Tupac Shakur will be inducted into the 2017 class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Chic’s Nile Rodgers will be given the Award For Musical Excellence.

This election season has been a strange one, to say the least. With Obama leaving the White House soon, the absence of a decent candidate has some loathing his departure — especially the Hip-Hop generation, who will miss his ability to relate to them, his sense of honesty when discussing issues, and his cool factor. It seemed like […]

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its class of 2017 nominees on Tuesday.

I was proud of hip hop as I watched the BET Hip Hop Awards last night. It was like I was hip hop’s momma (or maybe its PR manager) and it was a child that had gone astray and was starting to find itself. Indulge me for a minute so I can give you context […]

Despite being the poster child for longevity in hip-hop, LL Cool J always has and probably always will be considered an underdog. After churning out…

Legends in the rap game and truly the essence of Hip Hop, Public Enemy took the stage in Austin, TX to kick-off another chapter of their legacy on the Doritos #BoldStage at the South by Southwest Music Festival (SXSW). SXSW Hip Hop Concert with LL Cool J + More Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Professor Griff […]

South By Southwest is a multi-faceted event occurring every March that serves as a collection of conferences and festivals. It is considered to be one of the most instrumental happenings on the annual cultural calendar and it all goes down in Austin, Texas. The big music showcase began March 12th and features popular artists with […]

The Grammys keep snubbing Nas. The Queens rapper has been nominated a whopping 13 times and has not won a single award, which is surprising…

So the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees list for 2013 is out, and Public Enemy have made the cut! The rap group beat…

While many TV audiences know William Drayton, aka Flavor Flav, as a colorful (and sometimes polarizing) figure on his reality TV shows,  the multi-talent came to prominence for many as a member of the rap group Public Enemy. Public Enemy’s messages of Black power and social consciousness run contrary to some of the images we’ve […]

Music videos weren’t exactly a new phenomenon when MTV debuted in 1981. French musicians had been making short films to accompany their songs since the invention of the Scopitone visual jukebox in the late 1950s. However, MTV’s launch upped not only the quantity of music videos being produced, but the quality. We racked our brains […]