#NEWS
According to Donovan Strain and his Tumblr account, Murk Avenue, it looks like we missed the commemoration of Ice Cube’s “It Was a Good Day” by just a hair. While the now classic hip-hop jam is widely known as a narrative that chronicles one of the best days known to man. So what exactly fits into… Read on »
#VIDEOS
Images c/o Ice-T’s Myspace. Even though it’s one of music’s youngest genres, hip-hop seems to have grown far from its roots in a rather short period of time. Raising awareness of hip-hop’s lost origins is a new documentary about the genre’s history directed by none other than rapper Ice-T titled, “The Art of Rap”. Debuting… Read on »
DO call it a comeback! Our favorite late night lyrical mashup is back again as Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake performed the now ritualized History of Rap for the third time. True to form, the duo spat some of the most treasured lines from rap’s glory days AND in chronological order no less. History of… Read on »
Mama SAID knock you out, but the artists in X102.3 list of Top 10 Hip Hop Fights actually followed through. Highlighting the best…errr—well, knuckle sandwich smorgasbords in the hip hop world, the roster boasts names like Jay-Z, R. Kelly, Usher, and our personal favorites, Ne-Yo and Jim Jones (whose scuffle involved a Prada stiletto being held to… Read on »
June 15, 1969: Ice Cube (O’Shea Jackson) was born! Ice Cube is the original, Original Gangsta. Where would we be without this song? Ice Cube is so OG that his idea of a “good day” consists of things like not having to use your gun or any of your friends dying. That is seriously every… Read on »