Category : Music

Artist of the Issue: Liv Forney

By Kailey Kairo Congratulations to this month’s Artist of the Issue, Liv Forney! Liv is a sophomore double-majoring in business leadership and African American studies. She both dances and choreographs for the University’s Repertory Dance Group (R...

Big Meech Set To Be Released From Prison In 2025

Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory is set to be released from prison. According to The Detroit News, the Black Mafia Family co-founder could be walking free in 2025. The hustler was initially set to serve out a 30-year sentence, which he was handed ba...

Freddie Gibbs Disses DJ Akademiks On ScHoolboy Q’s New Album “Blue Lips”

Fans are loving ScHoolboy Q‘s new album Blue Lips, which has plenty of reasons for garnering this praise. Creative production, a versatile tracklist, balanced topical matter and deliveries… plus a whole lot of great or notable bars. Fredd...

Zeta Charter School showcase celebrates 50th anniversary of hip-hop

Mar 01, 2024, 5:55pmUpdated 1h ago By: News 12 Staff The Zeta Charter School on Westchester Avenue hosted a hip-hop showcase Thursday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the genre. Over 100 students participated in the event celebrating the...

BMF Co-Founder Big Meech Set To Be Released From Prison In 2025

The Detroit News has confirmed that Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory will be released from federal custody in 2025 after a federa ljudge reduced his sentence by almost three years. His scheduled release was for May 2028, however, the judge approved Me...

Homage Awards Gala Celebrates 40+ Years Of Hip Hop Honoring “Uncle Ralph” McDaniels

The cultural epicenter of Soho, NY, was ablaze with energy this past weekend, as the sixth edition of the Homage Awards unfolded, marking the commencement of Black History Month with a star-studded tribute to the incomparable Ralph McDaniels, affect...

50 Cent Celebrates ‘BMF’ Renewal After Big Meech’s Legal Victory

50 Cent has celebrated BMF getting renewed for a fourth season by STARZ just days after Big Meech saw his prison sentence reduced. As reported earlier this week, the Black Mafia Family co-founder is now set to be freed by 2025 after initially being h...

DJ Akademiks Claims Meek Mill Sent Police To His House, Wants To Box Him

The social media feud between DJ Akademiks and Meek Mill continues, and it allegedly went beyond that online space. Moreover, the media personality recently claimed while on livestream that the Philly MC sent police to his house as a result of their...

Rising Entertainment: Tripp and B

Support the Memphis Flyer The Memphis Flyer is Memphis’ alternative newsweekly, serving the metro Memphis area of nearly a million residents. The Flyer was started in 1989 by Contemporary Media, Inc., the locally...

DDT: Infusing Hip-Hop Dance With Fierceness, Passion

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Graffiti Artist ‘DrAutoArt’ Takes NASCAR World by Storm

By Seth Eggert, Associate Editor From Sam Bass and Garry Hill to Harris Lue and Noah ‘Lefty’ Sweet, the art of motorsports has been depicted on canvas, online, and on shirts since auto racing began. One motorsports artist, Chris Pullan, who paints an...

Milwaukee hip hop legends give back to struggling youth

MILWAUKEE — Steven Love lived on 19th and Locust in Milwaukee until he was 12. Then he and his family moved to 47th and Garfield. “I was doing petty crimes, stealing aluminum out of people’s yards and stuff,” said Love. “Once I started heading across...