MTV’s Video Music Awards is changing locations for 2013. The ceremony is usually held in New York or Los Angeles, and this year— instead of Radio City Music Hall— Brooklyn’s Barclays Center is the spot where many of music’s biggest names will touch down in hopes of grabbing a Moonman statue.
For years, leaders such as Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and Stokely Carmichael brazenly and heroically spoke out and became powerful men who influenced great change, for the betterment of all people. What if today’s rappers spoke out to regain unity and create great movements?
Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, hasn’t released a proper album since 2009’s The Ecstatic. With a body of work that stretches back to the 1990s, Bey has a vault of classic jams to rock. Case in point, the Brooklyn veteran thrilled fans last Friday (March 15) in Chicago by unleashing an unreleased jam […]
Kanye West is perhaps the most polarizing figure in Hip-Hop, but he is also among the most tight lipped. Sure, there are isolated incidents, like his recent rant with DJ Enuff, but ordinarily the G.O.O.D. Music general keeps his musical and personal endeavors on a need to know basis. Luckily for us, cohorts like Malik […]
After the commercial success of his debut album, Finally Famous, and the critical success of his mixtape, Detroit, Big Sean is shaping up for a big 2013.
Justin Timberlake began his week-long takeover of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon last night as a guest and performer on the show.
Something…interesting happened on the latest episode of HBO’s Girls over the weekend. Actress Allison Williams covered Kanye West’s “Stronger.”
Soulja Boy is mad about MTV’s Hottest MCs In The Game list. He’s stuck between wanting to write the whole thing off, and hoping he lands on it next year.
It’s official, Kendrick Lamar has topped MTV’s coveted Hottest MCs In The Game list. After an interesting week of debates, and rappers exposing their feelings, K-Dot emerged as the top rap star among his peers.
Yesterday evening, Kanye West broke his no press policy when he spoke to DJ Enuff about the controversial MTV’s Hottest MC In The Game list.
Kanye West doesn’t do no press, but he gets the most press, kid. After he was ranked #7, a spot below his protege Big Sean, on MTV’s Hottest MCs In The Game list he broke his no-press policy to talk to Hot 97.
Mannie Fresh and Yasiin Bey may seem like a peculiar combination, but the former Cash Money Records producer has confirmed that the pair has completed the upcoming OMFGOD album. The New Orleans native also spoke about his work with Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music team, his friendship with Mystikal and more in an exclusive interview.
