Category : Music

Fivio Foreign Thanks Hip Hop Police For Making Him ‘Move Smarter’

Fivio Foreign has revealed the life-changing advice he received from the “Hip Hop Police,” admitting that it changed his outlook. During an appearance on The Breakfast Club that aired on Friday (February 16), the Brooklyn drill MC talked about his ne...

1984: The Year That Hip-Hop Became Big Business

In 1984, three rap albums dropped that forever changed the landscape of the rap industry, and set the template for the modern day rap album. These albums contained no ballads and they were sequenced in a way that told a musical story. Rap music was...

DJ Khaled Promises To ‘Get Back To The Hits’ With Drake’s Help

DJ Khaled has never been sure and confident of himself from the very beginning, so it’s no surprise that he has high hopes for his new album — especially since one of his longtime collaborators will be assisting on it. On Sunday (February 18), the 48...

Lansing Eastern students ‘find common ground through the lens of hip-hop’

Lansing Eastern High School freshman Nautikah Garcia can easily drop the names of dozens of hip-hop and rap artists throughout the past five decades: “Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse, Aaliyah, Big Gee, 50 Cent, Rihanna, Tupac … “They’ve influenced pop culture...

DJ Kool Herc: The founding father of hip-hop

(NewsNation) — In the vibrant streets of 1970s New York City’s Bronx borough, a young Jamaican American disc jockey ignited a musical revolution that would bring people together and pioneer groundbreaking techniques that led him to become the foundi...

Photos: Lansing Eastern students find common ground through hip-hop project

Lansing Eastern sophomore Alana Gabriel explains pieces of hip-hop history with Matinga Ragatz of Lansing, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, as part of the ‘Finding Common Ground: This is Hip-Hop 50th Anniversary” museum. Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing...

DJ Khaled’s Cousin Takes Issue With His Silence On Palestine

DJ Khaled’s cousin, Fadie Musallet, has criticized the iconic producer for failing to speak up on the genocide taking place in their home country. During a recent interview caught by The Neighborhood Talk, Fadie explained a falling out he had with Kh...

What happened to Banksy’s graffiti portrait of the Gray Ghost?

The British street art superstar Banksy paid a secretive visit to New Orleans in 2008, leaving behind 14 paintings on walls around the city from the Lower Ninth Ward to Uptown. Most have been destroyed or removed. One of the few remaining artworks...

McKinley Park News – Doomed Factory Harbors Labryinth of Chicago Street Art

Demolition is imminent for the Continental Can Co. buildings at 3715 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago, which removes not only a piece of the Original East District of the historic Central Manufacturing District, but also many hundreds of works of street art...