Hip-Hop History

    Lil Kim called in and spoke with Colby Colb about her second home Philadelphia and how excited she is to perform at tonights Boom Bash concert. Listen to the exclusive interview below! Check out Lil Kim’s Set From Boom Bash Here!        Relatable Content: Watch Ja Rule Live at Boom Bash […]

  TONIGHT at 7pm PRESENTS A SPECIAL EDITION OF RADIO ACTIVE WITH COLBY COLB… With JAY SKI ON THE WHEELS PLUS AN EXLCUSIVE THROWBACK INTERVIEW… THE FIRST TIME JAYZ WAS ON THE RADIO IN PHILADELPHIA!

Kendrick Lamar is leading hip-hop in this years Grammy Awards with 11 nominations. This year’s “Best Hip-Hop Album” category has some major players up for the award including Dr. Dre, J.Cole, Drake, and Nicki Minaj.  In the 2000’s era, Eminem owned the Grammy category with 3 wins (The Slim Shady LP, The Marshall Mathers LP, […]

How much would you spend for a 1 of 1 copy of your favorite musicians album? Well, meet Martin Shkreli. He purchased the only copy of the Wu-Tang Clan’s Once Upon A Time In Shaolin album, for a meager $2 million, according to Bloomberg. The 32-year-old pharmaceutical company executive says that he’s yet to listen […]

Happy birthday shouts Mike Diamond! He is best known for being the drummer and vocalist with the hip hop group The Beastie Boys, known by the stage name Mike D. He co-founded the Young Aboriginees, which would later become The Beastie Boys.

Pimp C’s posthumous album Long Live the Pimp is out December 4 via Mass Appeal. In addition to featuring Bun B, Lil Wayne, A$AP Rocky, Ty Dolla $ign, T.I., 8Ball & MJG, and others. Dang, we miss Pimp C & this is that Nas we love, painting pictures with his lyrics!  

The hip-hop world has been abuzz following the release of Billboard’s “The 10 Greatest Rappers of All Time” list, which was published last Thursday (November 11). Following the article’s release, various rappers and cultural personalities have taken to social media to mostly disagree with the writers’ selections, notably the exclusion of Tupac Shakur. We’ve scoured […]

DJ Premier Teaches Jay Leno The ART Of DJing on The Tonight Show (1992)

In the of the tragedy in Paris, the artist formerly known as Mos Def tacks this track to his Soundcloud account. Below, he speaks on the attack while condemning ISIS. #PrayforParis. Well said Mos!

  Today we celebrate and honor all those who have served our country for Veteran’s Day! Did you know these 5 artists were also employed in the military at some point in their lives.   NATE DOGG CANIBUS   MC HAMMER   SHAGGY   ICE-T

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Thank you Tim Westwood! He just released an UNHEARD freestyle from Jay Z himself back in 1999! This would never happen today, a freestyle from an artist of this magnitude being held for this many years! That old Hov flow always smooth!