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Common, Rick Ross and Lupe Fiasco will pay tribute to one of hip-hop’s most memorable songs, “The Message,” at “The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! – Countdown To Music’s Biggest Night.” http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/entertainment/blak_music_month/34916

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Rapper. Producer. Award winner. Icon. Actor. Reggae Artist. Father. Son. Brother. Friend. Dwight “Heavy D” Meyers was all these things and more. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/moving_america_news/34350

http://www.nbc.com/assets/video/widget/widget.html?vid=1365175 Yo I really enjoyed this and I thought it would put a smile on your face this Monday. We all know how Hip Hop has grown and made a significant niche in society in all cultures. Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon do a installments of “History of Rap” where they do renditions of classic […]

http://www.eurweb.com/?p=81746 “To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.” – Muhammad Ali *DJ Kool Herc (pictured), The Godfather of Hip-Hop, the first to loop beaks and develop the beat style that set the foundation of the genre, […]

Director Antoine Fuqua has stated that his next film will be a biopic about rapper Tupac Shakur. The project just got the green light by Morgan Creek chairman James G. Robinson and will begin production in September, according to Digital Spy. Read more “That’s what I’ve been starting up and working on now,” he said. […]