Eight Mile Road

Fresh Politics: Demystifying the Hip Hop CultureStevens Institute of Technology The Stute, NJ - 3 hours agoWhen I was a child, I used to think that hip-hop artists were the coolest role models. My list of rappers I admired included the Notorious BIG and Tupac …

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R&B singer Scandrick sets out to "Fly" soloReuters - 6 hours ago10 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart this week. The midtempo, feel-good song is the lead single from Slim's album, "Love's Crazy. …

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Gyant Chat's It Up With Hip-Hop Stylist, Born!SOHH, Jersey City - 44 minutes agoBorn is a hip-hop branding/styling consultant who I had the pleasure of meeting at this years BET Style Suite. Born is on a fast track course to carve a …

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A three year jail sentence has not slowed down the musical pursuits of Mobb Deep’s Prodigy, who next week will re-release an updated version of his third solo album, H.N.I.C. Pt.2.
 
Rechristened as H.N.I.C. Pt.2: The Ultimate Collectors Edition, the three disc album boasts eight new bonus songs featuring Havoc (“Dirty New Yorker”), Big Noyd (“It’s [...]

Hip-Hop at the PubThe UCSD Guardian Online, CA - 13 minutes agoBut it’s hard to feel like part of any scene when it’s not a little lived-in (cough cough, Loft) — the Pub has a rich history of hip-hop shows that squeeze …

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Pigeon John breaks the rules of hip-hop and winsIsthmus, WI - 44 minutes agoSo did brainy, socially conscious hip-hop artists such as KRS-One, A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul. Then, in the early '90s, his interest in freestyle …

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Jay-Z’s controversial headlining performance at last summer’s Glastonbury Festival in England has landed the multi-platinum rapper and entrepreneur yet another award.
 
The Festival had come under fire for the decision to make a Hip-Hop act the event’s main attraction, with one of the most vocal detractors being Oasis front man Noel Gallagher.
 
Jay-Z responded by opening his [...]