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Slovenia Elects 1st Black Mayor

Slovenia elected its first black mayor on Sunday, an immigrant from Africa known as the "Obama of Piran," the town where he lives. In fact, Peter Bossman, a Ghana-born physician, could be the first black mayor ...
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R.I.P Sony Walkman Cassette Player [1979 -2010]

Say it isn't so! Sony says it is officially putting the cassette Sony Walkman out to pasture. In fact, the last batch was shipped out months ago. Once they sell out, it's over.Check out this Cassette Player Fac...
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New Music: Lloyd Banks – When I Get

  Here’s another one from Lloyd Banks for his Blue Friday series, this will not appear on Hunger For More 2.DOWNLOAD: Lloyd Banks - When I Get...
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MTV’s #1 Hottest MC In The Game: Eminem

Rick Ross: #5 Hottest MC In The Game “Teflon Don, that’s the album of the year right now, I don’t care what it sold,” MTV News’ Shaheem Reid said during the Hottest MCs roundtable. “From ‘I’m Not a Star’ down to ['All the Money in the World'], ‘Tears of Joy,’ it just really grips your soul when you hear him having the foresight to bring Cee-Lo back. Cee-Lo was singing his heart out. I feel like I’m in church.” Drake: #4 Hottest MC In The Game Initially, he was a spot higher but fell down a notch. Drake was a staple on radio all year, whether it was “Bedrock” with Young Money, “Money to Blow” with Baby and Lil Wayne, “Forever” with Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem, or any one of the songs from So Far Gone that stayed in rotation. “He’s been on the radio all year,” RapFix editor Hillary Crosley said during the Hottest MCs roundtable. “Like, I can’t get away from him. It’s impossible.”
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MTV’s Hottest MC List Top #3-Kanye West & #2-Jay-Z

#3 Hottest MC in the Game: Kanye WestSome artists are so hot, they can make up for almost a full year out of the spotlight in just a few short months. Well, at least Kanye West can.Even though he was featured o...
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MTV’s Hottest MC List Top #5-Rick Ross & #4-Drake

#5 Hottest MC in the Game: Rick Ross aka Ricky RozayIn hip-hop, the streets do the talking. And in 2010, the streets anointed Rick Ross their savior.Not only did his fourth LP, Teflon Don, debut at #2 on the Bi...
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Cholera epidemic spreads in Haiti; Nearly 200 dead

An outbreak of cholera has spread outside a rural valley in central Haiti, intensifying worries the disease could reach squalid tarp camps that house hundreds of thousands of earthquake survivors in the capital...