The wait for the highly anticipated NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton is almost over. Although the official high quality trailer for the F. Gary Gray-directed film hasn’t yet been released, Ice Cube, a producer on the film, shared it with fans at a concert in Sydney a few weeks ago. Judging by the grainy video, the film is […]

Rev Run and his family are doing a Christmas special for their show Eat, Pray & Love, which will air on the Cooking Channel. In a new video to promote the special, Rev Run, along with wife Justine Simmons, prepares a family meal and engages in some seriously adorable banter over cheese. The special, which airs on […]

Tika Sumpter and Kevin Hart are ready to take the plunge – on the big screen, that is. The 34-year-old actress uploaded this photo from the set of Ride Along 2 showing herself sporting a wedding dress and a matching veil. “Angela’s back….. #ridealong2 #bouncybutt #mrsblackhammer #ontothenext #blackhammer #laughter #love,” she captioned the photo. We can’t wait […]

The highly anticipated NWA movie, Straight Outta Compton, is off to a rocky start. A real rocky one. Yesterday, in a post-titled Straight Outta Compton Casting Call Is Racist as Hell, Gawker posted the casting call for the film that was placed earlier this week by Sande Allesi Casting. The post seems to discriminate against different races of […]

Lil Eazy-E is furious with the upcoming NWA movie. The son of the late Eazy-E, who died of AIDS in 1995  claimed that he was rejected to play his dad in the upcoming NWA biopic and that they decided to cast a no-name actor. Lil E claimed that his dad absolutely would have wanted him in the […]

When it was announced that a N.W.A. movie was in the works, there was much speculation about who could actually play the group’s iconic members. Earlier this year, Ice Cube said that he wanted his son, O’Shea Jackson Jr., to be part of the Straight Outta Compton project, and so he is – the resemblance is hard to […]

If you are a regular listener of hip-hop music, then you know that profanity just comes with the territory. Rappers curse, and they curse a lot. So which rapper curses the most? This fella named Andrew Powell-Morse did a cool study for BestTickets.com, breaking down cursing in popular rap music since 1985.  Here’s how he explained his study: “We examined […]

Some of the best hip-hop of all time has been rude, crude and just downright vulgar. And it sounds great. That is, however, until the radio gets their hands on the track. You see, there’s an organization called the FCC: when dealing with radio, the job of the FCC is to make sure no curses are heard […]

We’ve been waiting for the official N.W.A. biopic for years now. Good news, gangsta rap fans, it’s close to happening. Ice Cube recently talked about the movie while promoting his latest picture, the Kevin Hart featured Ride Along, out January 17th. Speaking to MTV about the picture, Cube confirmed that the movie will start shooting […]

Some albums will always stand the test of time, because they’re just that good. Universal Music Enterprise has announced plans to reissue a series of hip-hop albums this fall. The reissue campaign is called “Respect The Classics,” which is an initiative to “spotlight iconic, genre-defining albums” from Def Jam, Interscope, Priority, and Virgin Records. In fact, they’ve […]

There’s a new reality show to watch out for, but this one isn’t about real housewives or Jersey Shore kids. Remember the name: Seeds of Hip-Hop! PHOTOS: Happy Birthday To The Great Rev Run! The show, which will follow the sons of Dr. Dre, Eazy E, MC Ren, E-40, and Jam Master Jay, is currently being […]