The fallout behind Lil Wayne‘s controversial lyrics where he referenced the heinous death of Emmett Till continues. After Mountain Dew dropped him as their celebrity spokesperson, Weezy’s collaborator Future has come out in defense of the rapper. Future gave his opinion about the Lil Wayne lyric which appears on his song “Karate Chop (Remix)” on […]

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  Welp! Guess Lil Wayne will no longer be doing the Dew! He will have to find something else to put in his cup. (It’s his cup). But we digress. The word is, Wayne was indeed dumped by the soft drink after the family of Emmett Till started going after the sponsor-ships he was holding. This was […]

A friend of mine once said, “Correctly applied heavy effort is greater than hard work.” The family of Emmett Till must have heard that saying before because just days after they said they would pressure Mountain Dew to drop Lil Wayne as a celebrity spokesperson for his insensitive rap lyric referencing Emmett Till, Weezy penned […]

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Some rappers you really if they are living the life they portray in their song, or if they are just living. And as the new saying goes, if it ain’t on Instagram, it never happened. Check out how Curren$y is living the “Jet Life” through Instagram.

Every rapper from California reps where they’re from in almost every song they record, and Kendrick Lamar just happens to take us on a tour through his lyrics. We’re going to take you on some stops along his journey. “Compton” featuring Dr. Dre “So come and visit the tire screeching, ambulance, policeman / Won’t you […]

Whether they’re seriously concerned about the New World Order or just looking for a word to rhyme with “Bugatti,” rappers can’t get enough of The Illuminati. While there are countless songs referencing the NWO, selling one’s soul and Free Masonry, here are 33 actual mentions of the secret society in rap songs. Prodigy of Mobb […]

For as long as rappers have been making money from music, there has been music about making money. In 2012 artists pushed themselves to newer and more imaginative heights of excess in their rhymes, despite the financial woes the rest of the country might be experiencing. In some cases they are actually living that large […]

Two and a half decades ago Capcom changed the lives of video game fans forever when they released the game Street Fighter in 1987.  The head-to-head fighter was a modest hit until the sequel, “Street Fighter II”, was released in 1991. Once denizens of the arcades got the hang of the button press and joystick […]

It’s a sad day in the world of bodega snacks. One of the hood’s favorite snack companies, Hostess, will be shutting down. Hostess was forced to leave the snack business after a huge labor dispute. (Someone may acquire the individual brands but they are a plastic wrap as a whole.) With the company leaving the […]

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What do you consider a true lyricist? Is there a difference between a rapper and an MC?  In the last of our “Come Around My Way” barbershop clips the shop patrons in Philly discuss everything from where is the best place to meet a woman to what is the difference between a rapper and a […]

Young Money rapper Lil Wayne stays talking sh*t. When I say “talking sh*t,” I don’t mean boasting about how great he is. He does do that, but so does every other rapper from the actually great all the way down to the struggle rappers. The only difference is that he actually raps about feces. Weezy […]

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With cats now a days dropping 16’s like pennies in a wishing well every other day, overlooking excellence can become an easy thing to do. Rappers pop up in droves, devaluing the music they claim to love by dumping half-assed efforts onto the masses in daily doses. Well on the Birthday of one Trevor Smith […]