Hip-Hop Spot
Check out the footage from the XXL 2011 Freshman cover photo shoot. As usual there is controversy about who should be on the cover and who shouldn’t, in the footage you get one-on-one brief interviews with each artist. Samples of History: Hip-Hop Mines Afrobeat If you are not familiar with a few of the artists […]
Rihanna and Ciara have become involved in a Twitter beef. The young hot R&B stars exchanged words directing disses by name in one another’s tweets. It all started with Ciara on Joan Rivers where she said “Rihanna used to be so nice. I just saw her and she wasn’t the nicest” Rihanna immediately took to […]
Check out the behind the scenes footage from Snoop Dogg and Rosa Acosta photo shoot for “Blas”t by Colt 45. Snoop Dogg is the spokesperson for the new beverage, while two of the hottest eye candy models Estevan Oriol and Rosa Acosta help add some nice visuals. Blast is Colt 45′s latest beverage and will […]
Lil’ Kim says that she almost signed with Cash Money Records four years ago in an interview with the Rickey Smiley Morning Show. Kim details the story behind a song she recorded with Baby and Nicki Minaj at the time that led to the beef.
Comedian Mike Epps and his wife Michelle have started up a reading program for at risk youth. The Michael and Michelle Epps Foundation will work to help the millions of Americans who are unable to read or write.
Bakari Kitwana speaks with Amari Jackson and Anthony Browder about the current political uprising in Egypt. Novelist Amari Jackson talks about the relationship of his new novel, The Savion Sequence, to real life events in the Middle East. And Browder, who has conducted over 40 study tours to Egypt over the last two decades, examines […]
Musiq Soulchild proved the old adage that “the show must go on” last night during his opening set at Kem’s concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The “Anything” singer took a tumble off the stage, but kept the show going.
A few years ago TheUrbandaily.com conducted a candid interview with Kandi Burruss of RHOA where she recalled meeting the late Notorious B.I.G. before he was killed. In her interview she said that Biggie apologized for comments he made about her group Xscape in his underground hit “Dreams (I’m Just Playin.”). Samples of History: Hip-Hop Mines […]
Words by Mecca A lot of industry folks will tell you that it’s difficult to gather a fan base for female MCs. Since the Grammys eliminated the category all together a few years ago, the success of Nicki Minaj is seen more as a fluke than the norm. But the people behind those attitudes would […]
Michael Jackson spent the majority of his life entertaining audiences with his amazing voice and legendary dance moves. With 40 years of music as part of his legacy, it’s a daunting task to pick the ten best.