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Digital Underground Frontman, Shock G, Dead at 57.
Gregory Jacobs, known as Digital Underground rapper, Shock G died yesterday in a Tampa Hotel Room. He was 57. According to the Sheriff’s report, Shock G was found dead at the Vista Inn & Suites...
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Dave Chappelle, Barack Obama Induct Jay-Z Into Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
Photo: Getty Images Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter doesn’t do anything unless he can do it to the fullest and his Rock & Hall of Fame induction ceremony was no different. In front of a packed house in...
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Ice Cube Brings BIG3 Championship, All-Star Weekend To Atlanta
Ice Cube has conquered hip-hop, movies, and now sports. The legendary entertainer and businessman recently brought the BIG3 Championship and All-Star weekend to Atlanta. Held at the State Farm Arena on...
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The Ye Dilemma is a We Dilemma!
At first glance, I thought I’d at least be entertained after watching Ye (Formally known as Kanye West) interview on the popular podcast Drink Champs hosted by NORE and DJ EFN. However, within the...
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G Herbo Partners With Dion’s Chicago Dream To Address Food Insecurity
The Partnership is a Reflection of G Herbo’s ‘Swervin’ Through Stress’ Initiative. As the holiday season approaches, rapper G Herbo announced via Instagram that his initiative ‘Swervin’ Through Stress’...
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Rappers are victims of an epidemic of gun violence – just like all of America
Takeoff performs onstage in Atlanta on Oct. 8, 2022. He was killed less than a month later. Paras Griffin/Getty Images by A.D. Carson, University of Virginia Add the name of Takeoff, a member of the...
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How Jazz Great Ahmad Jamal Changed Music And Inspired A Hip-Hop Generation
Ahmad Jamal passed at his home in Ashley Falls, MA at the age of 92. Born Fredrick Jones in Pittsburgh in 1930, Jamal began playing piano as a teenager and moved to Chicago following high school. He...
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Debra Lee Reveals How BET Advanced Black Programming During Her Tenure As CEO
Debra Lee served as CEO of Black Entertainment Television in an era when the cable station found ways to be innovative and entertaining. Signature programs such as “106 & Park,” “Rap City,” “BET...
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Hip-hop and health – why so many rap artists die young
Hip hop artists, from top left, clockwise, DMX, Lexii Alijai, Prince Markie Dee and Trugoy the Dove have all passed away within the past decade. Getty Images by A.D. Carson, University of Virginia The...
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Through space and rhyme: How hip-hop uses Afrofuturism to take listeners on...
The exhibit “Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures” at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., on May 4, 2023. Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty...
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