Author Nello

A week ago today, Raggae star Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley premiered the empowering and somewhat controversial Darren Craig-directed video for his latest single, Nail Pon Cross, through TIDAL, as a TIDAL only ...

You can’t spell success without hustle and that’s exactly what Los Angeles based emcee, Nipsey Hu$$le, has done with his #MarathonMondays series.  A series that some may have thought done after Nip droppe...

Los Angeles based singer/instrumentalist, K. Roosevelt, who first made his mark with his contributions to The Game's Jesus Piece album in 2012 and his very own chart-topping single, Do Me Now featuring his ...

Last night Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa blazed an energetic performance at the sold-out Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in Tinley Park. IL for the Chicago stop of their current joint, The MERRY JANE presents Th...

Compton emcee, The Game, has been on fire this year and especially this summer with his many releases.  Whether it be his three-part mini docu-series, Streets of Compton and its accompanying soundtrack, wh...

On Sunday rising Chicago emcee and recent XXL Freshman, G Herbo delivered his latest new track, The Drop.  Usually known for spitting over hard drill beats, Herbo shows his versatility by spitting over the...

Jhené Aiko has recently been in the headlines for her divorce from producer Dot Da Genius and with all the speculation about her being romantically linked to her TWENTY88 collaborator Big Sean, even before...

Tinashe gives us some of that 2000s realness in the new Hannah Lux Davis-directed video for her latest smash single, Superlove.  Keeping with the summer vibes of the summertime record, the on the verge of sup...

I recently got a chance to interview several artists while at Lollapalooza’s 25th Anniversary, last weekend here in my hometown of Chicago and one of the more interesting and extended ones is when I got a cha...

Wu-Tang Clan member and founder RZA decided around 2011 to team up with Interpool vocalist/guitarist Paul Banks to form the duo, Banks & Steelz.  Originally just recording a demo and not intending to make...