Rapsody tells Jalen Rose how she made it in the rap game
Marlanna Evans grew up in a small North Carolina town with a population of about 2,000 people. “Everybody knows everybody,” she told me on “Renaissance Man” of Snow Hill, North … Read More
Tag: hip-hop
Ja Rule tells Jalen Rose about the women who gave him a ‘wake-up call’
It was his distinctive raspy rhymes that got rapper Ja Rule out of the tough streets of Hollis, Queens. But as he also points out to me on this week’s … Read More
Busta Rhymes slaps handsy female fan, tells boyfriend: ‘Tame your girl’
A Busta Rhymes fan took his song “Touch It” a bit too far. The “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See” rapper is going viral, thanks to trending footage … Read More
LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj & Jack Harlow to host
Three of hip-hop’s biggest MCs are set to emcee the VMAs. Rap royals LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj and Jack Harlow have been tapped to share hosting duties during this … Read More
Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Traumazine’ review: Six hottest tracks
From Lizzo to Beyoncé, it’s been another hot girl summer in pop. Now Megan Thee Stallion joins the twerktastic party with “Traumazine,” her surprise second album that she announced last … Read More
TikTok ‘Billie Eilish’ sensation Armani White on his viral hit
Philly rapper Armani White is, indeed, happier than ever now. The 25-year-old emcee has amassed over 80 billion views with his “Billie Eilish” video on TikTok, which has become the … Read More
Jalen Rose talks style with hip-hop fashion icon Dapper Dan
You can’t talk about hip-hop without devoting a massive part of the conversation to the rappers’ tailor, Daniel Day, better known as Dapper Dan. He’s dressed everyone from Rakim to … Read More
Mayor Adams reflects on ‘street entrepreneurship’ of notorious Queens gang in new doc
In the new Showtime docuseries “Supreme Team” — which traces the rise and fall of the titular gang — Mayor Eric Adams reflects on the “street entrepreneurship” that led the … Read More
‘Breakin’ star Bruno ‘Pop N Taco’ Falcon dead at 58
Bruno Falcon, the trailblazing hip-hop dancer and choreographer known as “Pop N Taco,” died Saturday at his Long Beach, California home. He was 58. The pop-and-lock legend of the early … Read More
‘Jeopardy’ contestant confuses Public Enemy and Funky Bunch
What is not even close? “Jeopardy!” contestant Halley Ryherd faced the wrath of Twitter Wednesday night when she mixed up popular throwback hip-hop groups. During the “Chuck D, Times 3” … Read More
