With 2012 upon us, we wanna encourage folks to seriously take some time to invest and make room in the cypher and at the proverbial Hip Hop roundtable table for our sistas who hold it down on the mic. There have been far too many discussions about where are the female emcees and why don’t [...]

2011 proved to be a year with some dubious, sometimes humourous, shocking and outlandish moments. For example we had an outrageous moment when Barack Obama wound up showing his birth certificate the world to prove his American Citizenship. Thanks to constant public doubting by people dubbed birthers and led by then potential presidential hopeful and [...]

The situation that took place the other night at Tammany Hall in Lower Manhattan where NYPD went wylding on innocent concert goers resulting in the arrest and brutal beating of 5 people, including the daughter of the co-headliner  Pete Rock should serve as a stark reminder just how such incidents are  all too common. Those who [...]

So much has been going on over the past few days that I never got a chance and properly reflect on the untimely passing of Nate Dogg.. Gone is a cat who was the cornerstone of an era..He was the soul of West coast Hip Hop. Nate was the ace in the hole, the clean [...]

In celebration of International Women’s History Month we decided to highlight the voice of many who are often overlooked, taken for granted or forgotten about. Those are our sisters in Hip Hop. Women have always been on point from day one when it comes to architecting this culture called Hip Hop. We can start with Cindy Campbell-the [...]

Detroit: One of the more telling aspects that stood out during last week’s Allied Media Conference held in Detroit, is the importance of artists forming collectives as a way to deal with the increasing impenetrable walls preventing access to corporate media outlets. In a world where media consolidation is the order of the day and money [...]

As stated earlier, many are starting to suspect that there are deeper implications to the RIAA Raid. DJ Drama’s sister Aishah Shahidah Simmons who did the incredible documentary ‘NO’ lays out some compelling thoughts in the essay ‘Thirty Strong And A Gun To His Head…Pay Attention?‘ following my remarks that all of us need to think about. [...]

Editors note: In reading this column please keep in mind, this is written with a humorous tone. Sometimes when we send off emails the subtlties and nuances of conversation are lost.. The folks I refer to our friends of mine who I respect, but as in any good sport or in this case debate.. I [...]