Message from Kurtis Blow

Family, Friends & Fans,    Your overwhelming prayers, well wishes and support are very touching and greatly appreciated. I thank God I can write this letter. Moments like this make you reflect on your life, passions and purpose.  Whether accidental or with intent, the med...Read more

MCskill ThaPreacha Releases Latest Single, “Man In The Mirror”

Nigerian emcee, MCskill ThaPreacha just dropped his latest single, which features him alongside soul singer, Freeborn, in a track produced by Stormatique, “Man In The Mirror”. The track, already streamable online, recaptures the essence of Hip-hop's conscious movement, advocating...Read more

Jurassic 5's DJ Nu-Mark pays tribute to Phife Dawg, Mobb Deep, & more

DJ Nu-Mark is back with the latest episode of his Zodiac Tracks series, in which he honors the birthdays of each month's most legendary musicians with a unique, live all vinyl remix. Watch DJ Nu-Mark's epic "Scorpio" mix via his Facebook page here, where it will only be ava...Read more

Hip Hop reacts to President Trump

Last night, Donald Trump was (inexplicably) elected to be the president of The United States and a lot of hip hop musicians are understandably angry. Trump triumphed over Hillary Clinton last night after securing enough electoral college votes to earn the Republican nominee the presidency, despit...Read more

Pharrell teases 5th N.E.R.D. album

Nowadays Pharrell is best known for his solo rapping and production work, but there's still plenty of fans out there for N.E.R.D., the funky, genre defying band that Williams has been performing with for almost two decades. N.E.R.D. kicked off as a side project of The Neptunes, the hip hop du...Read more

Throwback Album: Straight Out The Jungle

On this day, veteran Hip-hop group Jungle Brothers released their memorable debut collective, Straight Out The Jungle. Gaining prominence to feature the first non-Chicago Hip-house record to attain massive commercial, the album featured numerous iconic artists, such as De La Soul, A Tribe Ca...Read more