Lil Wayne may break sales records with the release of Tha Carter IV, but as MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice can tell you, sales don’t always equate to skills on the mic.  While Weezy brings more colorful punchlines than the average rapper, he can drop some lines that leave you scratching your head. Our friends […]

2011’s Man Of The Year: Drake No one in the music business (other than say, maybe his fellow Canadian-native Justin Bieber) has inspired more love and hate in the year 2011  than one Aubrey “Drake” Graham. On one side, his highly anticipated sophomore album Take Care debuted at Number # 1 on Billboard with roughly […]

(ED NOTE: originally published on November 2, 2010) Yesterday TheUrbanDaily.com premiered MC Hammer’s new Jay-Z dis, “Better Run Run.”  With today being  Prodigy of Mobb Deep’s birthday, we reached out to one of Hova’s biggest critics who is currently serving three years in prison to ask him how he felt about the video**. Words Wilfrid Decossard **We […]

Hosea “Malik Wright” Chanchez of BET’s The Game released the most god awful music video for the worst raps I have ever heard. “Booty Shots” shows Hosea rapping like Kris Kross from the 80’s and black women degrading themselves as they allow him to pour what seems like Heineken on them. I really hope this […]

The G-List is TheUrbandaily.com’s annual celebration of 40 influential men from various walks of life who define what it means to be a trendsetter with style in their field. Name: Tyrese From: Los Angeles Occupation: Recording Artist/Actor/Author Tyrese wants to send you an invitation. Well, sort of. The singer is giving the music-loving world an […]

Hip-hop veteran Ice-T created quite a stir on Sunday after making statements about the self-proclaimed rap “boss” Rick Ross. In an interview Ice-T gave prior to the premiere of VH1’s”Planet Rock: The Story of Hip Hop and the Crack Generation,” he says Rick Ross (and many other rappers) are having an identity crisis. “He thinks he’s […]

After prison bids, owing taxes is slowly becoming the new rite of passage of rappers. Beef between rappers is beginning to pale in comparison to their battles with Uncle Sam. MC Hammer got the ball rolling with his $30 Million bill to the IRS (that later led to a one-sided beef with Jay-Z) and now […]

West coast MC Game has never been one to shy away from controversy. He gets knee deep in the Chris Brown/Drake drama on his new remix to Meek Mill‘s “Burn.” Game jacks the Meek Mill and Big Sean beat to call out a rapper or two. He first takes aim at Nelly, asking where he […]

Black music in the 1990s was about self-expression, style, attitude and of course, hot tracks. The decade ushered in a slew of artists with iconic clothing such as MC Hammer‘s gold glitter parachute pants, Missy Elliot‘s garbage bag suit and Erykah Badu‘s bohemian head wraps. Re-visit some artists from the 1990s who not only made […]

Nick Cannon, fresh off a comedic stand-up performance took a trip back into music making for a satire filled music video “Famous.” Playing off the pop-techno beat, Nick Cannon raps “When the beat drops show them you a superstar!” Cannon is clearly a terrible rapper but “Famous” is fun and somewhat “catchy.” He pokes fun […]

In an excerpt from his autobiography “My Infamous Life” rapper Prodigy recalls confronting Jay-Z during a trip to Justin’s restaurant in 2001. The Mobb Deep member says he was dancing with raptress Queen Pen, who he had done a song together in the past, when the DJ  announced that Jay-Z and Jermaine Dupri were in […]

Prodigy made another stop on his book promotion tour with The Breakfast Club and addressed several things, including his past beefs with Jay-Z and Nas. While he says that the two of them squashed it right after Summer Jam, and he and Nas are cool again, P didn’t hesitate to call both Hov and Nas […]