At the 2016 Grammy Awards Kendrick Lamar walked away empty handed, losing in the Album of the Year category to Taylor Swift’s 1989. Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly has since become a…
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Thank you MOM for showing us love for teaching us love for being our first love through the disappointments through the heart aches …
Imagine snagging a ticket to LA’s famous Staples Center for one of the most anticipated entertainment events of the year. Traffic is nauseating, security is tight, paparazzi and news media all around.…
[minnosh_ext_dropcap font-size=”75″ font-weight=”700″]S[/minnosh_ext_dropcap]ometimes it takes more than a new hairdo and a stylist to reinvent yourself in preparation for a new album. For recording artist and go-to “hook girl” for some of…
This post could have also been titled ‘Kumbyah my blog… Kumbyah’… lets examine what blogging in a collective has taught me shall we? So it’s obvious that the blog game (not…
Faceless are the fathers who raise the sons of tomorrow. I can’t sleep. Maybe I’m over anxious, maybe I’ll still amped up from one of the longest days I ever had. Either…
Overrated or Understated? Before I go in on this topic… let me state for the record I do not listen to Lil Wayne‘s music, I didn’t look for The Carter III leak…
Why are all the Angels white? Yea I’m back in this bitch heralded by the beating of a thousand wings and trumpets. It’s currently 5:35am and before knocking out I wanted to…
[youtube YJnaxsLBl94] "Many a truth are said in jest" - Dead Wordsmith In this era of rapid consumption news stories where the truth seems to have been eviscerated from the body of…
vs The Urban Dictionary defines Swagger Jacker as “A person who steals the flow, ideas, swagger or style of someone else” While I understand Hip Hop is about emulation and innovation of…
I remember when I picked up the news paper and read the cover story. “Rapper Big Pun Dead” I was shocked. When I went on to read the cause of death I…
Two days ago the New York Giants looked the “Team of Destiny” in the eye and didn’t blink. With Super Bowl XLII being the most anticipated Super Bowl in NFL history and…
It’s good to take a lil reprieve from the net, unplug and not pay attention to ya Gmail, Aim, RSS feed and what not for 24 hours. It recharges you and I…
Ahh.. you know there are few feelings that are nicer than putting on a crisp tee, shorts and a fresh pair of white on white uptowns.. going outside and enjoying 70 degree…
What can toy say when parody surpasses what can be genuinely considered the state of the art. [minnosh_ext_youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PsnxDQvQpw” width=”558″ height=”312″ autoplay=”0″][/minnosh_ext_youtube] Hip Hop used to represent a realistic view of the…