BY: King Acklin

Louisville, KY’s own Young Block went to Miami and zoned out recently, but we’ll get back to this later. He started rapping at 16 and then started taking rap serious about 2 or 3 years ago. Things…

By: King Acklin

Mr. Country Grammar himself, Nelly, is set to receive BET’s “I Am Hip Hop” Award this year. The BET Hip Hop Awards will be celebrating Nelly for his contributions to music and his overall impact to…

By: King Acklin

Social media has been set a blaze since yesterday over allegations that Karen Civil has been finessing people out of their money for years. Civil, a media marketing strategist, who has worked with a number of artists…

By: King Acklin

Rick Ross, whose real name is William Roberts II, is pushing black excellence and empowerment by being a BOSS, but it looks like he is also trying to pass this lifestyle on to the next generation. Rozay…

By: King Acklin

In what has to be deemed a senseless and disrespectful act, the grave of rapper Pop Smoke, born Bashar Barakah Jackson, was found vandalized yesterday. His headstone was found smashed and debris could be found all around…

By: Bri Renee

Hailing from the streets of Kinston, North Carolina, AyZo Capone has a unique sound that blends northern grit with the dynamics of southern rap. On his latest project, “13 Reasons Why 3: Recovery”, songs like “Moment” and…

By: King Acklin

Hip Hop’s legendary radio personality, Big Boy, is set to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and will be presented this award by another LA legend, Dr. Dre. The pair have been friends…

As many of you know Kanye West and Drake's "on again off again" frienemies beef is back on again. The latest installment in the beef is an interesting one. Drake has leaked a Kanye West song featuring none other than…

By: Bri Renee 

Rapper Drake is set to release his highly anticipated "Certified Lover Boy" album this Friday, September 3rd. He has collaborated with Nike and Giannis Antetokoumpo to create a series of floral Bike logo tees and more. The…

By: King Acklin

It looks like rapper, DaBaby, whose real name is Jonathan Kirk, could be on his way to “forgiveness” by some. Fresh off his Boosie Bash performance over the weekend, DaBaby met with black leaders from various…

By: King Acklin

Kanye West finally released DONDA today to streaming services, fans and people just curious about the enigmatic artist. His latest album release comes after about a month of DONDA speculations, including multiple stadium filled listening parties…

By: King Acklin

Streaming continues to be the king in music. Today Spotify released its 2021 Songs of the Summer List, and while everyone knows Hip-Hop is one of the most popular genres of music, this global version of…

By DJ Suspence

There’s been a new entry into the Drake vs. Kanye West saga today. 

The latest subliminal back and forth between the two rap icons sparked off this past Saturday (August 21) when Drake name dropped Kanye on…

By: King Acklin

Aaliyah fans were thrilled on Friday (08/20) when they were finally able to stream the late R&B singer’s second studio album, One In A Million. For two decades, Aaliyah’s catalog of music was not available to…

By Amoré King

The Isley Brothers have returned. This time coming off the heels of a classic VERZUZ battle against another legendary band, Earth Wind & Fire. Their next concert to conquer was none other than " NPR Tiny Desk"…

By: King Acklin

Jay-Z continues to push black excellence and even though this is a very small step considering the landscape of the business industry, this is a good 1st step. The Parent Company, to which Hov is Chief Visionary…

By DJ Suspence

 A Georgia grand jury has indicted the “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) rapper, Silento, on murder charges.  Including one count of malice murder and one count of felony murder.  He was also charged with aggravated assault and…

By: King Acklin

Mogul and co-founder of Def Jam, Russell Simmons, is teaming up with Snoop Dogg to help out the pioneers Hip-Hop. The pair have curated an NFT collection called the Masterminds of Hip Hop: An Exclusive NFT…

By: Bri Renee

Rapper Boosie took to social media, despite his current ban, to post a video requesting Vice President Kamala Harris do something to free incarcerated rapper C-Murder from prison. In the video, Boosie states, "Aye I’m reaching out…

By DJ Suspence

Coming off the heels of releasing his latest single “Industry Baby”, featuring Louisville, KY rapper Jack Harlow, the “Old Town Road” rapper Lil Nas X has just passed Charlotte, North Carolina native DaBaby as having the most…

By: King Acklin

Over the last couple of weeks there has been a ton of Internet chatter over new music from none other than Hip Hop Legend Dr. Dre. While we still don’t have any specific details on anything…

By DJ Suspence

Last week renowned battle rapper Cassidy released a diss track, “Perjury”, aimed at Tory Lanez after he spit a freestyle over one of Cassidy’s old instrumentals and lifted some of his lyrics.  And now 8 days later…

By: King Acklin

50 Cent and Young Buck apparently still have big problems. Alleged court documents state that Young Buck is technically still a G-Unit artist and owes the label two more albums. Along with the two albums 50 Cent…

DJ Suspence

Master P’s brother C-Murder, real name Corey Miller, has been serving a life sentence since 2009 for his alleged role in the 2002 murder of 16-year-old Steve Thomas.  C-Murder has long maintained his innocence. 

Now he claims…