Two years ago, during a Freddie Gibbs show at Bottom Lounge, Atlanta rapper Young Jeezy made an onstage appearance to announce that he was signing the Gary, Indiana, artist to his CTE label. At the time, it seemed as though this type of high-profile endorsement was the only avenue of legitimation for Chicago rap. Gibbs [...]
White Christians Make Rap Using N-Word
February 12, 2013 | Posted by
Elderly white Christian rappers try to relate to younger, urban generation with rap. Is this hilarity for real or simply a supreme leg pull? For Hip Hop News & Entertainment at DimeWars.Com
Nas: Greatest Lyricist of All Time?
January 6, 2013 | Posted by
Let’s begin with a disclaimer: Nas doesn’t endorse the following sentence. But he’s the greatest lyricist of all time. Those words were carefully chosen: “lyricist” over “rapper” or “hip-hop artist;” “greatest” instead of “most successful;” “all time” rather than “today.” Those distinctions are important. Still, Nas isn’t buying it. “It’s wayyyyyy, way, way too early [...]
Azealia Banks, Rap’s 2012 ‘It Girl’, Calls Rap ‘Unladylike’
December 30, 2012 | Posted by
Azealia Banks wants to stop rapping in the future in order to focus on other musical styles, because she thinks rapping is ‘kind of tacky’. In an interview with HypeTrak, Azealia said that she would like to focus on other musical styles as well as rapping, adding that rapping is ‘unladylike’ despite being easy. She [...]
Ranking Trevor, Pioneer in Hip Hop, Dies in Traffic Accident
August 8, 2012 | Posted by
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Ranking Trevor, a pioneer of rap reggae during the 1970s, has died in a traffic accident in Jamaica. He was 60. The musician’s brother, Robert Grant, says he was crushed by a car Tuesday after being knocked off his motorcycle. Police did not respond to calls about the fatality. Born Maxwell [...]
Is the Rage Behind Ice Cube’s Rodney-King Rap Still Burning?
June 20, 2012 | Posted by
This past Sunday, Rodney King died at age 47, closing the book on a troubled life burdened by one of the more tragic cases of unwanted celebrity in recent American history. Only two days prior to King’s death, the rapper and actor Ice Cube turned 43 years old, and 20 years ago no musical figure [...]
‘Art Of Rap’ Documentary By Ice-T Brings The Noise
June 14, 2012 | Posted by
Hip-Hop Legend Ice-T’s documentary, From Nothing To Something: The Art of Rap, hits theaters nationwide Friday and promises to be not only information, but perhaps transformational for today’s rap artists. At least that’s Ice-T’s hope. “For a while, people weren’t taking enough time [to write]. With some of these tremendous beats, you can basically sh—on [...]
Serena Williams Serves Up A Verse
May 11, 2012 | Posted by
Get ready folks, another athlete has decided to take their shot at the rap game. The unlikely emcee is Serena Williams, who threw down a few bars last year at the B Major Music Group studio in Florida. The tracks were never released, but TMZ managed to get their hands on a clip to show [...]
