On Monday, Lupe Fiasco announced that he and Pharrell will be releasing an album together soon. Fantastic news for fans…but all it did was remind us of that now-forgotten Child Rebel Soldiers album that never manifested. Read the rest of this entry »

Almost half a year after the song’s release, Trae Tha Truth still managed to round up the crew for this official visual to the Street King single “I’m On.” And, even though it appears each MC was shot in a different location, director Philly Fly Boy ties everybody together Read the rest of this entry »

Drug Dog Busts Snoop Dogg’s Bus [CNN]

Brandy Sets Record Straight On Beef With Kim Kardashian [The Urban Daily]

Tavis Smiley Ousted As Keynote Speaker From MLK Event [News One] Read the rest of this entry »

Words By Samir S.

Rap sequels have constituted something of a phenomenon the past two or three years. Spurred perhaps by the prospect of a built-in fan base, or maybe counting on the power of nostalgia in Hip-Hop, there has been no shortage of rappers coming out with second installments to their marquee albums. It’s worth noting that only rarely has this trend resulted in anything truly worthwhile. Read the rest of this entry »

Words By Samir S.

The nominations for the 54th Grammy Awards are in, and for the fourth time in his career, 14-time Grammy Award winner Kanye West has racked up more nominations than any other artist (yes, even Adele). However, the real story here isn’t the seven nominations he did receive, but the all-important one that he missed out on: a nomination for Album of the Year. Read the rest of this entry »

You know what, never mind. Lupe Fiasco drops off his new mixtape Friend Of The People all those hungry members of Lupe delegation craving for new music from the controversial Chicago product/President Obama’s BFF. Read the rest of this entry »

Rap music is currently overrun with smiley faced youngsters, dressed in Sunday’s best pastel colors, quick to flash their piggy bank savings in broad daylight like sunbeams are made of honey and everybody wants to be your neighbor. Allow the L.E.P. Bogus Boys to retort with the reality of it all. Read the rest of this entry »

Lupe’s Friend Of The People is set to drop on Thanksgiving and today we get “Lightwork,” a track featuring English singer Ellie Goulding and electro/dubstep head Bassnectar. Lyrically? Fresh cool young Lu is fine here even though he says we’ll “argue with your friends over what really the record means.” Read the rest of this entry »

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Busta Rhymes To Appear On Justin Bieber’s Christmas Album [Broken Cool]

12-Year-Old Boy Turns Hero As he Thwarts Armed Robbery [Brobible]

ESPN’s NSFW-ish Body Issue: Naked Gymnastics, Awkward Nude Dunking [With Leather] Read the rest of this entry »

Keepin’ it 100 means we have to give Lupe Fiasco credit for taking the time to address Troy Davis’ dire circumstances last night in front of a large audience at the Tabernacle in Atlanta. Read the rest of this entry »

Jay Sean is one of those R&B singers guys are reluctant to say they like. The Ca$h Money crooner is somewhat of a Punjabi pretty boy and his overplayed radio jams are definitely not meant for the male species, yet they’re catchy as can be and typically feature top-tier MCs (or Baby). Read the rest of this entry »

Deriding an artist is easy since most do dumb things along the way. But we must also give praise when it’s warranted and Lupe Fiasco’s participation in an initiative to feed the hungry deserves a bit of credit. Read the rest of this entry »

“God bless the nonbelievers, they teach the dreamers how to fly…”

Tomorrow is the day Nikki Jean releases her album Pennies In A Jar, but for today she’s allowing the world to hear her collaboration with Lupe Fiasco and Black Thought free of charge. Read the rest of this entry »

If DJ Khaled can be on one with his famous friends for the summer, no reason why Trae Tha Truth can’t do the same. Borrowing a bit of heat from Mark Morrison’s classic jam, the Houston heavyweight just didn’t recruit the prime time players for their namesake. He actually had them work for their pay as every artists gives a rapid fire performance, not concerned with standing out for the radio DJs but more so for the people of the streets. Read the rest of this entry »

Like a thief in the night, Lil B released his I’m Gay album to iTunes with limited promo or fanfare. And while the peanut gallery has been split over the album’s title, The Based God can now count Lupe Fiasco as a supporter. Read the rest of this entry »