Society

Lupe Fiasco furthered his entrepreneurial efforts at this year’s SXSW by unveiling a new social media analytics app inspired by health and wellness, called Higi, in a partnership with Wrapports chairman Michael Ferro. [...]

North Carolina emcee J. Cole takes a break from the promotion of eagerly awaited Born Sinners album to drop a few jewels on the students at Harvard in a special discourse entitled “The Next Move: A Conversation with J. Cole.” [...]

Looking to book your next trip overseas? Well Pitchfork offers a video brochure unlike any you’ve ever seen in Hood Life: A Hip-Hop Guided Tour Of Compton, California. The documentary is 24 minutes in length and features Hodari Sababu (the Game‘s stepfather) taxiing people through the streets of LA made internationally famous by many West [...]

Lupe Fiasco sits down with renowned author and journalist Peter Bailey to discuss the business of hip hop for NBC Nitecap, and to talk about how its gradual commercialisation has affected its ability to provide social commentary. [...]

Whilst a number of leading artists from Rihanna to Redman have sent out musical messages of support to those affected by Hurricane Sandy, we finally have some news about a collective response from the musical community. [...]

Haitian Fresh, who recently signed with Waka Flocka’s Brick Squad Monopoly, has just dropped an emotional, albeit uplifting, track entitled “Watch You Shine,” dedicated to all those whose lives have been ruined by Hurricane Sandy (including those in the Caribbean) and the ongoing violence in Chicago. [...]

With the Hurricane Sandy clean-up under way, and millions of people in the U.S. and the Caribbean trying to recover from its devastating impact, KRS-One has teamed up with legendary hip hop/reggae producer Mad Lion for “Disaster Kit,” a track which he hopes will help prepare communities for growing environmental instability. [...]

A Florida appeals court has ordered the judge in the Trayvon Martin murder case to step down, ruling Wednesday that language he used in a bond order created reasonable concern over whether George Zimmerman could receive a fair trial. [...]

Kem Owens‘ road to R&B stardom was a rocky one. The Nashville-born, Detroit-raised crooner battled addiction and homelessness for years before making it big, and he has never forgotten that dark place from which he came. To prove this point, the two-time Grammy nominee held a concert in Detroit Sunday afternoon to benefit the city’s [...]

With the United Nations’ World Humanitarian Day rapidly approaching, global superstar Beyoncé and UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos paid a visit to CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 to discuss the initiative and Bey’s partnership with the UN. [...]