Eight Mile Road

Examiner.com

De La Soul makes an exercise albumExaminer.comOn April 28, 2009 Hip Hop legends De La Soul, in collaboration with Nike, released Are You In? : Nike + Original Run. The concept of the series is ingenious and helpful for those of us that spend time in gyms and/or running. Artists that you know and [...]

Hip-Hop fashion mogul Kimora Lee Simmons is a new mother, after giving birth to a boy on Saturday morning (May 30).
 
Kimora Lee and partner Djimon Hounsou announced the birth of the on Simmons’ Twitter page. “It’s a boy,” Simmons exclaimed. “Thanks to everyone out there for all your well wishes! More to come. Thank God. [...]

PerezHilton.com

KANYE WEST – WEST USES HIP-HOP TO KEEP KIDS IN SCHOOLContactmusic.com, UKKANYE WEST has launched a scheme to teach youngsters about hip-hop and music production in honour of his late mother. Loop Dreams is a branch of the Kayne West Foundation – renamed the Dr. Donda West Foundation by the rap superstar when his mother …Kanye [...]

Altsounds.com

NORWAY'S HOVE FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES HIP HOP LINEUPAltsounds.com, UKNorway's freshest summer festival, Hove, is heating up its Hip-Hop line-up with some of the hottest names around today. Since introducing the legendary Jay-Z to the festival scene in 2008, Hove has positioned itself as one of the most attractive …

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SOHH

Eminem Crowned "Artist Of The Decade," Total Albums Outsell Jay-Z …SOHH, Jersey CityBy eyehustleharder on May 31, 2009 1:17 PM naw son hip hop made all those other endeavors by jay-z possible because he had a true fan base which will purchase anything he stamps his name on em has a ficky pop fan base which [...]

Hip-hop birthplace gets a breakFox 13 Now – Salt Lake City, UtahBy Matthew Sweeney Special to amNewYork There was new hope for the tenants of 1520 Sedgwick Ave. in the Bronx Monday when the city nixed a deal to sell the building – the birthplace of hip-hop — to a real estate developer. Residents of the [...]

Brooklyn Vegan

SOHH Experiences Black Star Power In The Big AppleSOHH, Jersey CityI can't even begin to scrap up my thoughts and detail every last aspect of a night filled with hip-hop essence and raw rhymes all capped into one room. From the waiting in line (which media, at times, must do) to hitting the open [...]