Forest Whitaker has been tapped to tell the story of female, hip-hop emcee Roxanne Shante in the upcoming biopic, Roxanne Roxanne. While the details are still being kept at a minimum, we do know that Nia Long will play the hip hop legend’s mother, Peggy. Check out a few photos from the set.   Will you […]

Forest Whitaker will co-produce Roxanne Roxanne, a feature about the 1980s Roxanne hip-hop wars in New York.

I remember the first time I heard Nas’ classic debut “Illmatic” like it happened three seconds ago. In April of 1994, I was an annoying…

Roxanne Shante is one hot Grandma. During a taping of TV One’s “Unsung” episode for Big Daddy Kane, TheUrbanDaily.com got a few minutes with the legendary Juice Crew All-Star to address a few questions. We asked her what it was like being a teenage mother touring as a rapper, if she and KRS-One ever squashed […]

Most hip-hop fans know Tyrone “Fly Ty” Williams as co-producer of Mr. Magic’s “Rap Attack” radio show and manager of the Juice Crew. But there are some things you probably don’t know. The former roommate of Russell Simmons and godchild of Sugar Hill Records’ founders Joe and Sylvia Robinson now runs a program for kids […]