Hip-Hop Spot

Lupe Fiasco is having the best week ever. His new album, Lasers, has defied all of the bad press heaped upon it by critics… and Lupe himself, to land a number 1 debut on this week’s Billboard chart.

Yesterday evening, Phonte of the Foreign Exchange released his collaboration with Lil’ B The Based God, Jean Grae, and 9th Wonder, “Base For Your Face.”  On the 20th episode of his Gordon Gartrell Radio podcast with DJ Brainchild, Phonte explains how the collaboration came to be.

Fans of the Wu-Tang Clan have noticed that the group’s self-proclaimed “Abbot”, The RZA, hasn’t been putting in much work on any of the group’s solo records.  In a candid interview with NYC’s Breakfast Club on Power 105.1, Raekwon says The RZA has just lost his ear for beats!

Kanye West‘s music video for “All Of The Lights” may have suffered a minor setback due to the fact that it’s been reported to cause seizures, but that’s not stopping Yeezy from getting a remix of the song ready.

Watoto From the Nile, the young sisters from Baltimore who created the “Open Letter to Lil Wayne” video that went viral on the Internet last week, have finally given their first on-camera interview. In this NewsOne exclusive, meet 10-year-old Nia, 9-year-old Nya, and their father Jabari Natur, who reveal how they conceived the song and […]

Omarion and Rosa Acosta sex it up in “Come N’ F*ck With Me,” the remake of Jodeci’s classic “Come And Talk To Me.” The two have been rumored to be an item for a while, and by the looks of the intimacy in the video, I think it is clear if they are messing around! […]

In 2011 skin color is sadly still an issue that plagues our society.  Dirty Money‘s Kalenna Harper recently spoke out about her struggles in the music industry as a dark-skinned woman.

Chris Brown is joined by Busta Rhymes & Lil Wayne in the music video for his single “Look At Me Now.”

Sony continues to try to squeeze the last bit of milk out of the Michael Jackson cash cow with the latest video from their instantly forgotten Michael posthumous release.  The video for “Hollywood Tonight” tells the story of a young girl who comes to Hollywood to make it as a dancer.