Rosenberg crossed the line with Charlemagne and is Black Lives Matter just ours?
One of my favorite parts of my book, “10 Years Fresh”, was telling the story of how in 2006 after we decided to not book him for our inaugural show, Joell Ortiz went on a tear attempting to discredit...
View ArticleHip-Hop’s Abolitionists and Yasiin Bey’s mad dash for freedom
Lonely America, crazy America Loud ass, country ass, cocaine America Lethal America, carcinogen, asthma Carbonated smoke throughout your blood plasma Lights and camera, action, surveillance...
View ArticleThere have been 486 Sandy Hooks since Sandy Hook
By Daryl Khan NEW YORK — On a cold, rainy early spring night in 2014, I attended the private meeting of a tragic club nobody wants to join. It was a gathering of parents whose children had been killed...
View ArticleWhy It’s Important To Celebrate Remy Ma’s Grammy Nomination
For the first time in eleven years Remy Ma can proudly say that she has not one, but two Grammy nominations. The Bronx native has been nominated alongside French Montana & Fat Joe for their summer...
View ArticleWhy Representation Matters More Than Ever
Zuree Dolls / Instagram As I was doing the usual scrolling on social media Friday morning, I couldn’t help but notice a Huffington Post article about a doll that’s taking the world by storm. The name...
View ArticleYasiin Bey, a Bridge to the Golden Era, Delivers His Farewell
Hip-Hop in many ways has always been spurred on by the young. The flexible and ever changing nature of a fluid culture often responds to the newest expression of style, slang and setting. There will...
View ArticleDear President Obama, Thank You
The 2008 Presidential election was one that will surely go down in history books. I was about to start high school and everyone was talking about the Democratic nominees running. As I was getting ready...
View ArticleTom Brady is The Great White Hope…and a certified cheater
Super Bowl LI was the third full NFL game I have seen this year. I have been on a #BoycottNFL kick since last year. The Colin Kaepernick protests only emboldened my distaste for the modern plantation...
View ArticleTo The Women Who Paved The Way For Hip-Hop — We Appreciate You
As we celebrate Women’s History Month, it is only right to celebrate the women who added their style and grace to the Hip-Hop genre and culture. Women in Hip-Hop goes as far back as the early days of...
View ArticleWhat does #ForTheCulture mean?
Back in 2014 our Director of Marketing, Juels Pierrot, was just a recent graduate of Alabama A&M University. He volunteered for us in 2013 and was back in town and ready to rock. Juels quickly...
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