hip hop

Paris Hilton, the pretty blonde girl known for wild Hollywood parties and her billionaire parents who own the Hilton hotel chain, just signed with a major hip-hop label. Deets inside.

Remember the '80s? Boy, do we ever! There were gold chains and track suits, boomboxes and shelltops, freestyling at the clubs and rhyming on the streets. The memories are vast and the culture was hot.

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All week long we've been hearing about Rick Ross and his not so smart choice of words in Rocko’s U.O.E.N.O. song. His lyrics were interpreted to promote sexual violence against women and were not taken lightly. In the wake of protests of his controversial lyrics, Rick Ross will be balling a lot less due to Reebok dropping him from their endorsement contract...

Young Jeezy has been quoted to say "mention my name, bring the whole city out" and thats exactly what he did in the video for Young Jeezy ft. 2 Chainz - RIP. The DJ Mustard produced song has been killing the clubs exactly how the hook explains and the Snowman decided to do the same thing when bringing the video to the TV screen. ...

From Kanye's kilt to A$AP Rocky's dress and Snoop's French manicure, men in hip-hop continue to blur the gender lines. Chris Brown and Fabolous join the bandwagon with their latest feminine fashions. Check out the madness inside.

I recently had the opportunity to sit down with the self-proclaimed Mayor of Cleveland,  Ohio, rapper Ray Jr.! He's seen success with his hit singles "Sloppy", the catchy club banger "I'm Workin" and most recently collaborated on a fire track called "Ratchet" with Machine Gun Kelly just to name a few.

Many people were upset about Lil' Wayne's recent lyrics within the song, "Karate Chop" when he equated "BEATING THE P**** UP" to the Beating Death of EMMETT TILL!!!!  As rude, irresponsible, ridculous, insensitive and STUPID as that was... I am BAFFLED by something...

Let's begin by identifying what "BLACK MUSIC" is...(or was).  This is all opinion....my opinion.  Maybe I should start with MUSIC in general...you know the stuff that Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Issac Hayes, Curtis Mayfield, Donny Hathaway, James Brown, The Funk Brothers and even The Beatles (to name just a handful of people) did "Back In The Day"...

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The University of Arizona is offering students the opportunity to minor in Hip-Hop as part of their African-American Studies program.