Alternative Pick: Usher Ft. Nicki Minaj
“Little Freak”
“Little Freak”
“We Made It”
“That’s My Word”
“Swag”
“Secret Lover”
“Swagger”
“Poppin” [Snippet]
DJ Vlad, who serves as Executive Vice President of Loud.com/SRC Records has come forward to dismiss rumors about Asher Roth’s sexuality. Reports surfaced last week that Asher Roth had “come out of the closet” during an interview about Clay Aiken on the E! Channel, which was also supposed to be airing Roth’s coming out announcement […]
“I’m Burnt”
No Agreement: The Hypocritical Commercialization of Fela’s Legacy “No agreement today/ No agreement tomorrow/” —Fela Anikulapo Kuti (With Africa 70), “No Agreement,” No Agreement, 1977. I’m sorry: It’s not enough to simply watch “Music is the Weapon,” or pour through Michael Veal’s impressive biography, Fela: The Life And Times Of An African Musical Icon, […]
We recently highlighted major trends of 2009 in the urban market. Now it’s time to focus in on key pieces of the year and vote on whether they have longevity or not. Cassie Cassie is rocking one of them above – the romper. This one piece delight is made in all different fabrics […]
DISCLAIMER: All content within this section is pure rumor and generally have no factual info outside of what the streets have whispered in our ear. Read on.THE DAILY TWO SENSE R.I.P. to Brittany Murphy. Terrible, just terrible. T.I. IS GETTING OUT TODAY! We got this information yesterday and I just had to give the […]
Philadelphia rapper Beanie Sigel was injured in a car accident last night, reps say. Representatives for Sigel maintain a large tractor trailer truck ran his vehicle off the road. Sigel was not the driver of the car and sustained injuries. The full breadth of those injuries is unknown, as is the exact location […]
Knockout Nation Radio Drop Before we begin, here was my appearance last week on The Boxing Truth radio show discussing the connections between boxing and Hip-Hop, MMA, and my early prediction on Mayweather-Pacquiao. http://www.directorslive.com/video/2415/Hip-Hop-Nation-and-The-Boxing-Nation Pavlik TKO’s Espino, Accuses Williams of Ducking In his native Youngstown, middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KOs) made […]
Actress Brittany Murphy was pronounced dead this morning after going into cardiac-arrest in her Los Angeles home. The 32-year-old actress starred as “Alex” opposite of Eminem in his hit 2002 autobiographical film, 8 Mile. Murphy’s husband Simon Monjack placed a call to 911 around 8:00 am PT this morning (December 20). The […]
Atlanta rapper Shawty Lo has teamed with Atlanta Falcon’s Defensive End Chauncey Davis to giveaway bikes this holiday season. Davis’ Bike For Life initiative encourages young children to remain physically fit and fight obesity through exercise and education. Shawty Lo will be joined by various Atlanta Falcons players, sponsors of the event and […]
Lupe Fiasco has canceled a mixtape that was slated for a Christmas release via the internet. The rapper’s mixtape, Friend of the People, was slated to drop on the holiday following the Thanksgiving Day release of Enemy of the State: A Love Story. The rapper created a frenzy by making the mixtape announcement on Twitter […]
Florida based record label Slip-N-Slide Records is making the holidays a joyous occasion for inner city youth as it joins forces with the Ted Lucas Foundation for the 2009 Santa’s Christmas toy giveaway and season of giving celebration. The event took place from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. today (December 19) at Buccaneer Park […]
Lil Wayne will not face drug charges related to a raid of the rapper’s tour bus yesterday (December 18) in Falfurrias, Texas. The rapper and 11 members of his entourage were detained yesterday by United States Border Patrol, after drug sniffing dogs caught the scent of marijuana on two tour buses. A search […]
In the late 80s and early 90s, Ruthless Records was a premier label for Hip-Hop, especially on the West Coast. With the emergence of Eazy-E, and N.W.A., the label produced the rawest form of Hip-Hop ever presented at that time. Instrumental in that movement was Above The Law, on of the groups on the iconic […]