It’s New Years Eve folks. At this point, celebrations, “turn ups,” etc. are imminent, but it’s important that this important aspect of the night goes unhitched, musically, when the ball drops.
Jay Z and his fledging Roc Nation Sports might face some Rap competition in the near future. Cash Money Records has recently filed trademark applications to conduct business as a sport agency.
2013 is creeping to a close. While we experienced an immense amount of Hip-Hop struggle this year, there were some highlights that we can look back to that actually moved the culture forward.
Beat jacking might just be rap’s not-so-secret epidemic. Yesterday, producer Major Seven accused K.E. On the Track of stealing the beat for “The Devil Is A Lie” (pretty ironic, given the title).
Nowadays anyone can shove a microphone into an artist’s face and ask questions. It takes integrity, finesse and wit to conduct a real interview. DJ Envy, Angela Yee and Charlamagne Tha God have that formula down pat.
Man, time flies. It’s December 19, the year’s just weeks away from closing, and because of this, Hip-Hop Wired reflects on the respective the songs (often times anthems) that shaped fans’ experiences near and far over 365 days’ time.
The “n-word” is back up for debate thanks in part to Suge Knight and Y.G.’s new statements on being called the racial epithet. TMZ was on hand to record Knight saying he’d rather be called a “n—-a” than an African-American (his exact statement was , “We not from Africa, we Black!), and a day later Y.G. weighed in […]
No one could have imagined that when DJ Kool Herc’s experimentation with his record collection at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx that an entire musical genre, cultural movement and most importantly a lifestyle would be born.
Early reactions inferred that Beyoncé‘s “Drunk In Love” was a favorite from her surprise, self-titled “visual” album. Having recently announced that the tune would be one of two singles to impact radio this week, the Grammy winning songstress unveils the official visual for the track.
So Beyoncé dropped a new album last night. And in case you didn’t know, she pretty much changed the game.
Yes, you read that right. The one and only Beyoncé solidified her spot on the throne once again in one fatal swoop by doing the unthinkable — surprising the world with a new album.
