FORMER DRUG KINGPIN ‘FREEWAY’ RICKY ROSS TO BE RELEASED FROM PRISON

Texarkana, TX…On Monday, May 4th, Freeway Ricky Ross will finally be released from prison after serving 20 years for being a “drug kingpin.” The real Ricky Ross oversaw a Los Angeles based multi-state drug operation in the early 1980′s, which earned upwards of $2 million dollars per day at its height.

RAPPER ASHER ROTH SAYS BLACK RAPPERS TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT MONEY

Rapper Asher Roth has  gotten himself in a LOT OF  controversy over comments posted on his Twitter blog. The white rapper supposedly, attempting to make a joke,  wrote “Been a day of rest and relaxation, sorry twitter – hanging out with nappy headed hoes.” Who the heck is ASHER ROTH? courtsey of playahata.com  Rapper Asher [...]

FABOLOUS LEAVES HARVARD FANS HANGING:

Thousands attending fundraiser told to go home; rapper finally shows up over 2 hours later. Harvard University had to cancel a concert by Fabolous after he arrived 2 1/2 hours late, causing disappointment to waiting fans and an agreement by the rapper to return the school’s deposit.        The rapper’s call time was 9 p.m. for [...]

TIME FOR QUESTLOVE TO TAKE OVER THE JIMMY FALLON SHOW

 Time for Questlove to take Over Jimmy Fallon Show Maybe its me but it seems like the new crop of late night Talk show host are seriously wack. it’s high time for us to bring back Arsenio or have someone like Questlove take over….

US & EUROPEAN (WHITE) NATIONS BOYCOTT UN RACISM CONFERENCE

What credibility is there in Geneva’s all-white boycott? What do the US, Canada, ­Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Italy and Israel have in common? They are all either European or European-settler states. And they all decided to boycott this week’s UN ­conference against racism in Geneva by Seumas Milne The Guardian, Thursday 23 [...]

REBEL DIAZ TAKE A SERIOUS STAND AGAINST CORRUPT POWER

  The members of The Rebel Diaz Arts Collective put together a video that was inspired by the actions of the folks of the Right to the City Coalition, by Picture the Homeless, by the NYU and New School takeovers….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ0P0uQRpxc Heres the link to new video by the members of The Rebel Diaz Arts [...]

JOYNER, HARVEY & TAVIS-THE CURRENT STATE OF BLACK MEDIA

When the Tom Joyner Morning Show was pulled first from Chicago, and then from other markets early this month, Joyner counseled listeners that “…black radio will never be what it once was, and there is absolutely nothing we can do about it.”  Tom Joyner, Steve Harvey, Tavis Smiley, and the Impoverishment of Black Media Submitted [...]

Straight Outta Utah: The Origins & Evolution of the Hip Hop Police

Many have been led to believe that the survelience of rap artists by police started in New York the birthplace of Hip Hop. Ground zero is actually in Utah with a black officer who once infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan. This is an incredible story that will blow you away… The Hip Hop Police-pt1 (Orgins [...]

Funkmaster Flex Threatens To Ban All Interscope Artists

Imagine-Just imagine if Funkmaster Flex used his considerable influence to play any number of socially conscious artists who have something meaningful to say? Imagine if he got on the air and threatned not to play any artist who wasn’t talking about the War in iraq or police brutality? Imagine if Flex threatened not to play [...]

One Night in Frisco-DJ Rhettmatic vs Eric Bobo of Cypress Hill

One Night in Frisco pt1-Meeting of the Minds Last night (April 20th) in San Francisco two legends squared off -DJ Rhettmatic of the Beat Junkies and drummer Eric Bobo of Cypress Hill.. The pair traded percussion blows to an amazed and excited crowd who described the encounter as Hip Hop reborn..The energy was off the [...]

The Creativity Stimulus

  THE CREATIVITY STIMULUS By Jeff Chang On inauguration day, Tom Brokaw was moved to compare Barack Obama‘s election to Czechoslovakia’s 1989 Velvet Revolution. At the eye of each storm, of course, was an icon who merged the political and the aesthetic–Václav Havel, the rock-star poet and prophet, and Barack Obama, the post-soul master of [...]

Fox News’ Unhinged, Irrational Obama Attacks Stir up Violent Right-Wing Militants

  As you read this article, keep a couple of things in mind. First before many of the genocides and coups that have taken place around the world, the vehicle used to whip people up into a frenzy had been mass media. It happened in Nazi Germany. It happened in Rowanda. Fox News is the [...]