Afropunk: What Hip-Hop Used To Be…And Will Always Be
AFROPUNK: WHAT HIP-HOP WAS AND IS
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VIDEO: Erykah Badu and Yasiin Bey a.k.a. Mos Def Rip the Afropunk Festival in NYC
VIDEO: ERYKAH BADU AND YASIIN BEY (MOS DEF) ROCK OUT AT AFROPUNK!
Hip-Hop Rumors: Which Feature Is Holding Up The G.O.O.D. Music Album?
Earlier this week, we told you how the G.O.O.D. Music compilation album, Cruel Summer, was getting pushed back yet again due to four more features. We hear that one of those features has been tough to get and has been the main reason behind the push back. What feature is that you ask? Well, it’s […]
AHH Stray News: Rick Ross’ Week One Projections; Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Films With Cee Lo and Adam Levine; Big Sean Talks New Album
AHH STRAY NEWS: RICK ROSS RULES, YASIIN BEY TAKES ON MUSICAL, BIG SEAN TALKS ALBUM
Talib Kweli Announces “Attack the Block” Mixtape As Prelude To New Album “Prisoner of Conscious”
TALIB KWELI WORKS TO KEEP FANS SATISFIED WITH UPCOMING “ATTACK THE BLOCK” MIXTAPE
BLACK MUSIC MONTH: “Born To Rock” – The Top 5 Artists To Mash-Up Rap With Rock
BLACK MUSIC MONTH: RAP AND ROCK’S RAUCOUS REBELLION
RECAP: “75 Bars” of Black Thought and Mos Def Define the Realness at the Lyricist Lounge’s 20-Year Bash
THE WORDSMITHS CAME OUT TO CELEBRATE 20 YEARS OF THE LYRICIST LOUNGE – CHECK THE RECAP!
Austin City Limits’ 2012 Music Festival Adds The Roots, Big K.R.I.T. and Childish Gambino to Lineup
(AllHipHop News) Not to be outdone by all of the recent festival news from Soundset, Rock the Bells, Lollapalooza and Made In America, the Austin City Limits 2012 Music Festival (ACL) has revealed its lineup for the city’s 11th annual, three-day concert event, to take place October 12-14 at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas. ACL 2012, […]
Yasiin Bey, Black Thought and ?uestlove Added to Lineup Of 2012 NYC Blue Note Jazz Festival
(AllHipHop News) In it’s second year, the Blue Note Jazz Festival has lined up such talent as Black Thought and ?uestlove of the legendary Roots crew, as well as Yasiin Bey and a plethora of others to perform at the June 10 event that will be held throughout the city of New York. “After an […]
Graduating from Ghetto Scholarship: Has Hip-Hop Dumbed Us Down?
THE DUMBING-DOWN OF HIP-HOP…WHOSE FAULT IS IT? READ THE EDITORIAL.
The Assassination of Hip-Hop: Did the L.A. Riots Murder Rebel Music?
PRE-L.A. RIOTS, HIP-HOP WAS A LOT MORE RADICAL…SO WHAT HAPPENED? READ HERE.
Questlove Talks Jay-Z Advice and the Supergroup with Amy Winehouse That Never Happened
(AllHipHop News) Many artists who achieve success on the level of fame, money, and chart-topping albums agree that the urge to stray from what brought them to the table can be a challenge. However, Questlove credits his former Def Jam boss, Jay-Z, for keeping him and his group, The Roots, musically and artistically intact. “(Jay-Z) didn’t […]
Hip-Hop Rumors: Ski Beatz Reveals Jay Electronica, Yasiin Bey, Curren$y Album is a No-Go!
Three years ago, music fans were ecstatic to hear that Jay Electronica, Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def, and Curren$y were forming a supergroup called Center Edge Territory. After only a few collaboration records between the three MCs, we still don’t have an album. Super producer Ski Beatz revealed in an interview with VIBE that the […]
Hip-Hop Rumors: Did Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def Diss The Throne?!
Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def recently released a remix to The Throne’s “Ni**a’s In Paris” entitled “Ni**ga’s in Poorest” to commemorate the anniversary of Malcom X’s death. On the track Yasiin Bey takes the exact opposite approach that Kanye West and Jay-Z took on the track and instead raps about poverty and violence. The tone […]
Movie Review: DJ Premier and “The Re:Generation Music Project”
THE RE:GENERATION MUSIC PROJECT IS UNLIKE ANY MUSIC FILM YOU’VE SEEN! STARRING DJ PREMIER, YASSIN BEY, AND MS. BADU!
Yasiin Bey a.k.a. Mos Def Set to Star in Film Prequel to “Jackie Brown”
(AllHipHop News) Yasiin Bey a.k.a. Mos Def is set to star in Switch, the film prequel to Quentin Tarantino’s 1997 film, Jackie Brown. Bey, along with John Hawkes, will play the the younger versions of Ordell Robbie and Louis Gara respectively, characters made famous by Jackson and De Niro in director Quentin Tarantino’s 1997 film Jackie Brown, which […]
DD172 Co-Founder McKenzie Eddy Releases Video For “Windmills” Featuring GLC
You may not recognize her name, yet, but you will. McKenzie Eddy is the co-founder, alongside music mogul Dame Dash and Raquel Horn, of the media collective known as DD172. Not only did she help found the creative conglomerate, Eddy is also the president of BluRoc records, a label that released the last two albums from producer […]
Mos Def (Yasiin Bey) “Ni**as In Poorest”
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Hip-Hop Rumors: Quickies Edition w/ Mos Def, Mac Miller, RZA, Gucci Mane, Pharrell and more!
THE RUMOR QUICKIES ARE IN…SEE WHAT MAC MILLER, MOS DEF, AND GAGA ARE UP TO!
B.o.B. Releases “E.P.I.C.” Mixtape as Appetizer for Sophomore Album
(AllHipHop News) Very few artists have had the crossover appeal that rapper, singer, producer, and overall musician B.o.B. has had in his career. B.o.B. a.k.a. Bobby Ray, has only released one studio album, 2010’s The Adventures of Bobby Ray, and is preparing to release his second, Strange Clouds, early next year. In preparation for his sophomore […]
