Monique Minor

‘Notorious’ Screenwriter Tapped To Adapt Run DMC Biography For The Screen [The Daily Swarm]

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Respect Our Fresh!

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Spied via Ivan

As promised, the homie Kareem aka Saul Goode! shot over these photos from the “Letter To B.I.G.” video shoot. A Triggerhappy production, directed by the lovely Va$htie.

Take these words: Watch for her. She did Slim’s “Good Lovin’” vid as well as Solange’s “T.O.N.Y,” and Kid CuDi’s “Heaven Tonite” (coming soon). Armand Van Helden’s “I Want Your Soul” is another notch on her belt that’s special…because Kareem’s in that joint. See if you can spot him haha.

Peep the gallery of pics after the break. Read the rest of this entry »

I got gripes with this joint for a number of reasons.

–It actually may be better than Jada’s record.

–How did Busta Rhymes inspire him to do this when he had “x” amount of years with B.I.G. or it’s in similar format to Jada’s? Read the rest of this entry »

Words by Khalid Strickland

Many writers get into the journalism game to win Pulitzer Prizes or change the literary world for the better. Me? I’m in it for the free shit. Open bars, T-shirts, calendars of Ice-T’s wife, CoCo. If it ain’t on my dime, I’ll take it. If there’s time between bong hits and negotiating some trim, maybe I’ll throw an actual story together. And this is one of those special moments.

Pics By Dirty Angel

Last Friday night, at the AMC Loews Orpheum on the Upper East Side, Juelz Santana and Jim Jones treated a bunch of friends and media members to a late-night screening of Notorious. Amongst the large crowd were Hot-97 FM’s DJ Enuff (Biggie’s real-life tour DJ, who also appears in the flick), Maino, Freekey Zeekey, Skull Gang and Byrd Gang. How did a bum like me infiltrate this jump-off? Riq Rose, my favorite Skull Gang rapper, brought me along as a guest which was a good look. Notorious is a pretty decent flick and Gravy did his thing as Christopher Wallace. In the role of Lil’ Kim, former 3LW-member Naturi Naughton shed her pristine image along with her bra and panties. But that’s enough about the flick; I won’t spoil the ending of the film for anyone. Read the rest of this entry »

Peter Rosenberg interviews the woman BIG loved unquestionably: his momma, Voletta Wallace.

Notorious hits theaters this Friday.

You never need a special occasion to honor Christopher Wallace.

Annual reminders of the anniversary of his assassination, commemorative magazine articles coinciding with the release of Life After Death, Biggie lunchboxes — all that’s find and dandy. But see, as the years continue to roll by, it becomes fairly convenient to undermine why Frank White, over a decade after his passing still remains one of the most transcendent figures Hip-Hop has ever witnessed.

It’s all in the music baby. Read the rest of this entry »

Just the thing needed to get the week going after a weekend of excessive eating, excessive shopping, excessive time with extended family, & neglected keyboards. Read the rest of this entry »

I wasn’t gonna make a post for the release of this trailer, the second of its kind. I already indicated that I thought it looked like the movie could possibly be good.

But then my folks Word emailed me. Read the rest of this entry »

Doesn’t look half bad, huh? Read the rest of this entry »