Jigga really needs to do a better job of returning phone calls. Paul Anka is pissed off at Jay-Z with the singer/songwriter alleging that the Brooklyn rapper inappropriately snubbed him.
In an issue that will feature LeBron James and Dr. Dre on the cover, ESPN The Magazine’s “The Music Issue” will celebrate the marriage between pro athletes and musicians.
Is there anything that LeBron James and Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat cannot do? Well, carry a note is one of them.
Although all of Brooklyn is most certainly throwing one up in the air for favorite son Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter on his birthday (Hov hit the big 43 today), one thing the mogul most certainly won’t be toasting is an unauthorized biography focused on his business affairs from Forbes writer Zack O’Malley Greenburg. The journalist’s book […]
Spike Lee’s documentary on the creation of Michael Jackson’s Bad album will air on Thanksgiving Day. Titled Michael Jackson: BAD25, the film will take an in depth look at the creation of the late King of Pop’s seventh studio album, 25 years after its release. From the looks of the trailer below, this doc is […]
The love hate relationship between rappers and Twitter continues. Earlier this week, Kanye West pulled a “do over” on Twitterdom, deleting all of his previous Tweets with “BE BACK SOON” being the lone remaining message. But have no fear, Yeezy came back like cooked coke crack and went on a short diatribe bigging up the […]
I know this isn’t exactly “Hip-Hop,” but it’s an unreleased song from Michael friggin’ Jackson. Let’s make an exception here. The King of Pop was never one to shy away from controversy, but apparently some things just were a little too controversial even for MJ. With the upcoming election on the way, abortion is a […]
Forbes writer Zack O’Malley Greenburg has combined his love of music and business since joining the company in 2005, and he’s even managed to give Hip-Hop culture a steady presence in the widely-read business magazine. Helming the blog The Beat Report, O’Malley Greenburg focuses not only artists but, more specifically, the business of music. One of […]
Last night at Gotham Hall in New York City, Pepsi/Billboard’s Summer Beats Concert Series concluded with a celebratory concert for what would’be been Michael Jackson’s 54th birthday. Grammy-nominted artist Melanie Fiona, Grammy Award winning R&B singer Ne-Yo and Grammy Award winning rapper Swizz Beatz ran through their own collection of hit records before paying homage to […]
With his Red Hook Summer film already in theaters, Spike Lee is moving on to his next joint. The director will unleash his Michal Jackson documentary Bad 25 at the Venice Film Festival in a few weeks, before screening the film at the Toronto International Film Festival. In putting together the film, Lee called on […]
The new hit comedy on Adult Swim, Black Dynamite, did it again with their spot on satire last night. After taking on a youthful/alien Michael Jackson in episode one and the black p-rn industry in episode two (which we couldn’t post for obvious reasons), Dy-No-Mite takes on legendary comedian, Richard Pryor. Voiced by Eddie Griffin, Richard Pryor becomes a nuisance to Black Dynamite […]
Director Spike Lee is completing a documentary on the making of the late Michael Jackson’s Bad album. The doc will provide a behind the scenes and very personal view of the creation of Jackson’s 1987 album, the follow up to the record breaking Thriller. “We have footage in this documentary that no one’s ever seen, stuff […]
