We don’t think that we are talking out of the side of our head when we say that Babyface might be one of the best songwriters of our lifetime.  From Beyonce to Madonna, Babyface has written so many hits. Check out 10 songs you may have not had know that Babyface wrote Get Breaking News […]

  It’s Black Music Month and we’ve collected the Top 10 Beyonce for women’s empowerment!  I mean she is the Queen B and she told us to get in Formation…. so let’s count them down (in no particular order) and remember fem is the future! Get Breaking News & Exclusive Contest in Your Inbox:     […]

From East Point, GA to world domination, rap duo Outkast changed the way we look at southern Hip Hop.

Born: Kimberly Jones; New York, New York, 11 July 1977 Early in her career, Lil’ Kim, was one of the most distinctive female voices of hip hop in the late 1990s. Lil’ Kim’s explicit and sexuality lyrics made her an icon in an era that starved for feminine balance in a male dominated business. Lil’ Kim, […]

North Carolina has been full of talent. You have 9th Wonder, J.Cole , Rapsody , and Little Brother That’s just a few that have put on for the hip-hop scene in the great state of North Carolina. Back in the day, Jodeci won your hearts with their Rhythm and Blues. Now Imani Pressley is getting her […]

Dancehall music may have evolved in Jamaica in the late 1970s, but it didn’t hit stateside until the 1980s. By the 1990s, dancehall became increasingly popular, with artists constantly linking up with American artists to create some of the classic records we spill spin today. But, it’s important to understand the genre’s roots. Class is […]

The world is marching to the rhythm of West Africa. Afrobeats have gone global and artists are clamoring to capitalize off of the infectious sound. Afrobeats, not to be confused with Afrobeat, created by Fela Kuti, gets its upbeat and energetic melodies from a hybrid of West African music and American jazz and funk. Wizkid, Davido […]

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Since Hip-Hop’s inception, the genre has always blended with it’s older cousin R&B. Now more than ever the two forms of music has mixed so much that the Grammy’s have devoted a whole category, Rap/Sung Category, rapping, and singing. Artists such as Beyonce and Jay-Z to Mary J. Blige and Method Man have delivered some […]

The MacArthur Genius and two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward was born, April 1, 1977 in DeLisle, Mississippi She isn’t just a novelist , she is also an associate professor at Tulane University. Jesmyn Ward’s work earned her the  National Book Award for Fiction for her second novel Salvage the Bones in 2011. Betsy Burton of […]

Over the past 10 years, it’s hard to find another rapper that has influenced hip-hop (for better or worse depending who you ask) than Lil Wayne. We’ve seen hip-hop split into so many diffrent genres in the past few years with the next generation, with some artists delivering a fierce pen game, some have adopted […]

Born as Marshall Bruce Mathers III but known as Eminem, in 2018 he is still considered to be one of the best rappers of all time, lyrically, technically and flow wise. Throughout his career, Mr. Slim Shady had 10 number-one albums on the Billboard 200 and five number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. He is among the world’s […]