list of big name features […]
Yelawolf will be dropping the follow up to his Heart Of Dixie street album on November 13th with drummer Travis Barker called Psycho White. After Yela’s health scare early in 2012, he seems to be back on the comeback trail with his second project of the year. Barker and Yelawolf have plans to release “Push ‘Em” as their first single later today […]
It’s been a while since we’ve heard Pink and Eminem on the same track. About two years to be exact, when Pink’s surprising feature on Recovery featured the powerful “Won’t Back Down.” Now the hard rock/pop princess, who returns to music after a short hiatus for her new album, The Truth About Love, reconnects with Eminem on this new […]
Forget a ski mask, the men of Slaughterhouse are trying to get it the pig mask way in the new video for “Throw It Away” featuring Swizz Beatz. It’s a crime scene for Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, Royce Da 5’9″, Swizz Beatz and Eminem in this video off of the new album Welcome To: OUR […]
Rappers are real characters. In life and sometimes on television. Some rappers have attained such incredible popularity that they have been immortalized in some of the most iconic cartoon shows in television history. Some of them have even had their own cartoon show to really show out in. From the Hip-Hop favorites like The Boondocks to the […]
It was one of the most infamous interviews the Hip-Hop Internets had seen to date. In January 2006, Raymond “Benzino” Scott, then fresh from the sting of being removed from The Source magazine, conducted an interview with the good folks at AllHipHop.com. In this interview, Zino infamously swore that despite Black Enterprise buying the magazine […]
Back when he was affiliated with The Source magazine, contemplative and philosophical were probably the last adjectives you would think of to describe Raymond “Benzino” Scott. But now, seven years since being deposed from the Hip-Hop magazine, the “Rock The Party” rapper is reflective about his tumultuous, yet relatively successful, time at the publication; and […]
Here is the collaboration you were all waiting for. Joe Budden, Crooked I, Royce Da 5’9″ and Joell Ortiz are back with the next single off of Slaughterhouse’s new album, welcome to: OUR HOUSE. This song, “Throw That” features their label boss Eminem and is produced by Canadian hitmaker T-Minus. This record is a fun one, and if […]
