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Big Boi Mourns Outkast Drummer Omar Phillips’ Death
Friends and family piled into Antioch-Lithonia Missionary Baptist Church on Monday (January 14) to say goodbye to drummer Omar “Marruchi” Phillips who recently passed away from congestive heart failure. The Atlanta native had played with a plethora of notable acts, including Usher, Mary J. Blige, Arrested […]
Mac Miller’s Parents Attending Grammy Awards To Accept Any Posthumous Honors
Mac Miller’s parents are expected to attend the 61st Annual Grammy Awards in his honor, TMZ reports. Sources close to Miller’s family say his parents Karen Meyer and Mark McCormick will attend the ceremony in case their late son wins a posthumous award for Best […]
R.A. The Rugged Man Brings The Wild West To Life In “The Return” Video
R.A. The Rugged Man is back to remind Hip Hop heads of his rhyming prowess. The veteran MC plays a Wild West gunslinger in a new video for his aptly-named single “The Return.” The SHROOM-produced track is just preview of what’s to come for the […]
Ashanti Concert Canceled After Selling Only 24 Tickets
Pop queen Ashanti may have 3.8 million followers on Instagram and 1.92 million on Twitter but evidently that doesn’t mean much when it comes to getting fans off social media and into stands. The Murder Inc. royalty was expected to perform at Stony Brook University’s […]
Kanye West Doesn’t Want Any Smoke With Snoop Dogg — Check The T-Shirt
By now, we all know Snoop Dogg isn’t a fan of a Donald Trump or anyone who backs him. So, when the D-O-Double-G set his sights on Kanye West for his unwavering support of 45, it wasn’t at all surprising. Now, ‘Ye has attempted to bridge […]
Busta Rhymes Reunites Flipmode Squad For 1st Single In 20 Years
Busta Rhymes’ spirits were high when he hit the ‘Gram earlier this week. On Wednesday night (October 17), the Hip Hop O.G. unveiled the first new Flipmode Squad single in 20 years. Titled “Flipmode Squad Meets The Conglomerate,” the single reunites Busta, Rah Digga, Rampage, Spliff, […]
Duck Down Records Founders Buckshot & Dru Ha Reflect On “Enta Da Stage” 25 Years Later
The more that underground Hip Hop has changed over the past three decades, the more that it’s come back full circle. Hip Hop artists take lessons from the past and implement new sounds to put on top of their influences. Black Moon is celebrating the […]
Inspectah Deck Teases Czarface Vs. Ghostface Killah Project
It appears Wu-Tang Clan fans won’t need to wait for the group’s next album to hear Inspectah Deck and Ghostface Killah collaborating again. Fresh off a collaborative LP with DOOM, Deck revealed his Czarface trio — comprised of him, 7L and Esoteric — have a project […]
Wu-Tang Clan Declares Gaming Is “Now One Of The Elements Of Hip Hop”
Wu-Tang Clan have always been innovators. Since exploding on the scene in the early ’90s, Method Man, Ghostface Killah, GZA, RZA and the rest of the crew have become bona fide Hip Hop gods. So, when the Wu’s verified Twitter account announces an amendment to […]
Jadakiss Signs With JAY-Z’s Roc Nation
Jadakiss is officially the newest member of the Roc Nation family. On Friday (July 13), the The LOX vet hit Instagram to make the announcement alongside a photo of himself putting his John Hancock on some kind of contract. “Made another + move today @rocnation thank y’all […]