It is the time of year when you will see more lists thrown at you than a doorman on New Year’s Eve.  But to be honest, a lot of the choices boil down into political collections that favor being inclusive and balanced verse what the list creators actually liked. So in the fourth installment of […]

It was the moment that normally wouldn’t have been a moment in Hip-Hop. During a guest slot on Big Sean’s song Control, a song that didn’t even make the album, a song that everyone forgot Jay Electronica was even on, Kendrick Lamar dropped a verse that not only verbally threatened J Cole, Big K.R.I.T., Wale, […]

Television is dead. Long live television. Thanks to an established symmetry between social media and broadcast TV, audiences watching while online have helped propel “old media” staples to new heights. With millions of viewers reacting to scripted and unscripted dramas in real time, those Jetson’s style dreams of interactive TV have been realized. While we […]

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With power moves being made by Jay Z, reactions to Kendrick Lamar’s “Control” verse and Kanye’s interview with Sway, it’s been an interesting year in hip-hop. Fortunately for us, we were able to stay up-to-date with the latest in the music industry with Instagram and Twitter, where we found hilarious memes poking fun at music-related […]

There’s nothing new about seeing guys in the entertainment business with the baddest women possible on their arms. It’s pretty much the norm to see star athletes, actors, rappers, singers with women of any and all professions that are rich, famous or just drop-dead beautiful. You don’t want to leave your woman around guys like […]

For the last decade one of hip-hop’s finest, Skillz, has been recapping the year in music for our listening enjoyment. In 2013 the folks at ESPN tapped the talented lyricist to recap what was quite an eventful year filled with both tragedy and triumph. Skillz takes Michael Smith and Jemele Hill’s segment Numbers Never* Lie  and […]

Throughout the year, we here at TheUrbanDaily have attempted to maintain the power balance between practical thinking and playing yourself with a modest column called Where Were Your Boys?? The mission was simple and pure, point out the occasions when common sense failed in effort to thwart the victories of yes-men worldwide and therefore make […]

Each year TheUrbanDaily.com works hard to bring you the latest in breaking entertainment news and opinions from around the web, but what we pride ourselves most on is our exclusive coverage. Continuing in our five plus year tradition, we have brought you–our loyal readers–over 100 exclusive interviews with the most respected names in music and […]

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Each year TheUrbanDaily.com works hard to bring you the latest in breaking entertainment news and opinions from around the web, but what we pride ourselves most on is our exclusive coverage. Continuing in our five plus year tradition we have brought you–our loyal readers–over 100 exclusive interviews with the most respected names in music and […]

President Obama may be struggling with his approval ratings this year, but Beyonce sure isn’t. She dropped a “visual album” on the public last Thursday…

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You might know singer and rapper Mack Wilds as actor Tristan Wilds of “The Wire” & “90210” fame. While he does have things in common with Drake, such as being a child actor and a recording artist, the one thing he and Drake do not have in common is the way he honors the Hip Hop […]