So, have any of you 'bags been following the thread having to do with Barack Obama's stance on rap music? I'd be lying if I said that I have, or that I give a rat's ass about any of this one way or the other, but I did read up on it the other day after having come across the new issue of VIBE, with him on the cover, in the grocery store the other day. Apparently, a few months ago, in the wake of the Don Imus incident, a reporter with the AP tried to get Obama to talk shit about ...

I remember when I wrote to y’all several months back about Dame Dash’s money woes and the millions in back taxes he owed New York ...

Nelly made naysayers eat their words in 2002. With his patty-cake beats and jump-rope melodies, with those jocky Band-Aids on his cheek and that Midwestern ...

Jay-Z is tough. Always has been. He’s a challenging interview, careful with words, and grants access sparingly. It’s savvy. He knows his value. Since our ...

I got up with the iNternets Celebrity Combat Jack this past weekend and along with a few industry insiders we all politicked on the upcoming ...

I'll admit: I'm far from an expert on Islam in general, let alone the creepy black version of it practiced in America's prisons. But, reading this account of the ...

Having gone from the underground battle-rap circuit, to making an album with Dr. Dre, to being a triple-platinum, two-time Grammy winner in the space of ...

It's gotta mean something that the Rock the Bells festival in Houston, the third biggest city in the US, had to be cancelled because the ...

I decided to rock out all weekend with one of my favorite albums of 2007. For me, Redman’s ‘Red Gone Wild’ recalls the ...