We have just learned the shocking news of hip hop pioneer, Heavy D passing away today after being rushed to a Los Angeles hospital. He was 44 years old. His cause of death was not immediately known. Heavy D, born Dwight Arrington Myers, was the leader of the hip-hop trio Heavy D & the Boyz … Continue reading »
Tag Archives: 90s
Sunday School: Hip Hop Music’s Influence on the Community
Guest Lecturer: Poor Righteous Teacher Rapper Wise Intelligent speaks the influence of hip hop music in the Black community. Is the negativity that exists within the music and the culture by design or natural evolution? This post does not reflect the views of WEAA or Morgan State University. Continue reading »
Cee-Lo to play Raekwon’s Pops…
Raekwon The Chef is cooking up a film based on his life growing up in Shaolin aka Staten Island. The script for “C.R.E.A.M.”, named after the Wu-Tang Clan’s classic 1993 banga is just about finished and approximately 60 percent of the roles have been casted. XXLMAG.com revealed that Rae’s father will be played … Continue reading »
Prodigy and Mobb Deep aint finished…
Prodigy been home from prison for a hot second now and it seems like he hasnt been wasting a lot of time in getting his business and his music on point. Check out the update courtesy of Karmalooptv. Continue reading »
Well Damn!
Associated Press announced that Lauryn Hill wants to clear up two things: Rohan Marley didn’t abandon her while she was pregnant, and NO, Rohan is NOT her new born baby’s father. Marley, the father of her five other children, sent a message on Twitter “forwarding all well wishes to Ms. Hill on the birth of … Continue reading »
Congrats to…uh, Lauryn?
There is now a 6th bundle of joy added to the family!!! According to blackcelebkids.com Lauryn and Rohan welcomed a baby boy into the world on Saturday night July 23. Guessing this definitely means no Fugees reunion. They got enough fugees poppin off already without Clef and Pras! Source: blackcelebkids.com Continue reading »
Sunday School: Making hip hop records…
If you may have missed it, Rap legend Buckshot speaks on making records. For more check out his CD Book on the music industry, The Common Knowledgy of the Entertainment Industry available at retailers like Best Buy, etc. Continue reading »
Jizzle rhymes over Poor Georgie!
AYEEEEEEE!!! Remember the times shorty… Continue reading »
Foxy Brown + Playboy Spread = Hmmmmmm
Foxy Brown getting her weight up…I mean down, as she’s damn near looking close to when we first seen her in LL Cool J’s “I Shot Ya” video. We aint exactly mad at that. So the brown Fox is debating whether to accept Hugh Hefner’s $2 million offer to pose on the cover of Playboy. … Continue reading »