iPhone Poet Dean Atta’s N-Word Poem Goes Viral

Dean Atta's life is changing. The 27 year-old performance poet has been performing for over ten years but it's only last week when posting his poem I Am Nobody's Nigger that people began to sit up and ... continue

Chris Brown’s Manager Muzzles Singer For 2012

After a phenomenal year for singer Chris Brown, including Billboard 200 topping album F.A.M.E. and a successful tour under the same moniker, the artist's management team, headed by the shrewd Tina Davis, has declared that Rihanna's former ... continue

Hip-Hop Stars Remember Tupac 15 Years After His Death

Today marks the 15th anniversary of Tupac Shakur's death. Tupac was shot multiple times during a drive by shooting after attending a Mike Tyson fight in Las Vegas on September 7th, 1996. The enigmatic street poet would ... continue

18 BET Hip Hop Nominations for Lil Wayne (Beat That Kanye, Jay-Z)

Lil Wayne leads the roster of hip hop star nominees for BET Networks' sixth annual BET Hip Hop Awards. Wayne, with 18 nominations, is followed by Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa with 9 each, and Rick Ross ... continue

Kanye West Tells Crowd: “People Look At Me Like I’m Hitler”

Kanye West isn't a liked man in many social circles and his hubristic  attitude has apparently made it hard for him to go into public without being looked at like a Nazi leader. West recently told a crowd ... continue

Ja Rule and 50 Cent Squash Beef

Soon to be incarcerated rapper Ja Rule claims that he no longer has any ill will towards 50 cent. The opposing artists verbally sparred some years back, most recently reigniting their beef with a war of words on ... continue

Female rapper Magnolia Shorty gunned down in New Orleans housing project

28-year-old rapper Magnolia Shorty (real name Renetta Lowe) was found dead, shot 26 times, in a New Orleans housing project yesterday. Although official confirmation was yet to come late yesterday, a local DJ om Q93.3 announced Magnolia Shorty's ... continue

NYC-area DJ Mr. Magic dies of heart attack

Mr. Magic, an influential NYC DJ who has been namechecked on tracks by Nas, Biggie and Tupac, has died of a heart attack. Alongside Marley Marl, Mr. Magic began hosting the first all hip-hop radio show ("Rap Attack") ... continue