• Today In Hip Hop History: The Source Magazine Remembers The Passing Of Gangstarr’s Guru 14 Years Later

    On July 17, 1961, Keith Edward Elam was born into this world in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Sadly, 14 years ago today the late, great MC Guru lost his battle with melanoma, a form of cancer. April 19, 2010, was a tragic day for Hip Hop heads worldwide because we lost a true emcee and all-around great […] The post Today In Hip Hop History: The Source Magazine Remembers The Passing Of Gangstarr’s Guru 14 Years Later first appeared on The Source.

  • Community Reacts After Officers Ambushed In East Charlotte Neighborhood

    It's a quiet day in this east Charlotte community despite gun fire still being fresh in many minds.

  • Android Community Reacts to Photos of Pixel 9 Pro

    Late last week, photos of the Pixel 9 Pro began circulating on the web. Now that they have had time to percolate, we have gone back to see how people are reacting to the change in hardware design. Initial reactions to leaked hardware are important. If people are excited by what they see, chances are … Continued Read the original post: Android Community Reacts to Photos of Pixel 9 Pro

  • Kendrick Hates Drake: ‘euphoria’ is Deeper Than Hip-Hop Beef

    In the world of Hip-Hop diss tracks, time is of the essence. So the three weeks since Drake dropped “Push-Ups” in response to Kendrick Lamar’s “Like That” verse feels like a relative eternity not to hear back from K. Dot. So when the Compton emcee dropped his much-awaited response “euphoria” Tuesday morning, those of us who’ve been waiting with bated breath stopped what we were doing and scrambled for the headphones. Indeed, “euphoria” is what many of us were waiting for: A scathing, incisive...

  • ‘We have to have graffiti!’ How we made the Breakin’ Convention hip-hop dance festival

    ‘At the first one, we had DJs in the foyer and people were jumping in to battle with the dancers. We took out seats to make more standing room and the noise was crazy’I was at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, performing my piece Aeroplane Man. Alistair Spalding had booked the show and said: “Hey, what else are you up to?” I said: “Look, I’m not the only person who does this kind of work, using hip-hop as a theatrical device. Let’s do a hip-hop theatre festival!” Then Alistair got his job as...

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    La Dame Blanche: The Cuban flautist and hip-hop star

    Performing at this year’s Festival International, La Dame Blanche marries Latin hip-hop with the magical sounds of the flute.

  • Hip-Hop Reverses Its Decline On The Charts With Major Comeback In 2024

    After debates around the decline of hip-hop flooded social media in recent years, the numbers are showing a shift in 2024.

  • Happy 63rd Birthday To Hip Hop Pioneer Grandmaster Caz!

    Curtis Fisher a.k.a Grandmaster Caz, one of Hip Hop’s very first and most well known ghostwriters, turns 63 today. He currently works as a celebrity tour guide for Hush Hip Hop Tours, a Hip Hop cultural sightseeing tour company in NYC and is a board member of The Universal Federation for the Preservation of Hip Hop Culture. In his apex […] The post Happy 63rd Birthday To Hip Hop Pioneer Grandmaster Caz! first appeared on The Source.

  • Grants Pass Mayor reacts to controversial video posted by Gospel Mission

    GRANTS PASS, Ore. – A controversial video posted to facebook has been a hot topic of discussion in the community of Grants Pass. Gospel Rescue Mission Grants Pass posted the video, titled “Bristol and the Yard Invaders”, to its facebook page last week. The video depicts a single mother, Bristol with three children dealing with […]

  • Happy Birthday To New Orleans Hip Hop Pioneer Master P!

    The Source Magazine sends a big born day shout out to the No Limit general We want to give a big Happy Birthday shout out to Master P (aka Percy Miller), who was born on April 29, 1970 in the city New Orleans. He used money from a malpractice settlement to open No Limit Records, […] The post Happy Birthday To New Orleans Hip Hop Pioneer Master P! first appeared on The Source.

  • Happy 69th Birthday To Hip Hop Pioneer Coke La Rock!

    On this date, we celebrate the born day of the very first person to be considered an emcee in the culture we now call Hip Hop; Coke La Rock. “Now way back in the days when hip-hop began With Coke La Rock, Kool Herc, and then Bam” – KRS-1 “South Bronx” Today marks the 69th […] The post Happy 69th Birthday To Hip Hop Pioneer Coke La Rock! first appeared on The Source.

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    ‘It was disheartening’: Community reacts after woman found dead in Colonial Heights river

    The Colonial Heights community shares their reaction as police continue their investigation into the shooting death of a 36-year-old woman at Roslyn Landing Park.