Hip-Hop Reacts To The Passing Of Nelson Mandela

Dec 5th, '13  •  News  •  by Miranda J.  •  No Comments

As today marks the untimely death of world icon Nelson Mandela, the hip-hop community wanted to bid the noble leader an appropriate farewell. Celebrating the life of the African statesmen who led South Africa out of decades of apartheid, the ...

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Busta Rhymes’ Mixtape Artwork Represents His Legacy

Dec 5th, '13  •  News  •  by Emmanuel C.M.  •  No Comments

Q-Tip and Busta Rhymes revealed the official artwork for their upcoming mixtape The Abstract & The Dragon earlier this week. Today, Sway on MTV RapFix Live talked to Busta via Skype to discussed the meaning behind the unique artwork. Bussa ...

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Eminem Featured In 56th Grammys Commercial

Dec 5th, '13  •  News  •  by Miranda J.  •  No Comments

This has been a heck of a year for Eminem and to top it all off, the rapper is now featured in the commercial for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. Using "Bezerk" as the advertisement's audio, it's ironic that due ...

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Stream Skyzoo And Antman Wonder’s ‘An Ode to Reasonable Doubt’ EP

Dec 5th, '13  •  Music  •  by Eric Diep  •  No Comments

Jay Z agrees: Reasonable Doubt is a classic. In celebrating Hov’s debut album and his 44th birthday yesterday, BK spitter Skyzoo and Philly’s own Antman Wonder decided to recreate nine songs from the iconic debut. While Sky reinterprets Jay’s lyrics ...

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Talib Kweli Falls In Love Overnight In “Favela Love”

Dec 5th, '13  •  News  •  by Miranda J.  •  No Comments

Shot in Brazil, Talib Kweli runs around in "Favela Love" with Brazilian superstar Seu Jorge. As the two fall in love overnight, things take a turn when Talib's new beauty goes missing. "Favela Love" is off of Talib’s Prisoner Of Conscious ...

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Lil Scrappy Featuring Young Buck “They Hate Me”

Dec 5th, '13  •  Music  •  by Eric Diep  •  3 Comments

Young Buck is serious about getting back to releasing new music. At the same time, Lil Scrappy has been behind the scenes working on his Reparations project, which hits stores Spring 2014. The first single is “They Hate Me,” where ...

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Beats By Dre To Launch Beats Music In 2014

Dec 5th, '13  •  News  •  by Eric Diep  •  4 Comments

Superproducer Dr. Dre is set to take Beats Electronics a step further with the introduction of Beats Music. The company founded alongside Jimmy Iovine plans to join the online music streaming market with their launch of the new service in ...

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Kanye West On What Makes Kim Kardashian Perfect For Him

Dec 5th, '13  •  News  •  by Emmanuel C.M.  •  No Comments

Kanye West visited The Rickey Smiley Morning Show and touched on multiple topics. A interesting part of the interview was Kanye expressing his love for Kim Kardashian. Yeezy answers why Kim Kardashian is perfect for him, stating "She just is. She's ...

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Lil Kim Doesn’t Care What Anyone Thinks

Dec 5th, '13  •  News  •  by Eric Diep  •  42 Comments

Lil Kim is always making moves. The 39-year-old rapstress appeared alongside her new artist Tiffany Foxx to body their cypher performance at this year’s BET Hip-Hop Awards. Then, Kimmy Blanco made history at Power 105.1’s Powerhouse 2013 when Kendrick Lamar ...

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