Chance The Rapper’s #SaveChicago campaign earned him Chicago’s 2014 “Outstanding Youth of the Year” award. Calling the achievement an “honor,” the Midwest wordsmith continued his service into the new year at the inaugural Get Schooled, Get Connected Challenge on Monday (January 19) at Malcolm X College.
Camera shy isn’t a term most would associate with someone who has spent the past 20 years in the public eye. But Sway Calloway has never been concerned with public recognition despite the high-profile nature of his job. The MTV News correspondent/executive producer is more focused on people knowing his work than his name. A […]
Now that Chris Brown successfully made up with Drake, he’s becoming an expert on being a peer mediator in all bad celebrity situations.
In a special edition of MTV RapFix with Sway Calloway, Common delved into the making of Nobody’s Smiling, revealing it was created with the help of longtime producer friend No I.D.
Sway Calloway’s #1 ranking on the inaugural Black Twitter 100 wasn’t just for show and flash. The veteran VJ and Hip-Hop personality is constantly on the go and his upcoming hosting gig for the Red Bull BC One North America Final proves just that.
Sway Calloway has a wealth of Hi-Hop knowledge that he shares daily on outlets like MTV News and his Sirius XM radio show, Sway In The Morning. The Bay Area native also has a heavy presence on social media, so it should be no surprise that he was no. 1 in the Music Mavens […]
For rappers, one of the most daunting tasks in radio has to be Sway Calloway’s “5 Fingers Of Death” freestyle series. While some rappers turn down the challenge and others avoid the veteran journalist’s Sway In the Morning show all together, former Bad Boy artist, King Los, rose to the occasion with a hell of a […]
If you were a diehard Slaughterhouse fan cringing at the Joe Budden struggle during this season of Love And Hip-Hop, then you’re being offered a worthy consolation.
Next year, fans can expect a lot of new things from T.I., who recently inked a deal with Columbia Records and announced that Pharrell is executive producing his new album, thought to be titled Trouble Man: He Who Wears The Crown. However, while speaking with Sway Calloway on MTV’s RapFix, the Hustle Gang CEO revealed that […]
MTV’s Sway Calloway had a long week following his Shade 45 interview with Kanye West, who infamously screamed on the host. Chants of, “You ain’t got the answers Sway,” became commonplace on the Internets, but yesterday, Sway returned to MTV RapFix with answers in tow.
As usual, the Internets is not the place to be if you’re looking for chill. Last week, Sway Calloway made the mistake of asking Kanye West a legitimate question, only to be bombarded with shouts of “You ain’t got the answers, Sway!” So of course, it became a meme.
There’s a lot to be learned from a Kanye West interview, but whatever message he intends on spreading usually gets caught up in random outbursts, and gratuitous mentions of his influence on the world. And now it’s time to address the elephant in the room, class is in session, Mr. West.
For a moment there, Kanye West was unhinged. Yeezy hit up Sway In The Morning on Shade 45 and barked on host Sway Calloway when he dared to ask the rapper/producer why he didn’t just flip his own clothing line.
Although he has shown no chill throughout his 15 year career, Eminem is good for keeping a low profile. Surprisingly the self-proclaimed Rap God dropped various jewels in a town hall style Q&A interview with Sway Calloway on Shade 45.
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