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A magnitude-7.8 earthquake hit the central coast of Ecuador Saturday night, killing 233 people and injuring over one thousand

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Slick Rick, an iconic emcee who established himself as one of the most acclaimed storytellers in the history of hip-hop, recently turned 50 years old.…

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The stars were out Wednesday night at the Avalon Hollywood for Ebony’s Power 100 Gala. The annual list and event honor Black achievement in various categories, like…

Recent Updates Jimmy Fallon & Justin Timberlake Give Us The History of Rap Pt. 5!!!! It’s a Standing Ovation Tour Winning Weekend! Win Tickets to See Sommore & Friends All Weekend Long! Is Janet Jackson’s Marriage To Billionaire Boo Wissam Al-Mana On The Rocks? A Day in Black History Month: Pharrell Williams Staying Happy inside Black History Month! Person […]

It’s #TBT time!  If you don’t know that’s Throwback Thursday!  For this weeks Throwback Thursday we dug in the boxes (YouTube that is) and found this rare video of Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick performing their hit “The Show”.  You know this clip is classic, just look at the shine on Doug E. Fresh’s […]

Hip Hop has taken a bad rap. Mostly because the labels and the media choose to only promote the most negative music to make money. Still Hip Hop has a long history of positive uplifting songs. Here’s my Top 9. 9. Ed O G And The Bulldogs Be A Father To Your Child. Dope ode […]

Ever since the release of “Monster” there’s been a lot of the chatter around the multiple personalities Nicki Minaj channeled during her verse. While we think the rookie did the damn thing talking to yourself on a track is nothing new in the rap game.  Here are five of our favorite examples of dissociative identity […]

From Nodfactor.com So I was at the listening for Raekwon’s mixtape Cocainism 2 with some of my brothers in arms, Chuck Creekmur (Allhiphop.com,) Mr. Mecca(The Source.com,) and Datwon Thomas (GlobalGrind.com). The mixtape is full of dope cuts, Rae even took the beat from the Wu-Tang Shoalin style video game and rhymed over it (“Just For […]

Yesterday’s rumor about Lauryn Hill headlining the 2010 Rock The Bells festival had the internets going nuts!

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Nas puts a fresh spin on an old hip-hop classic for Levi’s Pioneer Sessions campaign.