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Hit Them In The Pockets And You Will Get A Response:Lil Wayne Finally Apologizes To Emmett Till’s Family

Hit Them In The Pockets And You Will Get A Response:Lil Wayne Finally Apologizes To Emmett Till’s Family

Dear Till Family: As a recording artist, I have always been interested in word play. My lyrics often reference people, places and events in my music, as well as the music that I create for or alongside other artists. It has come to my attention that lyrics from my contribution to a fellow artist’s song [...]

Speak The Truth:Scarface Says “Hip Hop Is White Now,” Blames Record Executives

  Scarface is not a stupid man.  He is basically sharing the same message that millions of other people are feeling right now when it comes to the garbage that people are hearing on the radio.  He also agrees that the music is destructive for black people, and that white folks are running the game [...]

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Rapper Vigalantee’s New Song Inspired by Marley and Mass Incarceration

Vigalantee  continues to push music that is geared towards inspiring and informing the audience to wake up and understand that they are being brainwashed and programmed to ignore what’s really going on right in front of our face,”To da Rescue” speaks on mass incarceration and the ignorance of rappers and fans who buy into the [...]

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I Guess He’s Getting That Itch Again:Jay-Z – “Open Letter” Bangs On The Net

  Jay-Z drops a new record out of nowhere, but not really. The song is called “Open Letter” and is produced by Swizz Beatz and his Roc Nation buddy Timbaland.The beat is a pounding, drum filled number that Hova gets busy on. “Ballin’ til they ban us, you geting too much bread they try to [...]

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Toronto Rapper IGZ Prepares For His Upcoming Album “IGZPLICIT”

IGZ is a 23 year old Toronto Rapper. He started writing out poems and lyrics when he was little. At around 14 IGZ started putting some of his written lyrics on beats and released a few of his debut songs at 15. He started taking the music more and more serious once he turned 19, [...]

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DNA Talks About His Battle With K-Shine

It has been a busy year for Queens, New York’s DNA thus far. He has already had two high-profile battles in two of the world’s most recognized Battle Rap leagues. In March, DNA battled Harlem, New York’s K-Shine at SMACK/URL’s “Unfinished Business” event. Soon after, he wrapped up his March by taking on Monterey, California’s [...]

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Here Comes The Beef:Yukmouth Takes Aim At Plies On His “Charles Bronson” Diss Record

Oakland rapper Yukmouth has officially taken his issues with fellow artist Plies to wax with the release of the visuals to his diss record “Charles Bronson.” The music video opens with what appears to be an exaggerated version of Plies dancing with a woman while the rapper’s “Low Miles” plays in the background. This portion [...]

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Battle Of The Bullies:Math Hoffa vs. Shotgun Suge

On February 27, 2013 Ultimate Warrior battle league and their first event of the year “Apocalypse” the card was filled with battles that fans have been dying to see. Shotgun Suge (Newark, New Jersey) vs. Math Hoffa (Brooklyn, NY)  was one of the most highly anticipated battles of the night two bullies of the stage [...]

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Changing The Sounds Of Hip-Hop:Selasi “Call The Police” Makes The Case

The Ghana-born, Atlanta-based Selasi a.k.a The African Kid, is known for blending hip hop with hiplife and reggae, as he does on “Call The Police”, a track from his EP “Shades of Grey“. This joint is the truth,check it out below.

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Play Under Review:Michael Jordan Asks Georgia Court To Dismiss Paternity Suit

Michael Jordan has asked a Georgia court to dismiss a lawsuit filed against him by a woman who says the NBA hall of famer is the father of her 16-year-old son. Jordan’s lawyer John Mayoue said in the document filed Monday in Fulton County Superior Court that the six-time NBA champion is not the father [...]

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