Music

Jeezy calls on more celebs to rally around Ferguson

Since the August 9th shooting death of 18-year old Mike Brown, Atlanta hip-hop star Jeezy has been vocal in regards to the incident, the protests that have followed and what he’d like to see done about police brutality.

Taylor Swift and other white artists ‘go black’ but do they give back?

This week, country(?) pop star Taylor Swift premiered the video for her new single “Shake It Off,” the leadoff for her latest album 1989. The video features Swift in a variety of aesthetics, including rocking a baseball cap and ghetto blaster boombox while b-boys (that look like Abercrombie models) breakdance around her.

Wiz Khalifa explains why he chose to avoid violence in his music

Wiz Khalifa is one of hip-hop’s most well-known stoners; an image that he’s cultivated fairly consistently over the years. A rapper loving marijuana isn’t rare at all, but one thing that has set Wiz apart from many of his contemporaries is his decidedly non-violent subject matter.

Warren G and Dr. Dre to work together on ‘Straight Outta Compton’ soundtrack?

Rapper/producer Warren G, like any fan of West Coast hip-hop, is excited about Straight Outta Compton, the N.W.A. biopic currently being directed by F. Gary Gray. Of course, Warren is the younger brother of N.W.A. alumnus Dr. Dre, and Warren recently spoke to XXL about the film’s soundtrack and shared that he hopes to work on the music with his older brother.

What T.I.’s misguided open letter got wrong

Hip-hop star T.I. released a two-part open letter regarding the situation in Ferguson, Missouri. Tip addressed one letter “To My People” and the other “To