TUD Exclusives

Monie Love is a Hip-Hop Goddess. Don’t believe us? Just take one scroll through the gallery below and find out for yourself. Her touch and influence on the rap game should be celebrated with the best of them. Check out the photos of her journey through Hip-Hop below…  

  Boom Moment In Hip-Hop (1997) It’s been one chaotic week to say the least for Diddy. After his run in with his son’s football coach, to the BadBoy Reunion show at the BET Awards, and plumiting off stage during that same performance, Diddy is ready for this week to end. There is some good […]

Boom Moment In Hip-Hop (2001) 14 years ago to the day, Philadelphia’s own Beanie Sigel dropped his second studio album, The Reason, under Roc-A-Fella Records. The album featured some of the regulars such as Memphis Bleek, Jay Z, Freeway, Omilio Sparks. He also recruited Scarface, Daz, Kurupt, and Rell to be featured on the album. […]

Boom Moment In Hip-Hop: Kiss Questions Everything Wrong In The World With Hit Record “Why?” (2004) On June 22, 2004, Jadakiss released his second studio album Kiss of Death under Ruff Ryders and Interscope. This was a follow up to his 2001 gold selling debut Kiss The Game Goodbye. The album reached #1 on both […]

DMX may have hit the stage a little later then planned during his anticipated show at the TLA in Philadelphia, but those who stayed, were not disappointed. For almost an hour straight, DMX had the crowd reciting all their favorite lyrics word for word throughout the entire show. Even between songs, DMX held the crowds […]

Dolls are for children, but every once in a while a doll comes along that captures the imagination of adults and they become collectors items. We came across a doll stylist on instagram by the name of @decifashion who creates such amazing pieces, we had to share them with you. Physics teacher by day, doll stylist by […]

The self-proclaimed Transgender Princess, Sidney Starr doesn’t think Caitlyn Jenner is a the face of the Transgender community. She recently spoke with Al B Sylk of BoomPhilly to talk about why she doesn’t feel Caitlyn Jenner is the Hero everyone makes her out to be. Check out the exclusive interview below.. ________ Follow her on TWITTER […]

Boom Moment In Hip-Hop (June 3rd) Today marks the 18th anniversary of the release of Wu-Tang Forever, the second studio album from Wu-Tang. The two-disc set was a follow up to their debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). The album debuted number one on the charts with 612,000 copies sold in its first week, […]

  Boom Moment In Hip-Hop On this date in 1993, LL Cool J released his fifth studio album under Def Jam Records called 14 Shots to the Dome. This was the follow up album to his hugely successful Mama Said Knock You Out album, released 3 years prior. However, this album didn’t see the commercial […]

On May 30th 2015, Philadelphia’s Festival Pier turned into an eclectic shuffle of the iTunes as music lovers of all ages packed into the tiny space to hear the sounds from some of their favorite artist. The 8th Annual Roots Picnic was once again a success as the sold out show didn’t end till somewhere […]

Boom Moment In Hip-Hop (May 28th) On this date in 1991, N.W.A released their second and final studio album Niggaz4Life or know as EFIL4ZAGGIN. The group would disband shortly after with the departure of Dr. Dre and songwriter The D.O.C’s to Death Row Records. The album lacked one key member, Ice Cube, as he already left […]

Boom Moment In Hip-Hop (May 27th) Today we celebrate the birthday’s of two of hip-hops all time greats, Andre 3000 and Jadakiss. Both rappers were born May 27, 1975, Jadakiss in New York, 3000, in Georgia. Each artist signifies a great area in hip-hop for both their regions. Jadakiss has been holding down the East Coast and New […]