Origins of Hip-Hop, Doo Wop & Be-Bop
By By C Beerlahairoi Myers There's a reason why Hip-Hop, Be Bop, and Doo-Wop all rhyme: These were grassroots pushback...
Hip Hop/Rap
Music Evolution – Buckshot LeFonque (1997 FUNK Album Of the Year)
Music Evolution Overview A history lesson for both younger and older music fans. In reality the title says it all...
Biggie Smalls/Notorious B.I.G
BIG POPPA! I KNOW YOU GOT DA HEAVENS ON SPIN! BIRTHDAY BLESSINGS KING. ✨On this date, we mark the birth...
Concert Review – MeShell Ndegeocello + Black Buttafly – Ardmore Music Hall (6/21)
Things are changing. It's been a while since my wife, and I saw MeShell Ndegeocello. . . Round late 90s—early...
Hustlers Convention
Ahhhhhh I'll never forget the day I brought this album. It was in 1974. I had just gotten my first...
Nas
On this date in 1973, Nas was born. He is a Black is a Black rapper, songwriter, entrepreneur, and investor....
Remembering Biz Markie (Darrell McNeil)
King Biz Markie…Nobody beat The Biz… Because nobody hated The Biz… It’s just that simple. That’s LITERALLY the greatest achievement...
RIP Shock G
I was saddened earlier today when I learned of the passing of Shock G. Although I knew of him from...
Jeff Bradshaw – Interview w/Bob Davis
Jeff Bradshaw is known as a soul-jazz and hip-hop/funk innovator, Jeff Bradshaw has his second NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINATION FOR...
Simplistic Genius: John Ecstacy” Fletcher (1964-2020)
As 2020 fades into the abyss, it refuses to go peacefully. Intent on snatching as many souls as possible, this year's...
