On July 18, legendary producer Pete Rock was in Chicago to take part in Closed Session’s “Legend Conversation.” Held at the new Ramova Theatre, “Legend
On July 20, 2024, Chicagoans came out to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Millennium Park. Chicago’s very own Grammy, Emmy and Academy Award-winning rapper and
Real rap is making a comeback. Off the heels of what might be the greatest rap battle ever between Drake and Kendrick Lamar — Lamar
The Rev. Jesse Jackson had top-notch guests at his 25th annual Wall Street Economic Project. The guest list even featured hip-hop stars Al B. Sure!
Pete Rock is set to prepare a lawsuit against Nas for unpaid royalties to his work on the album Illmatic. “Nas and his people have stonewalled
It’s another New Music Friday and if Pete Rock & Skyzoo don’t do it for you, perhaps Lil Boosie and Zaytoven will? They both delivered
[jwplayer RhUIoslt] Timothy “DJ Timbuck2” Jones died in 2015 due to complications from cancer. The Timothy Francis Jones Foundation was created in his name. The
After releasing the video for his socially-driven single, “Huh,” Young RJ has returned with another visual for his new song, “Wait.””Wait” exemplifies the heart and spirit of Detroit.
Erykah Badu is one of the definitive artists of her generation and she’s consistently captured her fans’ interests and attention with albums and songs that showcase a fearlessly creative and endlessly inspired spirit.
Beleaguered rapper DMX was arrested over the weekend just moments before hitting the stage at a scheduled concert appearance. The 44-year-old rapper was nabbed for
It was 20 years ago today that Nas released his seminal debut album, Illlmatic. It wasn’t the huge crossover hit that, say, The Chronic or Doggystyle had been in the previous years. And it didn’t quite re-ignite the East Coast’s hardcore aesthetic, either; acts like Redman, Onyx, Das EFX, Black Moon had started doing that as early as 1992. But what Illmatic did was introduce the world to a thoughtful and gifted rhyme-writer from the Queensbridge Projects, and in doing so, it returned the traditional New York City emcee to hip-hop prominence.
ONE Musicfest emerged in 2010 as one of the summer’s most anticipated festival concert series in Atlanta. Bridging the gap between Atlanta’s diverse communities, ONE
One Musicfest brought some of the hottest performers to Atlanta, including Joey Bada$$, Goodie Mob, Goapele, Cee Lo and Erykah Badu. Snoop Dogg was the
Rakim and Raekwon put on a great show, with a little help from their friends.
On the day of Oscar Grant‘s mother’s settlement with BART for $1.3 million dollars, NYPD apparently finds no problem with beating several people and threatening
