Eight Mile Road

The Plain Dealer – cleveland.com Eminem to induct Run-DMC at Rock Hall. Who's next?Los Angeles Times, CAEminem gets the honor of inducting the tougher-than-leather trio during the ceremony, which is slated to air live on Fuse TV on Saturday at 9 pm With the Hall finally recognizing hip-hop’s contributions to the world, Pop and Hiss takes [...]

Rocky Mount Telegram Radio host honored with Women of Hip-Hop awardRocky Mount Telegram, NCSelena Crudup, left, was honored recently during the Women of Hip Hop Honors and Concert in Raleigh, organized by Chapel Hill radio host Nanci O, right. A popular radio personality in the Rocky Mount area was nationally recognized earlier this month. … Original [...]

Keyshia Cole’s mother is still alive, despite the negative assertions of internet rumors that have reported her sudden demise. The gossip of mother Frankie Lons’ death has prompted a statement from Cole’s management company, Imani Entertainment. “Imani Entertainment has received a huge amount of inquiries in regard to the rumor about Keyshia Cole’s biological mom, [...]

Program focuses on African American music, history from a hip-hop …Minnesota Spokesman Recorder, MNStarting in the fall of 2009, McNally Smith College of Music will be offering a hip hop diploma program — the first nationally accredited, one-year diploma program of its kind. Given the impact that hip-hop culture has (and continues to have) had …Kurt [...]

Folsom Telegraph Hip-hop? No, but teens tune in to symphonyFolsom Telegraph, CABy Bridget Jones, Special to the Telegraph The Folsom Lake Symphony is once again gearing up to wow an audience and not all of those on stage are of the over-50 crowd. The orchestra will perform its April concert, “The Grand Tour” on Saturday April [...]

Rapper Bow Wow will help kick off the NCAA’s Final Four weekend as part of the NCAA’s community driving Hoop City program.   Bow Wow will perform at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan on Saturday (April 4), as part of the schedule of events for Hoop City, which allows fans to participate in basketball [...]

Hartford Advocate Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival: April 'Show and Prove' SemifinalistsHip Hop Press (press release), NCBrooklyn Bodega announced today the three semifinalists for the April 16th edition of their 'Shown and Prove' competition to find the opening act for the 5th Annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival. They are Mr. Beatz, The Brown Bag All Stars and Cymarshall …Going [...]

Speak Your Mind: Hip-hop festival gives Reno positive rap repUNR The Nevada Sagebrush (registration), NVKnown as home to gamblers, cowboys and miners, Reno has always been a bit more country than hip-hop. So for Reno to be hosting Nevada’s biggest hip-hop festival this Saturday is, to quote Dead Prez, “bigger than hip-hop.” Speak Your Mind is [...]

Asher Roth's Asleep In The Bread Aisle, Track By TrackMTV.comNot only has Roth been pegged as one of the next generation of great MCs, but some have placed the future of hip-hop in his hands. MTV News sat down recently with Roth at his old college of West Chester University, where he previewed eight of [...]