Whose Telling Hip Hop’s Story: Integrity in Hip Hop Journalism

When the loudest voices aren’t from the culture Hip-hop has always been a culture born out of Black America — its roots deep in struggle, community, resistance, identity, creativity, perseverance, art. Yet today, some of the biggest platforms “representing” that culture aren’t Black and often times despise Black America, and don’t come from that world … Continue reading Whose Telling Hip Hop’s Story: Integrity in Hip Hop Journalism

Giving Back With Gratitude: Hip-Hop Spreads Love

This year the US government was shut down for the longest time in US history and government assistance and pay was suspended for millions of Americans. Hip hop stepped up to the plate. Every Thanksgiving, communities across America see a familiar and heart-lifting scene: long lines, big smiles, warm coats in the cold, and tables … Continue reading Giving Back With Gratitude: Hip-Hop Spreads Love

Max B Gets a Well-Deserved Homecoming

For nearly two decades, Max B’s name lived in that strange hip-hop ether where myth, memory, and martyrdom converge. To his loyalists, he was the waviest—an architect of melodic street rap who surfed ahead of the genre’s tide long before the culture caught up. To the general public, he was the phantom influence behind hits … Continue reading Max B Gets a Well-Deserved Homecoming

How Billboard Charts and Major Labels Ruined Mainstream Hip Hop — But The Underground is Thriving

Mainstream hip hop has long been the heartbeat of American culture, the genre driving conversations, setting trends, and shaping the cultural landscape. However, what we see today on the Billboard charts is a far cry from the raw, authentic artistry that hip hop was built on. The dehumanization of the genre by some majors, alongside … Continue reading How Billboard Charts and Major Labels Ruined Mainstream Hip Hop — But The Underground is Thriving

Spotlight: Hot Boy Turk’s “Joseph” Album of the Year

Why Hot Boy Turk’s Joseph Deserves Album of the Year In a year crowded with big-budget releases and pop-star narratives, Hot Boy Turk’s Joseph stands apart as a raw testament to resilience, redemption, and raw skill. From the Magnolia Projects of New Orleans to surviving the gunfire, breaking free of addiction, and building his own … Continue reading Spotlight: Hot Boy Turk’s “Joseph” Album of the Year

“It Had To Happen” Is DJ Kayotik’s Most Powerful Performance Yet

DJ Kayotik aka Dr. Kareem Thomson has been all across the world as a successful DJ. This is no small feat. Everyday someone picks up their headphones and decide they want to lead the flashy life of an On the Go DJ, always partying and keeping the crowd engaged. However, most of those aspiring souls … Continue reading “It Had To Happen” Is DJ Kayotik’s Most Powerful Performance Yet

Business Spotlight: All Chill Ice Cream

South Central, Los Angeles, CA Hip hop is an ever growing culture and genre of music. The music traditionally has been a soundtrack to the lifestyle. Hip hop, minus the corporate agendas and no holds barred monetization, is a glorious culture filled with amazing people, sayings, principles, cool styles, and even dances and tribalistic chants … Continue reading Business Spotlight: All Chill Ice Cream

With the Pandemic Declared Over, a New Tier of Business Creative has Arrived as Magnate Jesse Is Heavyweight Offers an Art House Visual to his Critically Acclaimed Don’t Drop the Ball Freestyle

Dallas, TX Jesse Is Heavyweight had not released an open air recording since the deadly pandemic of 2020. That's a huge deal for the southern rap maven who made his bones grinding state to state selling his music like weight. With over 30 underground releases, solidifying Jesse as a rap giant, his audience base of largely black … Continue reading With the Pandemic Declared Over, a New Tier of Business Creative has Arrived as Magnate Jesse Is Heavyweight Offers an Art House Visual to his Critically Acclaimed Don’t Drop the Ball Freestyle

Hip Hop Turns 50 Years Old Today

https://youtu.be/Jdb3MTz7xXg Today, 50 years ago Kool Herc and his homies, Coco, Cindy C, Klark K, and Timmy T, threw a party in the rec room at 1520 Sedgwick Ave in the Bronx, New York. An entrepreneurial endeavor, the cover charge was .25 cents for ladies and .50 cents for guys. DJ Kool Herc emceed the … Continue reading Hip Hop Turns 50 Years Old Today

BG | Spotlight

http://youtu.be/LI-WoMNNo8g B.G. which traditionally means Baby Gangsta in black communities is the moniker donned by down south rap vet Christopher Dorsey. B.G. best friends with fallen soldier Soulja Slim and the first artist signed to Cash Money Records at 13 in the 90s made his name writing hood classics for years. B.G. even scored a … Continue reading BG | Spotlight