I’m in post-production on my short film, They Call Me Dae. Its an edgy urban story about a teen girl who likes to fight. I want to include a female rapper’s song in the film’s music score. Some of my facebook and twitter friends have referred me to a few people and I’m reviewing their [...]

On day two of my Politics of Hip Hop Culture tour I discovered that college women are turned off by the open crotch shots ie (Lil Kim and Nikki Minaj.) When I asked men if they liked the photos, of course they said yeah. But it still wouldn’t make them buy the album. They would [...]

Anyone who rides in the car with me now knows how crazy I get when I here Pretty Girls by Wale. I’ve loved the song since I first heard it. I don’t know if its the infectious hook, or his laid back rhyme style. Whatever the case, here’s the video. So now I get to [...]

Lil Wayne will not start his prison sentence today. According to Rolling Stone magazine, his sentence was delayed for dental surgery. I guess he had to get all of those diamond fronts removed from his mouth cause you can’t hardly go to prison with those things in.

Today I kick off my 2010 Politics of Hip Hop Culture tour. I’ll be speaking about sex, race, capitalism, and the criminal justice system as it relates to hip hop in Newport Richey, FL. When I speak about women, I will speak specifically on Nikki Minaj and how her marketing seems so Lil Kim 3.0. [...]

Lil Wayne gets sentenced today on charges stemming from this incident. The blogosphere has been all the buzz with the going away parties that he’s had over the weekend. Whatever happens he reports to Rikers today. Today I also kick off the first day of my 2010 Politics of Hip Hop Culture tour. And for [...]

You know I like Ron Artest–the controversial, spirited NBA player who is currently reppin’ the Lakers. Well, for you hip hop music lovers you probably remember him spitting on a Neptunes track a few years ago. In his 16 bars, he killed it. Well, Ron hasn’t lost a step. Here he is droppin some knowledge [...]

I like the fact that Trey Songz has been in the music business for a minute and he hasn’t given up. He stays on his grind. I also love the fact that his manager went to Hampton! I also love the fact that Trey is from Virginia. But besides all of that he is also [...]

Drake is all the buzz in 2009 on the hip hop scene. With his singing and rapping ability, he has songs with Lil’ Wayne, Trey Songz, Timberland and a bunch of others. I have his “So Far Gone” set of extended mixes. I love it. But after seeing him on DeGrassi recently my interest was [...]

The always outspoken, 50 Cent, shares some thoughts about the Tiger Woods scandal and street cred. I missed this interview on George Lopez. Big shout out to reader Bro. Akil for sharing this with me.

People across the world have made some profound statements in 2009–everyone from a former first lady to a former hooker. It goes to show that everybody has something profound to say at one time or another. ‘There are kids like Precious everywhere. Each day we walk by them: young boys and girls whose home lives [...]

You’ve probably heard that TI aka Clifford Harris aka T.I.P was released from an Arkansas prison yesterday. He’ll be doing the rest of his sentence in a halfway house in Atlanta where he’ll be able to be closer to his family. I’m glad that his children will be able to see him and I can [...]