View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cece Peniston (@cecepeniston) Did Lizzo plagiarize Cece Peniston’s “Finally” for her hit song “Juice?” Was Frank Ocean’s concept of reimagining a club night in the ’80s with the fairly new HIV-prevention drug PrEP a disservice to people who lived withContinue Reading
[youtube id=”httV17tXBePgfo”] The Roots On The Tonight Show The Roots showed everyone again why they are the hardest working hip-hop band with their consistent sweat as Jimmy Fallon’s house band. Whether it was Black Thought improving a rap about the Games Of Thrones or their recent appearance with Shigeru Miyamoto toContinue Reading
[youtube id=”_rJe2tOS90E”] YoYo’s Make Way For The Motherlode introduced her as the leading woman rapper on the West Coast in the 90’s. Her emergence as Ice Cube’s outspoken protege was the perfect counterbalance to the misogyny of N.W.A. and rap music in general. YoYo’s first collaboration with Ice Cube wasContinue Reading
Missy, Lil Kim, Da Brat, Yo-Yo, Lady of Rage, MC Lyte and Total took to the stage to pay tribute to Kool and The Gang with a performance of “Ladies Night” at the Soul Train Awards. Eric Benet sang the lead to the original song and Lisa “Left Eye” LopesContinue Reading