It’s been a pretty tumultuous year considering rising threats such as gun violence, police brutality, and the ever-recurring struggle against social injustice. Sound familiar? Indeed, these were the same issues that first kindled the Hip-hop movement in the 1970’s. Fast forward t...… Read more

OVO Sound’s young founder has shown a rather cryptic way of encrypting messages to the media. It appears that certain “Drake Billboards” are becoming a trend, often seen in LA streets and on the social media posts via curious passers. The most recent, however, presents itself in...… Read more

Professional angry man and singer/songwriter Chris Brown was freed yesterday, after putting up a quarter of a million dollars in bail and a fourteen hour standoff with police. Depending on who you ask, this is either the latest attempt by the media and police to villify Brown, or it's simply the...… Read more

September begins with the Bronx—and by that I mean, Bronx-born Latino rapper, the one and only, Don Cartagena, aka Fat Joe. And what better way to kick off the beginning of the ber-months, than listening to Cartagena’s self-entitled third album. On this day, 18 years ago, Fat Joe rele...… Read more

Boston emcee Slaine is back with a new EP, on which he discusses his long battle with drugs and alcohol and his path to sobriety. Slaine has appeared in hit movies like Gone Baby Gone and The Town, and has worked with acts like DJ Premier, Cypress Hill, Snoop Dogg, and Raekwon, but...… Read more

The Get Down isn't the only hip hop influenced show on Netflix's line-up -- this month, Luke Cage, Marvel's street level African-American superhero, will be getting his own thirteen episode series on the steaming service. The character is beloved by many rap artists, and i...… Read more