The 65th Grammy awards were amazing this year! A big part of why, was their obvious dedications to celebrating 50 YEARS OF HIP-HOP! The big performance was showcasing the old school, the new school and everyone in between. The set was curated by QuestLove and he did not miss. It was amazing to see so…
Rap beef is fine. Competition in hip-hop is even better. Besides, isn’t that a huge part of hip-hop? Yes, as long as it’s kept in the music. I wonder though, are the day’s of KRS-One, Nas, 50 Cent, Jay-Z rap beef tracks over? Is social media to blame? There was a time in hip-hop when…
Birdman was recently a guest on the Big Facts Podcast and spoke on something I certainly didn’t know about- Kanye West was almost signed to Cash Money! Apparently, Birdman had the chance to add Kanye to the Cash Money roster back when Kanye was basically just producing music (and crushing it!). The reason he didn’t?…
Reports have been circulating online that Jay-Z is showing interest in purchasing the Denver Broncos NFL team when it goes up for new ownership in 2022. Now, is he REALLY interested in buying the team? Well, kinda, sorta but not really. Yes, the Denver Broncos will be looking for new ownership come 2022, and yes…
At this point, I’m will to say that Jay-Z is giving us the blueprint for real. I think that there could be a college course about his business strategy and ethic- there might already be one! I would gladly sign up! In the latest of multi-million dollar power moves, Jay-Z aka Shawn Carter aka THE…
This is basically a dream come true! The soundtrack tracklist for the upcoming film, Judas and The Black Messiah: You Can Kill A Revolutionary But You Can’t Kill The Revolution, has been making it’s rounds and guys, we have a Nipsey and Hova track on the way! The movie follows the life and death of…
When a hip-hop producer legend interviews a hip-hop emcee legend, you’re going to have one hell of a conversation! That’s what happened on the latest episode of Rick Rubin’s podcast, Broken Record. Nas got on line with Rick and they talked for 45 minutes from the early years rapping in Queens, the beef with Jay-Z…
This year has been one for the books! I think as 2020 comes to an end, it’s important to point out some of the dope things that happened. Mind you, i had my daughter this year so for ME, that is the number one best thing that happened BUT as a hip-hop head, a lover…
Jay Electronica vs Dr. EnQi vs Jay-Z, as stated/reviewed by Raamel Walcott Let’s dive right in head-first, this will be a song for song comparison of A Written Testimony vs Sound Becomes Light. The Overwhelming Event vs Magnetism. Magnetism is a super authentic fan forward view of Dr. EnQi discussing Fancy Black Pesos. This gives us…
