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(July 30, 2008- Brooklyn, NY) – eLZhi, esteemed member of Slum Village, will be releasing his solo debut, The Preface, on August 12, 2008 through Fat Beats Records. The 16-track album, produced almost entirely by rising star Black Milk, features guest appearances by a who’s who of the Detroit hip-hop scene. Royce Da 5’9″, T3 [...]

Ludacris, who has made a lot of money trash-talking about women among other things has made a song about Barack Obama that the presidential candidate is not happy about. Listen to it here.

While hip-hoppers argue over tight pants, the relevance of femcees, hip-hop’s lifeforce, regionalism and realness Black Spade is in St.Louis making music he overheard someone call “ghetto clash.”The March release of his debut album To Sir With Love disclosed a style of hip-hop built on a Kurzweil keyboard, shower singing and steady verses at the [...]

“Double 0 of Kidz In The Hall badly assaulted by security after performance; Management issues statement” Double O from the hip hop group Kidz In The Hall was assaulted by several bouncers early Saturday morning, July 26, while inside a nightclub in Tempe, AZ following a Kidz In The Hall performance. Group member and friend [...]

Q: In the original article, some comments from Dilla’s estate’s executors made you take pause. What were they and what sort of problems have you had with the estate? A: I understand the side [estate executor] Arty Erk’s coming from and what he’s trying to do. However, there has been no communication between them and [...]

Danny Glover who is most famous for his role in the Lethal Weapon franchise or most infamous for his portrayal of Mister in The Color Purple is making a film about Haitian revolutionary Toussaint-L’Ouverture that will star Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Mos Def and Wesley Snipes. He tells the French media that no one wanted [...]