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Swizz Beatz and his sons shot a musical sketch for PBS’s “The Electric Company” that extols the virtues of reading and writing.
Could this be another Nuvo inspired music video? by the looks of it–it may be. Tank took his chances at the 1991 love ballad by Bonnie Raitt and I am impressed. Tank did the classic justice with his high-pitched voice.This is featured on his album “Now Or Never” which is currently in stores! 15 Scenes […]
Lil Kim is fighting back against those who are writing her off because of her recent feud with Nicki Minaj and the confusion surrounding the release of her Black Friday mixtape. Kim says that she’s just having some fun.
A jury will begin deliberating today in the cocaine trial of reggae superstar Buju Banton. Banton is accused of conspiring with two men to set up a drug deal in December 2009.
Rihanna will be joined by Kanye West during her upcoming half-time performance at the NBA All-Star game. It’s rumored that the two will perform West’s “All Of The Lights” from his platinum album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
For the next two years, there will be a shortage of songs “featuring Nicki Minaj” as the Young Money rapper says she will not be doing any collaborations for awhile, with one exception.
On the Valentines Day episode of Chris Rock‘s HBO talk show in 1997, D’Angelo performed with an all-star band including Raphael Saadiq, ?uestlove of The Roots, Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest and the late Chalmers “Spanky” Alford. The quintet, which was unofficially known as Linwood Rose, performed D’Angelo’s hit single “Lady.”
Hip-Hop needs more movies and less trailers for music videos. Thankfully someone had the foresight to document The Roots while they are still together as opposed to trying to piece them together after a break-up. 25 Reasons We Love Michael Jordan During The Legendary Roots Crew’s acclaimed Hennessey Artistry Tour, where they were joined on […]
Los Angeles area underground hip-hop collective Odd Future (aka OFWGKTA*) took over the Late Night With Jimmy Fallon set for what might be one of the wildest performances in LNJF history.
As Wayne patiently awaited Nicki’s arrival to the stage, he complimented her shoe game, saying “She gotta walking slow, I know she got some killer shoes on right now.” The buxom Barb then appeared in said stilettos and signature blonde wig accompanied by Drizzy Drake. Nicki and Drake received platinum plaques for their works “Thank […]