On the latest edition of #BoomConfessions, Freeway sits down with Boom to discuss the rise and fall of State Property, how he parlayed his rap career into a lucrative business, and how he felt performing with Jay Z during the Tidal B-sides concert, years after the break up of The Roc. #BoomConfessions: How Master P Built […]
Common ditches the electro-robotic sound on his last album, Universal Mind Control, and returns to the raw street vibe of his earlier works. This sick beat is produced by none-other than No I.D., who also produced many songs one of my favorite Common albums, One Day It’ll All Make Sense. His upcoming album produced by […]
Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) Kool Herc’s apartment 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, Bronx, NY When: August 11, 1973 What: With his sister Cindy acting as “promoter,” sixteen year old Clive “Kool Herc” Campbell throws a “back to school” party to raise money for school clothes, and inadvertently launching the musical movement that became […]
Somewhere on the outskirts of New York a hip-hop moment twenty years in the making is about to commence. It’s the kind of frosty, January…
Nelson Mandela is well known for his political influence throughout the 20th century. The political leader and social activist is held in regard for his…
Beyonce has to be one of the most admired and desired women in the world. With albums that continuously soar to the top of the…
 According to HipHopWired.com Jay-Z’s publicist sent fans out on a scavenger hunt via Instagram to find the  Magna Carta Holy Grail tracklist. The tracklist is now…
 Drake decided to get the party started last night in a big way! He dropped 4 songs after Tweeting some clues to when his…
 Okay so all you iphone users who were throwing fits can relax now as word is swirling around the internets that Billboard Magazine is…
Jay-Z’s business acumen is the stuff that legends are made of. From his not so humble beginnings as a co-CEO of Roc-A-fella records, to the…
It’s been 20 years since the Oakland, California based rap group, Souls of Mischief (consisting of Tajai, Opio, Phesto, and A-Plus), released their debut album…
 From parking signs to Parkinson’s Kanye West can’t catch a break.  Yeezus is now in hot water over a Parkinson’s reference on his new album, “Yeezus.”…
