6/22/2016 "Ain't Nothing Shine Brighter Than That Bad Boy" The Inside Story of Hip-Hop's Most Notorious LabelRead NowAn oral history of how Puff Daddy, Biggie Smalls, an army of rappers, and an ocean of champagne changed hip-hop forever
Jadakiss (rapper, the Lox): Getting on Bad Boy was like being the top pick in the draft, going to play with the Bulls when Mike was there. It put the battery in our back. Janelle Monáe (singer, Bad Boy artist): Bad Boy was proof that the American Dream was real for hardworking young black artists in the ’90s, just like it had been real for Berry Gordy and all my soul and funk heroes at Motown in the ’60s and ’70s. When I graduated high school, I headed straight to New York. That’s where Broadway was. That’s where Puff was. Russell Simmons (co-founder of Def Jam): Everything Puffy touched was golden. He just made hit after hit after hit. Read more here BY CRAIGH BARBOZA
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To read more click here Emily Fleischaker BuzzFeed Staff iLoveMakonnen reveals that he's ready for retirement.
If tweets Atlanta musician iLoveMakonnen sent over the weekend are any indication, he could soon be chucking the deuces to his rap career. After declaring the "rap game wack," he stated that he's retiring. iLoveMakonnen went on to explain that the rap game doesn't need him, and instead needs more artists like him, those unafraid to be themselves. "Rap game Wack, everyone flexed up except Makonnen, that's why I'm retiring. Lol this so good...The game don't need Me, the game need more like me , more that will be themselves and not afraid like everyone else! It's all love...It's ok guys, u have me until 17," iLoveMakonnen wrote in a series of tweets. Article by Danielle Harling CLICK HERE to read more WASHINGTON, D.C. - After giving birth to her baby girl Iman Tayla Shumpert, Jr. in December, G.O.O.D. Music's first lady, Teyana Taylor announces that she could be releasing her forthcoming album as soon as this summer. Over summer of last year, the Harlem, New York native unleashed The Cassette Tape 1994 EP which followed her 2014 debut album, VII. Article by Cherise Johnson CLICK HERE to read more 5/11/2016 De La Soul Reflects On Da Inna Sound For 25th Anniversary Of “De La Soul Is Dead”Read NowLOS ANGELES, CA - Twenty-five years ago, De La Soul sought to establish itself as a legitimate rap group. With the release of its debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising, the New York trio garnered the unintended label of hippy because of the LP’s colorful cover art and D.A.I.S.Y. acronym. De La Soul combated this image with De La Soul is Dead, released May 13, 1991. From the album cover depicting a broken flower pot to songs with stark subject matter and biting social commentary, the group sought to show the world it meant more than flower power. Article by Victoria Hernandez CLICK HERE to read more A Grammy Award-winning producer is claiming that Iggy Azalea took advantage of him to get in the rap game and then didn't pay him after she got her big break with Def Jam. So now Jon Jon Traxx is suing Azalea for $1.5 million, TMZ reports. Traxx, who has worked with Beyonce, Keyshia Cole and Lecrae, says that he inked a recording contract with the "Fancy" rapper in 2009. For the next two years, he got her career off the ground by helping her network, coordinate shows and getting her a stylist. Article by Victoria Hernandez CLICK HERE to read more. With the popularity of his recent mixtapes and a feature on Kanye West's The Life of Pabloalbum, Young Thug stays winning. However, TMZ reports that the Atlanta rapper will not show love to the winner of a contest who was promised a Young Thug feature. WeThePlugg.com is suing Thugger for $14,500 for bailing on the company after promising to record a feature for its social media contest winner. In the case, which was filed in Georgia, the company says it gave the rapper $5,000 up front and told him he would get an additional $10,000 after recording the verse. Article by Victoria Hernandez CLICK HERE to read more Nicki Minaj and Safaree Samuels have had a messy public breakup over the past few years and the tremors of their fallout continue. Minaj seems happy with her new boyfriend, Meek Mill, and celebrated his 29th birthday this past weekend by giving him a Rolex watch.
Apparently, the Pinkprint rapper's public display of happiness is too much for SB to handle and he has sued Minaj, she reports on Twitter. Article by Victoria Hernandez CLICK HERE to read more BROOKLYN, NY - In the court of public opinion, Hip Hop pioneer and Universal Zulu Nation founder Afrika Bambaataa has already been found guilty as charged of being a child molester. (Especially now, since his former bodyguard has planted the seed that there were "hundreds" of boys over the years who fell victim to his predatory ways.)
In efforts to clear his name, Bambaataa conducted an exclusive interview with longtime FOX 5 reporter and Hip Hop personality Lisa Evers where he profusely maintained his innocence. Article by Trent Clark Click here to read more |