LL Cool J, Mos Def, Akon, T.I. to Play Hip-Hop Inaugural Ball

Barack Obama, who is being hailed as America's hip-hop president, is about to be celebrated by some of hip-hop's biggest stars. High profile hip-hop artists including LL Cool J, Mos Def, MC Lyte, Akon, T.I., and...

Yo! The Official Obama Mixtape is Out

Yo, Obama gots himself an official hip-hop mixtape that is co-presented by DJ Green Lantern and the one and only Russell Simmons. At this point, most of the hip-hop community is weighed in with unequivocal support...

Jay-Z, Russell Simmons Endorse Obama, Mos Def Responds

Another day, another will.i.am "o-bam-a" celebrity chant video and a few more high-profile names added to the list of Obamaniacs. This is rock star power rocked on both sides."Hip-Hop moguls Jay-Z and Russell...

Rap/Hip-Hop: You Can't Censor the Truth

Well, ever since Imus, Hip-Hop has been under attack by what we in today's generation label 'wanna-bes' or 'flodgers' and that's people who portray to be something they are not. Usually, when something big breaks such as this, there is a hidden agenda, usually money, behind...

Hooray For Don Imus and His Bum Rapp

Something good may yet come of the years of vulgarities by Don Imus and his subsequent firing. Discussions of his firing and the right and the wrong of it have developed into a more general discussion of the...

Russell and Kimora Lee Simmons host a Garden Party in East Hampton

"Russell and Kimora Lee Simmons hosted a Garden Party in East Hampton this past Saturday for the 7th annual Art For Life Seventh Heaven benefit honoring Donna Karan, Raymond J. McGuire and Susan Sarandon and Tim...

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