We wanted to just capture that love for hip hop. To give the people something for the summer that we could let folks know we still here, we doing well and we still growing. The hunger is there, the creativity is there, the flows are there, and the message is there. This is one of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center in Kansas City Missouri has launched a campaign to get local uninsured or underinsured African-American young adults who don’t see a doctor regularly to see a doctor. Their “Urban Health Relief Plan†is aimed at getting young Black people in for check ups, follow ups and establishing a place to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Still, as a lifelong representative of hip-hop, I really am bothered whenever the drum gets treated like melody’s stepchild. My major beef is that when this anti-drum bigotry rears its ugly head…it usually stems from an assumption that melody is the prime determinant of musicality, the core element of music to which rhythm is always […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of Hip Hop’s latest golden boys, no not Drake, Raekwon the Chef released a mixtape this month. Ok, so many he would be more like a golden man, but this guy has managed to beat back the ravages of “old age” and the ageism in rap that goes with it. One of my favorite […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hey, I’ll be the first to admit I don’t know New York rapper Donny Goines’ entire catalog, but I think I heard part of a Peter Rosenburg interview with him while I was sort of awake and I have heard “She Likes” featuring Che Grand & Izza Kizza in its entirety. I also have my […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
