Music videos weren’t exactly a new phenomenon when MTV debuted in 1981. French musicians had been making short films to accompany their songs since the invention of the Scopitone visual jukebox in the late 1950s. However, MTV’s launch upped not only the quantity of music videos being produced, but the quality. We racked our brains […]
Chris Brown just can’t get a break. The paparazzi were on the scene as Chris and Tyga left a secret location to get into their vehicles. The pap asked “What do you have against Raz-B?” Chris Brown slapped the camera away and called them “Weenies.”
Baton Rouge rap star Lil Boosie will appear in court today (January 12th) to face a hearing related to his involvement in a 2009 murder, for which he has been indicted.
The Artist-Approved-Weekly-Free-Download is the new, hot marketing tool in music it seems. Though not even 5 years ago, everyone in the music business was crying that giving music away for free was the worst thing ever, it seems that everyone is clamoring to unload their latest music for the price of $Free.99.
Yesterday, a judge ruled that Conrad Murray, the physician who was with Michael Jackson during his final hours, will stand trial for manslaughter. Judge Michael Pastor ruled that there was enough evidence to warrant the trial. At a preliminary hearing, Deputy District Attorney David Walgren told the judge in his closing statement, “It was not […]
Monday January 17th, 2011 will kick off the Martin Luther King Day march held in Columbus Ohio. The theme for this years Martin Luther Kind Day events is “Celebrate the Legacy: A Voice in the Crowd”. The march will begin at City Hall in Columbus, Ohio at 4:45 p.m. Music, hot drinks and snacks will […]
Even if the song didn’t have words, we knew the melody. For all the talk of how great some of these sitcoms were, we mustn’t forget the very first reason we tuned in was to dance or sing or rap along to the song played during the opening credits. Here are nine of our favorite […]
Raekwon The Chef is dropping his next solo Shaolin Vs Wutang on March 8th and Funkmaster Flex unleashed this first track on his blog. All I have to say is I’ll take this over “H.A.M.” any day. Sue me. Props to Rap Radar. RELATED POSTS: Raekwon Drops Tribute Video To ODB, “Ason Jones” [VIDEO] Raekwon […]
Singer and songwriter Christopher Laroche, a.k.a. “FREEDOM” was born and raised in Haiti and last year he released a tribute song for his homeland entitled “Move On.” The commemorate the one-year anniversary of the earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12, 2010 producer Drumma Boy remixed the track. FREEDOM is the founder of Freedom Recordz, […]
With tomorrow marking the one year anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti, former Haitian presidential hopeful, Wyclef Jean has made peace with his former Fugees bandmate, Pras.
Not only does Rice University’s spring semester start today, but the school’s Religious Studies department debuts its new course, Religion In Hip-Hop, taught by Professor Bernard Freeman.
Naughty By Nature just dropped a video for their brand new single “Flags” featuring Jaheim and Bilal.