Posts Tagged ‘hip hop’

Go! ‘Common’ Classics Streets May 25

There is nothing ordinary about acclaimed rapper Common, as the first retrospective of the most successful span of his career to date proves. Compiled with Common’s participation, Go! Common Classics (Geffen/UMe), to be r...


Gucci Mane’s New Label & Team

Superstar rapper Gucci Mane‘s momentum can’t be held back. Following an incredibly successful 2009, which saw Gucci appear on four Top 20 singles, be named to MTV’s Hottest MC list and release over 150 songs i...



The Music & Legacy of Run-DMC

“Two years ago a friend of mine asked me to say some emcee rhymes. So I said this rhyme I’m about to say, the rhyme was def and it went this way: Took a test to become an emcee, and Orange Krush became amazed at me....


Swizz Beatz to Provide Original Music for ‘ABDC’ Final

MTV‘s hit reality dance competition series from Warner Horizon Television – “Randy Jackson Presents America’s Best Dance Crew” – will continue Season Five’s incredible run of celebrity guest co...



Guru Issues Official Statement

Thoughts and prayers have been with legendary Hip-Hop emcee Guru since his hospitalization earlier this month due to a heart attack. Solar, the rapper’s longtime partner and best friend, said Guru has a history of lung pr...


Discovery Friday: ‘Epiphany’

Check out rising star Epiphany from Little Rock, Arkansas. Making a lot of noise right now with his single “Be Cool.” Some of his musical inspirations are 8Ball and MJG, Aretha Franklin, and Issac Hayes. Currently, ...



NEW TRIFE DIESEL DISC ‘IN STORES TODAY’

Trife Diesel (a.k.a. Trife Da God) Releases his brand new album, Better Late Than Never, today. The album features an all-star lineup of veteran hip-hop artists ranging from Ghostface Killah to Royce Da’ 5’9. Better Late Th...


DRAKE’S DEBUT VIDEO

It’s finally here, the first video from Young Money/Universal Recording artist Drake. Best I Ever Had directed by Kanye West!



T.I. PAPER TRAIL: CASE CLOSED

T.I. has grown to truly be one of his generation’s most captivating speakers. Whether he’s conversing frankly with a room full of youth about the positive side of staying in school and following their dreams, or mov...