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Back in January, news broke that an American concert promoter and his son had been kidnapped in Africa, allegedly due to Nas‘ failure to perform at a highly anticipated and heavily promoted New Year’s show. Nas had been tight-lipped about the situation until Wednesday (March 28), when he appeared on MTV’s RapFix Live and discussed [...]

  As part of BBC Three‘s Criminal Britain series, Radio 1 DJ Reggie Yates embarked on a mission to uncover the reasons behind joining a gang in hopes of finding long-term solutions by looking at reform and moving forward instead of concentrating on the problems. He chronicled his mission in a documentary entitled Teen Gangs. [...]

  Though currently in the midst of defending his 2010-2011 Eastern Conference title with the Miami Heat, NBA superstar Dwyane Wade has also been busy completing his first book, “A Father First: How My Life Became Bigger than Basketball.” In the book, the former Finals MVP discusses his rough upbringing in Chicago and how his [...]

  Yesterday we reported on Wu-Tang Clan member GZA‘s recent lecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and now another rapper will be delivering a collegiate lecture of his own. For reasons no one seems able to understand, Lil’ B the Based God has been booked to deliver a lecture next month at New York [...]

Filmmaker Spike Lee is under fire for retweeting what he apparently thought was the address of George Zimmerman, the Florida man who shot and killed unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin last month. Many are accusing Lee of attempting to fan the flames of the already sensitive issue. Complicating the matter even further is the fact that [...]

Following reports that Curren$y was filing a $1.5 million lawsuit against his former BluRoc boss Damon Dash for unlawful distribution of his music, Dash responded to the matter, claiming he had the right to release the albums in question and is surprised by the rapper’s motions. According to the original TMZ report, the dispute emerged [...]

Wu-Tang Clansmen GZA has always been characterized by the intellect he injects into his lyrics, and last week Wednesday he shared some of that intellect with a room full of students (who happen to be pretty bright themselves) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Harvard Crimson reports that the MC participated in a lecture [...]

Monday night, funk legend Chaka Khan visited CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight to speak on the troubling case of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed Florida teen shot to death last month by the Neighborhood Watch captain in the gated community where his father’s girlfriend lives. After sharing her thoughts on the case and the fact that Martin’s [...]

Dennis Morris is revered for his music photography. After working with legends such as The Sex Pistols (becoming the band’s official photographer), Jimmy Cliff, Gregory Isaacs and Bob Marley, the east-ender has etched  out an iconic career spanning the years. [...]

Immortal Technique is a rapper and political activist that doesn’t mess around when it comes to his airing his opinion. Recently giving a very interesting interview with some definite food for thought, the Peruvian lyricist shares his thoughts on a few current and ever-relevant social topics. [...]