President Obama reiterates for the second time in three years that Kanye West is a jackass. Although the President thinks Ye is talented and is also from Chicago, he was quick to express his feelings about the rapper. Here’s an excerpt from the new May issue of The Atlantic: “Although I like Kanye,” Obama continues, […]
Rapper Tyler The Creator says he WILL NOT apologize for throwing a gay slur at MC Lyte on his song. “I don’t know if she’s gay or not,” Tyler said referring to Lyte. “It was a joke. But if she took offense, so be it — I’m not gonna apologize, but I didn’t mean for […]
The song “What You Say To Me” had both J.Cole and Diggy Simmons trending on Twitter early this April’s Fools morning. On the diss track, Diggy opens up with the following line: The other day I was listening to “Purple Rain” / Couldn’t believe all of the things that I heard him say / Who Dat? Who Dat? You […]
Rumors began to circulate of a rift between Jay-Z and Rihanna immediately after the release of her Birthday Cake remix with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown. Now, the whispers have gotten louder now that Jay has a new star to focus on. Jay-Z’s newest artist, Rita Ora, has a very similar look to Rihanna and now that Ri-Ri […]
Rapper Lil Kim appeared on Andy Cohen’s BRAVO Network show, “Watch What Happens LIVE” last night and addressed a few questions that the public had about her and rival rapstress Nicki Minaj. Click the link and check out the video to see what Kim has to say! Below: Nicki Minaj sets the 2012 Grammys on […]
Shoutout to Christina Milian for landing a spot on the Young Money Cash Money artist roster. She joins Lil Wayne, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Tyga and others. Also look out for Christina as she was named the new social media correspondent on NBC’s hit show ‘The Voice’ with judges Cee-Lo, Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine and Blake […]
These last couple of days, some of these Rap greats are making it clear that they aren’t playing with some of the “newcomer” rappers. They are TIRED of all this singing and folks calling it rap. Yesterday, we heard Ludacris fire shots at Drake and Big Sean over the ‘Supa Dupa’ flow. Today, Common isn’t […]
*** Thanks for participating in this POLL. Just for clarification, this was simply a poll. We posed a question to the hip hop community and you spoke. We have tallied the votes and the top 10 will be announced soon. This POLL is officially closed. Stay tuned for Part II… It’s about that time of […]
Actress Anne Hathaway is talented in many ways, but when she went on the ‘Conan’ Show and tried to ‘channel’ Lil Wayne in her original rap …we didn’t think it was quite ‘Weezy-worthy’ For the entire article click HERE
Last week we posted a track from Universal Records signee, Money Malc. We got lots of feedback wanting more information about him. We’ve got more for you. Check this clip of the Jersey native to get a better understanding of who he is. Hit us with your predictions and let us know if he is […]
When asked who his favorite Southern rapper is, David Banner passionately objected to labeling rappers by region. According to Banner, the South is often described in sub-par terms in relation to other Hip-Hop hubs. Banner, who is from Jackson, Mississippi, states, “I transcend any label or any title that anyone has ever put on me,” […]
While in New Orleans this weekend for the Essence Music Festival, Big Daddy Kane caught up with AC of HOT 102.7. AC was taking questions via twitter and received one from @jrbang asking Big Daddy Kane if he was to battle Rakim while they were each in their prime who would have killed it. Related: […]
