The word is out and reportedly its official!!  Eric B and Rakim are reuniting for another album.  Apparently, they worked out their differences and they announced it on twitter.  According to Rolling Stone Magazine, they will also reissue some of their old albums.  I can wait to hear their new music!

Toya Wright dishes to Gary With Da Tea about her new book “In My Own Words: My Real Reality.” She says that as a reality TV personality, people tend to think they really know who she is, when in reality what viewers see on TV is only a fraction of who she is in her […]

On Thursday, local dance group gathered at the EpiCentre for a preview party to launch this year’s Breakin’ Convention. The celebration of hip-hop culture returns to Charlotte exclusively this year. It’s tonight and Saturday. The convention features performances from dance companies for the UK, South Africa and Canada. There will also be performances by local […]

Headkrack has been saying for ages that Drake is “the panda,” because pandas look cute and harmless but are still bears, and bears can be vicious. Case in point: when Lil Wayne was in prison in 2011, his girlfriend, Tammy Torres cheated on him- with Drake. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Despite this awkward betrayal, […]

Tory Lanez, chats with the morning show cast about his love for Tim Horton’s, and what makes it so special compared to American breakfast spots. As the son of a missionary preacher, he talks about why going into rap as a profession (as opposed to gospel) wasn’t an issue. And he reveals his goals in […]

For a rapper, Ty Dolla $ign keeps a pretty low profile, and while his most well-known song might be “Paranoid,” which features B.O.B., Ty is out here making much bigger moves than that. He dropped a brand new project called, “Campaign.”  And if you didn’t notice because he’s just not quite on your radar, you […]

Radio One

Angela Rye shared why Black America should focus on our "what's now" problem manifested in GOP presidential nominee, Donald Trump.

De La Soul‘s new album “And The Anonymous Nobody” is out and has been getting rave reviews from listeners. Headkrack enjoyed it too, calling it “grown rap” for people who are “seasoned.” He remarks at their ability to allow their music to grow up, which is unusual for hip-hop listeners. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! […]

This past weekend, a lot of violence, especially gun violence, plagued the streets nationwide. Most notably, Toya Wright lost two brothers to random bullets in New Orleans, a rapper by the name of Killa J was shot during an attempt to rob Soulja Boy, and all of this occurs during a time when more and more police […]

Keith Sweat came through to the Rickey Smiley Morning Show in celebration of his 12th studio album, “Dress To Impress.” He talked about going back to some of the R&B veterans to collaborate for this album, and why he doesn’t worry about finding newer artists to collaborate with. He also revealed that he even has […]

National

But this RNC feels different. Dangerous. And that concern is not stemming from the militarized police forces surrounding the convention center, no matter how unsettling.