The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced their 2016 class and N.W.A. will be inducted at the ceremony April 8th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Tickets for the ceremony will go on sale in February and HBO will broadcast the show. News of theContinue Reading
For a lot of people, the name Compton evokes the classic image of an ’80s or ’90s city slum. Indeed, this is the image that defined the LA suburb for a generation and was immortalized by some of the earliest artists to define the rap genre. And with this summer’sContinue Reading
Would Straight Outta Compton have been a better movie if the violent incidents involving Tairrie B, Michel’le or Dee Barnes had been included? Why didn’t Beyonce do an interview for Vogue magazine’s Spetember 2015 issue even though she’s on the cover? Is Will Smith’s reboot of the Fresh Prince OfContinue Reading
Do movie theaters really need to hire extra security for the showing of Straight Outta Compton? [youtube id=”yJl2IwzeaT0″] Why was Janelle Monae’s statement about the Black Lives Matter movement stopped at the 14:45 mark at the end of her performance on The Today Show? Will Jay Leno’s public disappointment withContinue Reading