Hip Hop Icons Star in Upcoming Comedy, "The Trap"

Atlanta-born trap artist T.I., rap icon Queen Latifah, and the multi-faced talent Mike Epps team up in the upcoming indie film, The Trap. The movie is said to be directed by Chris Robinson, who debuted in the box offices with hit film ATL back in 2006, which also starred T.I. Accor...Read more

Wordsworth and JSOUL: “Blame It On The Music”

The team-up of JSOUL and Wordsworth introduced fans to their latest single, “Blame It On The Music”, which is also the title track to their upcoming album scheduled to debut on September 23rd under HiPNOTT Records. The song expresses the eMC rapper’s refusal to uphold hiphop c...Read more

A Tribe Called Quest is about to release their secret, sixth album

The hip hop world was shocked when A Tribe Called Quest's Phife Dawg passed away suddenly earlier this year. Yesterday, the band announced that they had recorded a secret, sixth and final album with Phife Dawg before his death. Phife Dawg was one of the founding members of A Tribe Called Ques...Read more

Happy Birthday Fat Joe and Nate Dogg

Hip hop fans across both coasts have a lot to celebrate, as today marks the birthdays of two rap legends: the West Coast's late, great Nate Dogg and the Bronx's own Fat Joe. Long Beach rapper Nate Dogg was born on this day in 1969. Nate Dogg was one-third of the rap trio 213, which also f...Read more

Frank Ocean's new album is here (finally)

After numerous delays on his previously announced Boys Don't Cry, Frank Ocean surprised fans with a new visual album, Endless, and the promise of even more new songs to be released this weekend. Endless, which Ocean says is different from his oft-delayed new album, is a visual album...Read more

De La Soul and Usher team up for "Greyhounds"

De La Soul continues their gradual roll-out of tracks from their upcoming, star studded And The Anonymous Nobodyalbum with "Greyhounds," a new, slower paced track that features Usher. The two MCs of De La Soul, Posdnous and Dave, deliver two narratives on "Greyhounds" --...Read more