MC Lyte

Originally released in 1997 "Love Jones" the movie features a young courting couple from Chicago. One a poet, the other a photographer...what seems to be a casual hanging out together, turns into an emotional roller-coaster as one tests the other in their relationship!

While the music industry, like many others, is dominated by men, these women demonstrate they have the power to change the world through their powerful words and voices. Check out 20 Songs to Celebrate the Superwoman in You.

The 2014 BET Hip-Hop Awards featured an impressive line-up of performances on Saturday night (Sept. 20) in Atlanta. Among the performers that hit the stage included Common, T.I., YG, Ty Dolla $ign, Baby, Young Thug, Rich Homie Quan, Bobby Shmurda and more.

Although the 2014 BET Hip Hop Awards won't air on BET until Oct. 14, The Boombox has gathered all the best and worst looks from the red carpet.

BET has picked up four new reality television shows, one of them called 'Hip Hop Sisters.' The docudrama will follow rappers MC Lyte, the Lady of Rage, Yo-Yo, Smooth, Monie Love and Lil Mama as they attempt to relaunch their careers in hip-hop music.

Sources say a charter school in South Los Angeles will be forced to shut down its successful Hip Hop culture curriculum this June due to budget cuts. Founded by Sebastien Elkouby, The Global Awareness Through Hip Hop Culture program is one of the only educational Hip Hop courses in the nation offere…

If you were wondering who would be the headliners for this year's Essence Festival in New Orleans wonder no more.
Superstar rapper Kanye West will head to New Orleans this July to headline the 2011 Essence Music Festival.

This February, the Legends of Hip-Hop tour kicks off a 20-city tour, including a date here in Buffalo. Headlining is Grammy Award-winning group Salt-N-Pepa, with original members Salt (Cheryl James), Pepa (Sandy Denton) and Spinderella (Deidre "Dee Dee" Roper).