Anybody who knows TV personality/journalist Gayle King knows she’s the last person you probably would invite to a Hip Hop after party, concert or the club. Not there’s anything wrong, but she just doesn’t seem like a serious club head who’s down to get high off marijuana in that type of setting. Maybe that’s the […]
Courtesy of: AC – Radio One Detroit, HotHipHopDetroit.com This just in from HOT 102.7 LOS ANGELES, CA (July 28, 2011) Due to overwhelming demand for JAY-Z and KANYE WEST’S WATCH THE THRONE TOUR (Powered By VoyR), additional shows are being added. As a result, the tour schedule has been modified. The new presale date moves […]
Kanye West stole the show during the Essence Music Festival closing down day two of the three day event. Many concert goers told AC of HOT 102.7 that Kanye could have had a whole day alone and that it was the best show they had ever seen. During Kanye’s show he stopped his music to […]
Today, we celebrate the birthday of one of Hip Hop’s brightest and most brilliant superstars. Innovative, inspired and often troubled intellectually, Chicago-native Kanye Omari West has turned the game upside down since his monumental entrance nearly a decade ago. Writing and producing hits early on for Jay-Z, Kanye West’s name, style, flow and presentation built […]
NEW YORK-Producer and rapper, Kanye West paid tribute to the man many call the Godfather Of Hip Hop, Gil Scott Heron at a memorial at Riverside Church in Harlem. He performed “Lost in the World,” which sampled Gil Scott Heron’s song “Comment #1.” AllHipHop reports: Others in attendance included members of The Last Poets, Malcolm […]
MARYLAND – The NAACP is receiving criticism for showcasing different Hip Hop acts at their upcoming “NAACP Image Awards” including Jaz-Z, Kanye West and Nicki Minaj. Rev. Delman Coates, a pastor of the Mt. Ennon Baptist Church in Clinton, Maryland has directly addressed the civil rights groups choice of performers. RELATED: Top 9 must see […]
Chicago – Controversial rapper Kanye West sparked more drama on Twitter today when he spoke about abortion. RELATED: 25 reasons we love Michael Jordan Kanye took on golddiggers and abortion on his Twitter feed by saying: “An abortion can cost a ballin’ ni**a up to 50gs maybe a 100. Gold diggin’ bi**hes be getting pregnant […]
With this weekend being NBA All Star Weekend, it seems like the excitement over celebrity hosted events, parties, and NBA Jam session activities is more than the actual All Star Game! It’s now rumored that Mr. West may grace the state at the 2011 NBA All Star Game tomorrow at the Staples Center in Los […]
Ta-Nehesi Coates over at The Atlantic has a good article on Kanye West’s lyrics about light skinned and white women and what they signify. I like the beats on Kanye West’s new album. I love the inversion of that famous line about Malcolm X–“That’s too much power for one man to have.” I think he’s […]
Washington — Cornel West has continued his harsh post election criticism of President Barack Obama. According to Firedog Lake, West told the show “Democracy Now” Gonzalez had asked Prof. West to comment on Kanye West’s assertion that “George Bush doesn’t care about Black people;” but the professor diverted into criticism of the current Administration. He […]
During a wide-ranging Howard Stern interview that touched on Jay-Z’s rough upbringing in the Marcy Projects, the first time he met Rihanna, his relationship with President Obama and his strained connection with his late father, Jay also weighed in on the recently renewed interest in Kanye West’s comments about former President George W. Bush.
A rep for Playgirl has revealed that the magazine turned down the opportunity to publish nude photos of Kanye West.
