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Kev Kelley: "I want to become hip-hop royalty." ISN'T IT LAME when somebody's telling a story or describing something and they're all riled up, saying "Oh, damn! That shit was hella funny. He ......(Continue Reading) ASCAP Celebrates Its 17th Annual Rhythm & Soul Music Awards in Los Angeles; 50 Cent Picks up Awards for Songwriter of the Year, Top R&B/Hip-Hop LOS ANGELES -- Jay-Z and Rick James Receive Special Honors; EMI Music Publishing Named Publisher of the Year Over 600 music and entertainment luminaries ......(Continue Reading)Hip-hop kids these days It took a lot to make me give up on my latest attempt at talking to old black folks. A much-anticipated hip-hop political convention, held in Newark ......(Continue Reading)Beastie boys: they were once a band of rhyming hopefuls who were dismissed as a novelty act. But two decades later, and with a new album, they're at the Nearly 20 years ago, three hip-hop-obsessed Jewish teenagers from New York City--Adam "Adrock" Horovitz, Michael "Mike D" Diamond, ......(Continue Reading)Music masters: a new generation of rap moguls is making the industry dance to a different beat: ownership - The hip-hop economy part 3 of a series - Industry SO SO DEF RECORDINGS CEO JERMAINE DUPRI has been cranking out chart-toppers from his Atlanta-based music factory for more than a decade now. The rap ......(Continue Reading)
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