It’s Black Music Month and “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show” is celebrating all our favorite artists who paved the way. Tupac, Kanye West, Erykah Badu…

Usher has been in the game a long time! Year after year he continues to give us something to make babies to! Listen to the…

Today we’re celebrating Bun B and Pimp C, also known as UGK in our Black Music Month spotlight. Listen to the audio player to hear why…

In honor of Black Music Month we’re celebrating the one and only, Ms. Lauryn Hill. Lauryn is hands down one of the greatest of our…

In honor of Black Music Month, Headkrack shines a light on legendary Luther Campbell and the contributions he made to black music. Plus, listen to the song…

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“NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin celebrates Black Music Month with Hip Hop legends Chuck D, Monie Love and Doug E. Fresh.  Can Hip Hop be…

Words by Jo Basch DJ Khalil. One half of the rap group Self-Scientific (for underground hip-hop fans). The man behind beats such as Jay-Z’s “I…

Hip-Hop has repeatedly proven that there is strength in numbers. The genre has a history of bringing together strong soloists for specific songs, or entire…

“A lot of people don’t really know me because I played the back scene. People know the songs I put out but not the face…

  Thanks to cats like Swizz Beatz, Diddy, Arab Music and the like producers in 2014 no longer have to take backseats to the rappers they…