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Showing posts with label Hip Hop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hip Hop. Show all posts
Sunday, December 11, 2022

Missy Elliott offers encouragement and advice at Norfolk State University graduation

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Missy Elliot gave the keynote speech at Norfolk State University's graduation ceremony Saturday. Elliot also offered offers encourage...
Thursday, September 29, 2022

Coolio best known for '90s hit 'Gangsta's Paradise,' dies at 59

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Los Angeles rapper Coolio, who rose to the national spotlight in the 1990s with his Grammy-winning hit "Gangsta's Paradise,"...
Friday, July 15, 2022

National Museum of African American History and Culture Hosting Hip-Hop Block Party

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To celebrate the first anniversary of the Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap, our museum is hosting a block party on August 13. The ...
Sunday, April 17, 2022

Wu-Tang Clan album 'Enter the Wu-Tang' (36 Chambers) now archived in U.S. Library of Congress

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Librarian of Congress spokesperson, Carla Hayden named 25 recordings as audio treasures worthy of preservation for all time based on thei...
Thursday, May 06, 2021

TV One Slated To Air The Final Interview With The Late Rapper DMX On Sunday, May 16

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Urban One Founder and Chairwoman Cathy Hughes announced TV One will air a special episode of its hit autobiographical series UNCENSORED fe...
Friday, April 12, 2019

Barack Obama pays tribute to Nipsey Hussle

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Former President Barack Obama  paid tribute to rapper and community activist   Nipsey Hussle  in a letter that was read at a Hussl...
Saturday, February 23, 2019

Queen Latifah building $14M worth of new housing in Newark NJ

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Hip-hop icon Queen Latifah (Dana Owens) is returning to her hometown of Newark to invest in a cluster of multi-family town homes along S...
Thursday, May 03, 2018

Auntie Maxine on Kanye: 'Perhaps sometimes he needs some assistance'

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Outspoken Trump critic Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles) weighed in on Kanye West's latest string of hot takes this week at a meeti...
Monday, April 16, 2018

Kendrick Lamar becomes 1st rapper to win Pulitzer Prize for music

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Kendrick Lamar has become the first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize. Kendrick Lamar has won the Pulitzer Prize for music, making histor...
Monday, October 24, 2016

Jay Z to Stage Hillary Clinton Concert in Swing State Ohio

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Jay Z will stage a concert in support of Hillary Clinton in the swing state of Ohio before Election Day, according to Buzzfeed. Details ...
Thursday, June 02, 2016

Leave Snoop Dogg alone!

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By George L. Cook III EMAIL By now I'm sure you have heard or heard about Snoop Dogg's (AKA Calvin Broadus) infamous video ran...
Monday, March 28, 2016

Sean Combs launches Charter School In Harlem

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Combs announced Monday that the Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School will open in the fall. Watch the story below.
Sunday, February 21, 2016

Why this Hillary Clinton supporter has much love for Killer Mike

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Rapper Killer Mike (His Momma named him Micheal Render) has been a very vocal and active supporter of Bernie Sanders. As a guy who gre...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Morning Joe Blames Racist SAE Video on Rap Music

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Here's one from the that didn't take long, but not as soon as we expected file. On MSNBC's (yes, that channel still exis...
Saturday, August 30, 2014

Hip Hop responds to Michael Brown shooting.

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Some have falsely accused Hip Hop of sitting out of the Michael Brown shooting tragedy. That is not true. Some have made statements wh...
Monday, April 21, 2014

Nas Teams Up with Google and Microsoft for Tech-Based Scholarships

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These are the stories we don't hear enough about. Many Hip Hop stars give back but for some reason it has to be a secret. Of cou...
Thursday, April 17, 2014

Should Sean Combs, ( not Diddy ) give commencement speech at Howard?

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Media mogul and businessman Sean Combs will give the commencement speech at Howard University this year. It should be noted that altho...
Friday, March 14, 2014

Hip-Hop Pioneers Plan a Museum for the Bronx

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Before hip-hop became a musical genre, it was a form of expression — and an escape — for its early creators in the Bronx. Now some...
Thursday, February 13, 2014

Is Nicki Minaj's Malcom X cover disrespectful?

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It seems like Nicki Minaj has decided to take the ignorance displayed expressed last year by her fellow Young Money rapper Lil Wayne t...
Friday, January 10, 2014

Blue Ivy's hair is an issue? Really?

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I must have been under a rock for a few days. Today when coming online to sites like Facebook and Twitter I have just learned that ...