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Brand Nubian MC Lord Jamar has never been one to bite his tongue.  He recently sat down with DJ Vlad to discuss Jaden Smith wearing dresses, and also the rise of “girly men”. Check out the interview below.

April 15th is right around the corner, and hopefully this year Nas will get his taxes done extra carefully.  The Illmatic MC from Queens apparently owes the state of Georgia $145,000 in back taxes from 2008.  The amount was originally $58,000, but after interest and collection fees piled up, so did the amount he owes. […]

  The production team “Organized Noize”, hailing from Atlanta, is the subject of the new Netflix film “The Art of Organized Noize”.  The trio consists of Sleepy Brown, Rico Wade and Ray Murray, and they are responsible for countless classics from the likes of Outkast, Ludacris, and Goodie Mob just to name a few. The new […]

Today marks the 5 year anniversary of Nate Dogg’s death.  On March 15, 2011 this unique vocalist suddenly passed away from complications caused by multiple strokes. Nate was 41 when he died. This morning on “The Ed Lover Show” I did a 20 minute Nate Dogg tribute mix. If you missed it, check it out […]

Don’t call it a comeback? According to Complex, LL is the newest Twitter Troll. Yesterday, Uncle L gave millions of his fans a twitter scare announcing that he is officially retiring from music, and “thanks for the love”. And then, on the same day he tweeted this : So LL Cool J fans can breathe […]

Boom 107.9 has been going in ALL DAY for The Notorious B.I.G.! It’s hard to believe it’s been 19 years since he passed away.  Everybody is buzzing about how we’ve been representing Biggie all day, from my mix on The Ed Lover Show at 9am, to DJ Mister Cee at 12 Noon, to Greg Nitty […]

On this day, 19 years ago, we lost one of the greatest rappers of ALL TIME. And in honor of that, the man that actually discovered The Notorious B.I.G., DJ Mister Cee, was my special guest DJ on “The Boom Bap at Noon”. Listen to the exclusive audio to hear unreleased Biggie verses and special […]

I really hope you got your Be Expo tickets! If not, hurry up before they sell out! Rakim is going to light the stage on fire and leave the microphone smokin’ on March 12th! Lets throw it back to the 2012 Roots Picnic when The Roots brought Rakim out for a super dope performance : […]

In a 2015 interview, the timeless microphone-God Rakim gives his opinion on Kendrick, J. Cole, and the overall state of Hip-Hop. Check it out, and get ready for Be Expo this Saturday!  

Fat Joe says Remy Ma is back and better than EVER! We’ve all been watching her on this season of “Love and Hip Hop”, but in between filming and getting married to Papoose, Remy apparently is NOT slacking on her studio work. Personally I can’t wait to hear the new material. Here’s a snippet of […]

Swizz Beatz has revealed that his five-year-old son lent his production assistance on Kendrick Lamar’s album “Untitled Unmastered” (Track 7). Swizz posted a clip on Instagram with the caption : “This is the best Dad moment everrrrr!!! Congrats to my son Egypt for producing his 1st track on this amazing Kendrick Album he’s only 5yrs old […]