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*New Music* Sha Stimuli & Grafh

  Sha Stimuli- Follow The Leader Sha Stimuli was not holding back on this record.  Calling out all the d*ckriders, he says what everyone is too scared to say.  Ignorance and baffoonry not included.  Now ...
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The 5th Annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival

Sometimes good music makes everything better. That was the case this rainy Saturday in Brooklyn's Empire Fulton Ferry State Park. Hip-Hop might have started in the Bronx, but there's never been a more vibrant ...
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Nas, Equality, and Environmentalism

I'm the type of person who primarily listens to independent hip-hop, feeling strongly that once MC's are signed to major record labels, contracts force them to lessen the intensity of their lyrics, in order ...
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The Only Goal Is Survival

As I watch The Dream and Rick Ross dance, sing and rap in the streets of Colombia it seems to me that Mr. M-I-YAYO is still standing and going strong in spite of the various online slings and arrows fired his...
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Oscar Grant Tribute Song- “My Life” by Mistah FAB

Over the weekend I came across this song by Bay Area artist Mistah Fab. The song is called "My Life" and is a tribute to Oscar Grant the victim of the police shooting on the B.A.R.T metro line January 1st,  a...
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Local Spotlight(Chicago): DJ Kariu

Sorry I have been missing in action lately, i think you all know how life can get in the way of things and hard work and dedication etc etc.   But lately I have been paying attention to a lot going on in Chic...
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Contest: FREE Common Concert (CHICAGO)

Common's NEW album, Universal Mind Control will be released this upcoming Tuesday Dec. 9th. NBC and a few other sponsors will be celebrating with a FREE Concert at a secret location right here in Chicago. To ge...