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, where he […]
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” […]
MILWAUKEE-Fourteen people were charged with running a massive drug ring in Milwaukee after a rap video called “Trap House Money” led investigators to indict them for drug trafficking, money laundering, and gun offenses. While twelve members have been arrested, the rappers in the video Eastside L Boog and Eazy (real names: Larry Hooker and Earl […]
Somehow, Refinery 29 found out that Martha Stewart was a “big rap fan.” So when interviewing her, the style site prodded Stewart: Just what it is about rap that she likes? “Well, not a really big fan,” she corrected. “But I like rap music. They’re all cute. Those are cute guys and they’re all talented.” […]
Erick Sermon, one half of the popular hip-hop duo EPMD, suffered a heart attack on Saturday, but appears to be recovering, reports say. See also: Rapper Heavy D Dead At Age Of 44 Longtime EPMD affiliate DJ Scratch tweeted: “Erick Sermon had a heart attack today,” Scratch wrote. “He’s ok, but still send your prayers. […]
NEW YORK — 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, the building credited as the birthplace of hip-hop has been given a new lease on life after Workforce Housing Advisors, a company dedicated to working class housing, bought it. The building, where Kool DJ Herc held parties that would help create hip hop culture, had fell into disrepair after […]
In April 2010, the US State Department sent a rap group named Chen Lo and The Liberation Family to perform in Damascus, Syria. Following Chen Lo’s performance, US secretary of state Hillary Clinton was asked by CBS News about US diplomacy’s recent embrace of hip hop. “Hip hop is America,” she said, noting that rap […]
A Dallas rapper is following in the footstep of artists like Prince, blending gender lines by wearing lipstick and flower print tights all the while contending that he is not gay. See also: Jamaica rapper Vybz Kartel denied bail See also: 48 Hours: Dallas Has the Best of Everything Rapper Dphillgood is spearheading what he calls the […]
Usually when a celebrity is killed, there is a massive investigation and people reveal anything and everything they know about the situation. In the world of Hip-Hop, police don’t seem to concerned and the “no snitching” rule usually rises up amongst the public when it comes to speaking to authorities. New information is revealed all […]
Atlanta rapper T.I. is set to clean up his act in more ways than one this week as he visited ABC’s ‘The View’ for an intimate discussion on his career, his journey, his troubles and his brand new fiction novel “Power & Beauty.” After spending two back to back prison sentences on a variety of […]
Kanye along with Jay-Z, rightfully received public criticism from elder hip-hip statesman Chuck D for their usual wealth flaunting on their collaboration album Watch The Throne’s first single “Otis.” Also read: Occupy Wall Street Is About African-Americans, Too Also read: Kanye West, Russell Simmons Visit Occupy Wall Street Protestors
