As part of 90th anniversary initiative, I had the honor and privilege to attended the New York Urban League’s event, STRONGER: Girls’ Empowerment Day. The main goal of the day-long affair was to create an opportunity for young women to interact with role models and gain inspiration to succeed in their own lives. It focused […]
Mary J. Blige and Russell Simmons kicked off Bounty’s nationwide ‘Make a Clean Difference’ program at P.S. 165 in New York City. The program is a partnership with the HandsOn Network, designed to provide a clean, creative learning environment for public school students in cities across the country. During the event, Mary and Russell discussed […]
Chillin’ and listening to beats blasting from producer T.A.S.K’s computer, I sat across from my old friend days before his amazing performance last week with J. Cole at University of Maryland’s First Come, First Heard. As we caught up and reminisced, I realized it had been awhile since we had last really spoken. To me, […]
This week has been an absolute epic week for new music. However, if you aren’t nearby a computer your entire day (like me) you might have missed out on some heat. Don’t worry, you know I got you on this one. Check out all of the hottest new music to drop in the past seven […]
Ok watch out every rapper that thought they had the game on lock. This boy J. Cole just released his 1st debut single ‘Who Dat’ & all I can say about it is damn its over for the competition! He went in on this track from his lyrics to his flow & his […]
A large part of hip-hop is competition. Every emcee is constantly gunning for that number one spot, for that one verse that makes everyone go crazy, for the throne of “G.O.A.T.”. Collaboration is another tenet of hip hop, with top artists constantly featuring on each others tracks, and putting new artists on through guest spots. […]
<p>Typically, women go all out for their wedding day. No matter the cost or how unrealistic the ideas are, nothing seems to be impossible when it comes to the special day. Tiny is ready to pull out all the stops to ensure her wedding to T.I. is a memorable one.</p><p>In an exclusive interview with InTouch, […]
Summer is quickly approaching and along with beautiful weather, small clothes and longer days comes some of the best music of the year. Who will have the official “summer jam” of 2010? Who will provide the soundtrack to countless summer parties? Take a look at our 15 most anticipated albums. 15. Big Boi ‘Sir Lucious […]
The good folks at DatPiff.com just released some heat!! I don’t know how this got past me for the few hours that it did, or if it’s some old shit that I didn’t snatch up, but regardless it’s a classic. Seems like Questlove and his band put a niffty live spin on some J. Dilla […]
This week I cleared my extremely busy schedule to take ok XXL’s Freshman Class. First up was J. Cole who tookover SOB’s for Hot 97’s Who’s Next concert. J Cole rocked the hard New York as he had a jammed packed SOB’s going crazy to every joint he performed. J. Cole came on stage to […]
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<p> </p><p>I am a 35 year old former emcee from the borough of BK. I feel like today’s Hip Hop is not for the Hip Hop Heads of my generation. For the last few weeks I have been listening to Sam Cooke, Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions, Teddy Pendergrass, etc. Hip Hop has sent me back […]
