Here’s a cool interview with Scorpio aka Mr Ness and Mele-Mel focusing on the life and times of the Furious 5 who were the first superstar emcees within Hip Hop. They were the voices for deejay Grandmaster Flash. It’s always good to hear from them as they are often overlooked and forgotten. Let’s take a [...]

Patiently waiting for luggage in baggage claim at San Francisco International Airport recently, I had a chance encounter with Major Garrett, formerly of Fox News, now back to print at the National Journal. In a brief — yet engaging and civil conversation — Major Garrett and I discussed the tumultuous business of journalism, our respective work [...]

Watching these videos of emcees battling where the racial daggers come out..In this first vid we see the white rapper (Casper) call a Black kid (actually mixed) a ‘nigger’.. Later he talks about lynching him.. Is that taking it too far or is that fair game in a battle.. In the second video we see [...]

We wanted to dedicate this track to all those fighting for justice and equality. With each passing day corporations are imposing their agenda on working class and poor people and pushing folks to poverty. The situation in Madison, Wisconsin where billionaire bankers the Koch Brothers have funded Governor Scott Walker and have pushed him to [...]

This is a dope article  written by Hip Hop pioneer Jorge “Popmaster Fabel” Pabon of the Rocksteady Crew/ Universal Zulu Nation that gives us a brief outline on the history of Hip Hop dance. It was written in 1999 for the Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame.. Preface: As we complete the third decade of what has been [...]

This story about the army using mind control techniques on unsuspecting lawmakers including Senators Al Franken and John McCain is serious and should not be swept under the rug. Many of us have no idea how advanced such techniques are and how often and pervasive the practice is within the general population. Sure we know [...]

My man the Urban Nomad hit me up with this interview he did with Big Boi of Outkast who speaks on what’s going on Egypt and the darker forces at work in the industry that keep positive Hip Hop from the seeing the light of day.  check out more vids at http://iambrandx.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-urban-nomad-eats-big-boi-1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLz9OSm9Qgo&feature=player_embedded Tweet

Not sure if people heard this tape of union busting Governor Scott walker talking to a prank caller who he thought was billionaire backer David Koch… We learned a lot from Gov Walker in this exchange including how he actually though of planting troublemakers in the crowd of protesters but thought it wasn’t politically expedient. [...]