The Genealogy of Rap Rivalries, 2023 – 2025
The Genealogy of Rap Rivalries, 2023 – 2025
Untangling hip-hop’s current family feud
When Jim Jones cracked that “they don’t play Pusha T outside” in early 2023, the throwaway jab tugged an...
From Corner Store to Community Co-op: How Nipsey Hussle Flipped the Script on Black Wealth
Before venture capitalists ever walked down Crenshaw, Ermias “Nipsey Hussle” Asghedom was already raising the equity he needed—right on the block that raised him. The late rapper didn’t just rap about ...
15 Hip-Hop Political Lyrics That Foreshadowed Today’s Politics
Hip-hop political lyrics have always doubled as the community’s newsroom. Public Enemy’s Chuck D famously dubbed rap “the CNN of the ghetto,” because the best MCs broadcast breaking news from the blo...
Juliana Stratton Is Running for U.S. Senate, and the South Side of Chicago Made Her Ready
When Dick Durbin announced he was stepping down from his U.S. Senate seat, Juliana Stratton didn't wait to see what the political landscape looked like. She was the first major Democrat to file. That kind of ...
Bushra Amiwala Is Running for Congress in IL-9, and She’s Been Making History Since Before She Could Vote
In 2019, Bushra Amiwala became the youngest Muslim elected official in the United States and the first Gen Z woman to hold elected office anywhere in the country. She was 21 years old. Now at 28, with a Forbe...
Robert Peters Is Running for Congress in IL-2, and He Already Changed the Game on Cash Bail
In 2021, Illinois became the first state in the country to eliminate cash bail. The person who made that happen wasn't a governor or a presidential candidate. It was Robert Peters, a state senator from the So...
Kina Collins Is Running for Congress in IL-7, and She’s Been Ready Since the West Side Raised Her
When Kina Collins talks about the West Side of Chicago, she's not talking about a campaign stop. She's talking about home. Born and raised in the Austin neighborhood, Collins grew up watching her father head ...
T.I., 50 Cent, and the Question Hip-Hop Has Been Dodging: When Will We Protect Black Women?
The T.I. vs. 50 Cent feud exposes hip-hop's misogynoir problem and the fight to protect Black women in the culture.
JasonMartin Debuts New Video/Single, Everybody Ain’t Gone Get You
JasonMartin continues to show why he is one of not only Hip-Hop and Rap, but really one of all music’s most hardest working artists over the past several years. Dropping today his hypy new Dj Flippp-produced...
Genia Debuts Cinematically Emotional New Video/Single, Downfall
Rising great R&B/Soul singer and songwriter, Genia, today releases her latest single, Downfall. A very cinematically emotional record where she really shows off her very beautifully strong emotional vocals...
GENA Release Debut Album, The Pleasure Is Yours, Debut Cinematic New Video, Douwannabwithastar!?
GENA, the brainchild new duo of Liv.e & Karriem Riggins that debuted last November between the very talented Dallas-born, LA-based singer and songwriter, as well as the renowned Detroit drummer and produce...
Bruno Mars Releases, The Romantic, Debuts Cinematically Romantic New Video, Risk It All
Multi-award and word-renowned best selling hit making global pop phenomenon, singer and songwriter as well as producer and multi-instrumentalist, Bruno Mars, today releases his long-awaited newest solo project...
Wiz Khalifa’s Romania Conviction Exposes the Dangerous Gap Between U.S. Weed Culture and Global Drug Laws
Wiz Khalifa's Romania prison sentence exposes the dangerous gap between U.S. cannabis culture and international drug laws.
