Joey Bad@$$ of Cinematic Music Group has signed a deal with Mountain Dew’s Green Label Sounds. The rising rapper out of Brooklyn, New York has been on the lips and ears of many Hip-Hop heads for a better part of the year.
If you count on one thing from Princeton professor Dr. Cornel West, it most certainly would be the public intellectual’s propensity to be openly critical of anyone he sees fit. After his crusade against Barack Obama, and also his minor forays into Hip-Hop, West once again used his platform to hurl a few barbs in […]
A bizarre case in New York is unfolding after a well-known doctor was found to be part of a prescription pill drug ring, in which she pleaded guilty to the serious charges. The twist, however, is that the physician claims her actions were controlled by one of her twelve multiple personalities. According to a report from […]
For Manhattan high school guidance counselor Tiffany Webb, a series of photos of the educator clad in bikinis has resulted in the end of her 12-year career with New York’s Department of Education (DOE), reports the New York Post. Although the photos were reportedly taken well before Webb began her job with the city in […]
Jay-Z‘s historic run at the opening of Brooklyn’s Barclays Center concluded this past weekend after eight straight shows. From bringing out his idol Big Daddy Kane at it’s opening to his wife making a surprise appearance on Saturday, it was a run to remember.
Airport security is no joke. Two women in New York were arrested for trying to smuggle drugs in their weaves.
DMX is a simple man, one who is not a friend of the technological marvel known as a computer. The Yonkers native is a father to nearly a dozen children, and a multi-platinum selling artist, but when it comes to computers, he just can’t seem to comprehend how they work—nor does he plan on further […]
Last week, Fabolous dropped a new record called “So NY” on the Funkmaster Flex show. The song alone caused enough controversy with a hook that said “I’m so New York, Weezy probably don’t like me,” with the Brooklyn MC taking up for his hometown that Lil Wayne famously talked down on. Now it seems like […]
The Morrocan MC, French Montana, is prepping the release of his Maybach Music Group/Bad Boy/ Interscope records debut album, Excuse My French. While in Los Angeles for the MTV Video Music Awards, Francois spoke on the status of his album as well as the next single that features Nicki Minaj. “I got my new single coming out […]
With Hip-Hop and pretty much all of New York aghast over Lil Wayne’s shocking proclamation that he hates the city, Busta Rhymes is giving his two cents on the matter. Unlike the New York senator that used Weezy’s statement as a way to get publicity (let’s just keep it real), Bussa Buss said he can […]
Sometimes, news happens that you can’t even make up even if you tried. After Lil Wayne said that he isn’t too fond of the Empire State, New York State Senator Malcolm Smith is demanding a public apology in Times Square. No, seriously. Senator Smith will be joined by members of the hip hop youth council and […]
Police have arrested two suspects in the shooting death of a 4-year-old Bronx boy during a basketball game last weekend, and one just happens to be a teenager. Rondell Pinkerton, 17, was taken into custody early Wednesday (July 25) and charged with murder, and criminal possession of a weapon. Pinkerton reportedly confessed to the shooting, […]
