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Swizz Beatz Is Reaching Out To Kanye West For DMX’s Memorial Service

The memorial service for DMX is set to be held at the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn on April 24th.

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Jessye Norman (b. September 15, 1945) is a recitalist as well as a Grammy-award winning opera singer. Norman is known for her powerful voice as well as for being an opera singer. As a child Norman recalls cleaning her room and listening to the radio; she had always been fond of music and credits

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Jody Watley Named 1st Ambassador of National Museum of African American Music – Free Press of Jacksonville

By Michael 'Ice-Blue' Harris | March 7, 2021 | (Source: www.rollingout.com) - R&B songstress Jody Watley has been appointed the first-ever membership ambassador for the National Museum of African American Music. Located in downtown Nashville, the museum tells [...]

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5 Artists From The Bizarre Side of Hip-Hop. : ThyBlackMan

Sure, Kool Keith has albums that would be conventional hip-hop for that period and that region but he played around with different approaches in his catalog. He’s done dirty rap twice, horrorcore several times, alternative hip-hop as a base—and that’s just his solo material.

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Lupe Fiasco Participates In #SilhouetteChallenge With Some Bars

For the past minute TikTok has been ablaze with people and celebrities showing off their physics under red and dim lights, but one Twitter user named rappers he felt could actually spit a hot 16 over Doja's "Streets" instrumental.

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Need More People: Lil Uzi Vert Says Jay-Z Compared Him To Prince

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Lupe Fiasco & Kaelin Ellis Release Ringle ‘SHOES’ ft. 50 aka Virgil Abloh

One of Rap's most slept on wordsmiths is linking with younger talent. Lupe Fiasco is prepping a new release manned by Kaelin Ellis. The Chicago MC and the Orlando producer have announced their collaborative EP HOUSE, out on July 24th. The announcement comes with the first single from the EP

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Yasiin Bey, Lupe Fiasco Pay Tribute To MF DOOM With Freestyles [Listen]

Last week it was revealed Hip-Hop had lost one of the most unique talents to ever grab a microphone, months ago. Two of his peers have saluted in the most fitting way. Ufortunately, tt was reported MF DOOM is no longer with us in the physical. The loss took the culture by surprise as his […]

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Ludacris Reveals Why He Feels He ‘Brought A Certain Light To Hip Hop’

The Atlanta rapper reflected on his career.

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Breakdance History - 1970s to Today

The history of breakdance takes us back to the 1970s. Breakdance is a dynamic dance style that is a major component of the hip-hop culture. Breakdancing developed in the South Bronx of New York City during the late 20th century, coinciding with the disco

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FILM REVIEW: Blue Story – Free Press of Jacksonville

With a great feel for modern times and hip-hop music, Rapman (aka Andrew Onwubolu) mixes a bit of Boyz N the Hood, with Menace II

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Ciara Is The Real Winner Of Nelly And Ludas #VERZUZ Battle

Twitter went crazy with this one throwback moment.

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Otis Ray Redding, Jr. was an American singer and songwriter who immensely influenced the genre of soul, despite a short lived career due to his untimely death. He was born on September 9, 1941 in Dawson, Georgia to Otis Redding, Sr. and Fannie Redding. The family moved to Macon when Redding was

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Jay-Z sparks up new cannabis brand 'Monogram' - TheGrio

Hip hop mogul Jay-Z is putting his support behind a new venture - this time in the lucrative cannabis industry.... View Article The post Jay-Z sparks up new cannabis brand 'Monogram' appeared first on TheGrio.

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Jay-Z is an American rap musician, producer and entrepreneur, and one of the most commercially successful recording artists in America. He was born as Shawn Corey Carter on December 4, 1969 but is better known by his stage name of Jay-Z. His beginnings were humble as he lived in a housing project

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Questlove Hosting Food Network Special ‘QUESTLOVE’S POTLUCK’, Guests Include Bun B, Tiffany Haddish, Patti LaBelle & More

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Ludacris Unveils New Netflix Animated Series 'Karma's World' Inspired By His Oldest Daughter

Rapper and actor Ludacris just got a ton of #GirlDad points. The Atlanta MC is serving as the executive producer of “Karma’s World,” a new CGI-animated

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Charlamange Tha God Crowns Rapsody The Best Rapper In The Game

After Sister Soulja spoke about the female artists in the game that her nieces can look up to, Charlamagne mentioned Rapsody as one of those MC's that up and coming young ladies can look to for inspiration.

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LL Cool J Says He Paved The Way For Rappers To Do Love Songs

“I put that vibe in there that gives dudes a lane.”

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Happy Birthday, Hip-Hop: A Meditation On The Birth Of The Culture

While there remains some debate surrounding the origin of Hip-Hop music and culture, the term itself has many claims on its name and we'll examine that in full below.

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Producer Southside Says He’s Retiring, Next 808 Mafia Project To Be His Last

Whether or not he's actually serious about calling it a career or if he's just trying to build hype for that next 808 Mafia album is anyone's guess.

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Jadakiss Shares Weed Smoking Memories On ‘High Tales’ via Jay-Z’s Monogram Web Series

In this episode the raspy voiced MC talks about the time he and Snoop Dogg exchanged some east coast/west coast weed (only to find out it was all the same) and the time he found himself in a celebrity cipher at a Prince after party.

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‘Fix That Mask’: Lil Scrappy’s Inspirational Post Derails When Fans Notice His Mask

“Love & Hip Hop Atlanta” cast member and rapper Lil Scrappy is one of many celebrities participating in the peaceful protests following the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of

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Young Dolph Announces Retirement From Rap: “I’m Done”

On Tuesday (Mar 30), Dolph took to Instagram to once again share news of his retirement from rap, revealing that his latest release, Dum & Dummer 2 with Key Glock would be his last and final release.

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Ball, Jr. Joseph T. (1804-1861)

Joseph T. Ball, Jr. was born Feb. 21, 1804 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His mother Mary Montgomery Drew of Cambridge, Massachusetts, was white while his father was Jamaican-born Joseph T. Ball, Sr who came to Massachusetts in 1790. The elder Ball founded a society to help African American widows

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Rapper Papoose Honors George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, & More On New Song [VIDEO]

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'Bro Ya Beard Is Not Quite Connecting Like Your Music': 50 Cent and T.I. Trolling Each Other After ‘Verzuz’ Battle Proposal Stalls

Rapper and 'Power' producer 50 Cent and rapper T.I. spent their Thursday evening throwing jabs at each other on Instagram after a proposed “Verzuz” battle. […]

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DMX Has Passed Away At 50, Twitter Mourns The Legend

This is the news we desperately wished we would never have to report. Hip-Hop legend DMX, born Earl Simmons, has passed away at 50.

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Cyber-Youth Network Launch

On Wednesday, February 3rd, for the first time in history, Americas urban students will have a Web site specifically designed to address their educational needs and interests. The site -- called the Cyber-Youth Network -- provides a model for online education by offering students and teachers

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BET Awards Performance: Chuck D, Nas, YG, Black Thought & Rapsody - Fight the Power

The rappers perform "Fight the Power."

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Packin’ A Mac In The Back of The Ack: Big Pun’s Sickest Verses

To honor the memory and legacy of Big Pun, HipHopWired has decided to list some of Big Pun's sickest verses to remind the masses of just how talented the Boricua artist was and give youngins an idea of what a true MC would do on the mic.

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