A very big Happy Birthday shout-out goes out to Hip-Hop legend and actor Redman. The Newark, NJ bred veteran turns a half-century today and is showing no signs of slowing down; his progress of constantly going strong is evident in the Hip Hop and film world. Redman has been able to bless his fans with […] The post Happy 54th Birthday To Hip Hop Legend Redman! first appeared on The Source.
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...
‘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...
Performing at this year’s Festival International, La Dame Blanche marries Latin hip-hop with the magical sounds of the flute.
After debates around the decline of hip-hop flooded social media in recent years, the numbers are showing a shift in 2024.
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.
Common, KRS-One, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, and more appear in the documentary.
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.
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.
Even though he grew up riding horses in Kansas City, photographer Ivan McClellan never identified with cowboy culture. That changed in the summer of 2015, when McClellan attended his first Black rodeo in Oklahoma, an experience he’s compared to stepping into his own Technicolor Oz. McClellan (who’s based in Portland, Oregon) spent the next few years traveling around the country, meeting the people who would later be featured in his new photo book Eight Seconds: Black Rodeo Culture, which Damiani...
As the country marks 50 years since the end of fascism, people celebrate the coup’s legacy but say the fight must continue At 4am on 25 April 1974, Filipe Villard Cortez got the signal. He barricaded the door of the Monte Real air base commander’s room and cut his phone line. A few hours earlier, Portugal’s Carnation Revolution had begun.Cortez was 21 at the time, a commissioned air force officer who wanted the democratisation of Portugal and the end of its colonial rule. In the weeks before the...
With the whole rap world at each other’s necks, you know Benzino would continue to bait Eminem. Speaking with TMZ, Benzino revealed his “Rap Elvis” track but a battery in his back to take on Slim Shady. “I’m willing to do so,” Benzino said. “I’m willing to challenge him right here on TMZ. Face-to-face battle, […] The post Benzino Wants Rap Battle With Eminem, Says it Would be ‘Great for Hip-Hop’ first appeared on The Source.