Not only did Suge Knight plead not guilty to murder and the related charges stemming from a hit-and-run he committed in January, his lawyer has made a formal request to reduce the Death Row Records founder’s bail. Knight appeared in court for the first time since earlier this month when he fired one of his lawyers during […]
In a fairly predictable turn of events, Minnesota Timberwolves guard Andrew Wiggins will be announced as the NBA’s 2014-15 Rookie of the Year later this week, according to a new report from The Associated press. At 19-years old, Wiggins is the fourth youngest player ever to win the Rookie of the Year honors. Last year he was drafted by […]
Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly is the type of album Hip Hop fans and even academics will still be poring over for decades to come. For now, K. Dot himself just dropped a little hint about a hidden feature inside the album’s CD booklet that helps decipher the album’s full title. Speaking with Mass Appeal for the publication’s latest […]
While Baltimore is under curfew for a week to curb evening protests sparked by the death of Freddie Gray, hundreds marched through New York City tonight in solidarity and in protest of ongoing police brutality around the country. An organized #NYC2Baltimore gathering in Union Square drew support from the likes of Russell Simmons and brought out members of Pro […]
Wiz Khalifa has the biggest single in the country for another week in a row with his Charlie Puth-featuring tribute to Paul Walker, “See You Again.” Apparently “inspired in NYC” and with some time to kill, Wiz dropped a new loosie with an accompanying video earlier today. Before rapping over a familiar Marvin Gaye loop, Wiz celebrates the Top 100 achievement, saying, […]
While Mannie Fresh might not be able to tell us when Lil Wayne’s Carter V will finally be released, he’s got plenty of insight into what the music on the album actually sounds like. In a new interview with Montreality the former Cash Money Records stalwart dropped some details about Weezy’s long awaited Carter sequel and hinted that he mined a throwback […]
Are we all bigots? That’s the question the first episode of the sixth season of Morgan Freeman’s Science Channel series Through The Wormhole is asking. “No matter how open-minded we think we are, stereotypes color our judgments of others and can lead us badly astray,” Freeman says in the opening of the episode. “We live in a society fractured by […]
Nearly three months after Bobbi Kristina was found unresponsive at her residence in Atlanta, the daughter of Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston is reportedly in the same condition. Since January, reports of Kristina’s health have been shady at times with her family and boyfriend Nick Gordon sometimes publicly disagreeing over her condition and future. Earlier this month, Kristina’s grandmother, gospel singer Cissy […]
While last night’s relatively subdued atmosphere might have been “a turning point” in Baltimore, at least according to Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, outcry over Freddie Gray’s death is still at a fever pitch around the country. Meanwhile, the Hip Hop community is still pouring out support for protests in the city as well as reflecting more generally […]
Mister Cee kicked off his career in music officially alongside Big Daddy Kane in the late 1980s. In 1991, just after his final tour with Kane, a persistent local deejay delivered a demo tape of a young The Notorious B.I.G. to Cee. Shortly after, Biggie was featured in The Source’s “Unsigned Hype” column, Puffy caught wind, and the next few years launched […]
Kanye West showed out at the TIME 100 Gala in New York City last night after topping the magazine’s list of the most influential people in the world last week. (Technically Time doesn’t rank their list, but c’mon, ‘Ye was clearly at the top.) Yeezy’s performance at Lincoln Center was billed as a surprise by Time, and he meshed his music with […]
Killer Mike turns 40 today, and, as we can imagine he has been for years, he gets to celebrate 4/20 doubly because of the occasion. It’s been something like 15 years since Mike trickled onto the music scene through an association with Outkast, specifically Big Boi. After pounding out half-a-dozen albums in a nine-year span between 2003 and […]