Tonight at West Virginia University, Joan Morgan and I are discussing the last decade of gender / politics and hip-hop thru the lens of her book, “When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost”; and my own 2002 book, “The Hip-Hop Generation.” Check the live stream below at 7 pm ET!
“I’ll rape a pregnant b*tch and tell my friends I had a threesome.” These words came from Tyler the Creator, leader of the “musical” collective, Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, just one of the many Hip-Hop artists who’ve taken the power of free speech and used it to mangle their own community. Disrespect […]
The White House just released a list of 29 songs that will be heard at President Barack Obama‘s campaign stops and events between now and November 6. The list runs the gamut from R&B slow jams that include Al Green‘s “Let’s Stay Together” — which he just serenaded the country with last month at a fund-raising […]
ABC News has a story on the popular hip-hop/video website, WorldStarHipHop.com. In the story they discuss the effects that the website, which often posts cell phone camera footage of fights in schools, fast food restaurants, and on trains and buses. They also report that police departments are frequenting the popular website to to identify and […]
Multi-platinum producer, Drumma Boy, has made quite the name for himself in the Hip-Hop industry. From producing the award-winning club smash, “No Hands,” for rapper Waka Flocka, to the Atlanta anthem “Put On” for Young Jeezy, Drumma has consistently proven his ability to make hit after hit. Now, in an insightful — and unexpected — […]
NEW YORK — Since its beginnings in the 1970s, rap music has transformed from an underground, street-based sound to a definitive part of pop culture, transcending race and becoming one of the strongest — and most prolific — voices of today’s generation. But at the Grammy Awards, rap has had a long-lasting losing streak in […]
As the anniversary of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. approaches, I cannot help but thank God for my parents. Long before it was a legal holiday, my parents took me out of school on his birthday. My mom and dad were strategic in their rebellion against the American school system. SEE ALSO: […]
LOS ANGELES — A community center in L.A.’s notorious Rampart area is helping teenagers stay out of trouble by giving them a creative outlet. A program at the community center, “Sessions LA” use hip-hop and deejay culture to teach them how to make beats using digital technology. CNN reports: Huang eventually moved to Los Angeles, […]
When your 7-year-old comes in the house spitting lyrics that would make a convict blush, what do you do? Abdul Ali and Natalie Hopkinson recently presented an online debate on the Washington Post about how to deal with children in the age of hip-hop, where one of the greatest musical art forms in history has […]
In a recent sit-down with Time.com, Moshe Levi (pictured), the rapper formerly known as Shyne (most-famously known for a voice reminiscent of Biggie and most-infamously known for his involvement in a 1999 New York nightclub shooting), went into detail about his legal name change; what kind of content to expect on his forthcoming albums, Gangland […]
WASHINGTON-The ATF and the Washington D.C. police had an operation in which officers posed as hip-hop music industry insiders and pretended to be a fake hip-hop label that confiscated $7.2 million in drugs and 161 weapons. The ATF and D.C. police created a fictional rapper “Richie Valdez” and used a studio they called “Manic Enterprises” […]
A Philadelphia rapper was shot and killed last Friday in East Mount Airy in what police believe was an attempted robbery, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. See also: DMX Plays Wheelchair Basketball With Injured Troops John Wilson, better known as rapper Tommy Hill, was talking to the manager of a bar he left without paying when he […]
