October 22, 2010
Tweet Rapper Jay-Z appeared recently touting his new book, “Decoded,” giving fans an early glimpse of the memoir that gives a history of hip-hop in the rap mogul’s eyes. In an innovative venture with search engine Bing, pages of the rapper’s book will be put on display in faraway public places and fans will have ...
July 15, 2010
Tweet In the late 1990s, after simmering under the surface of New York City rap for a few years, Foxy Brown exploded on the scene opposite Jay-Z in the anthemic “Aint No Ni$$a“. The song, looking back, did more for Jay-Z than it did for Foxy, although it put her on the A list of ...
February 6, 2009
Tweet Much props goes to my man D-nice (“Takin’ out you suckas and you don’t know how I did it!”) and wifey Melinda Williams-Nice (Lol). For all you youngens, D-Nice was a New York rapper-deejay in the 1980s. He rolled mostly with KRS-1′s crew but never got major shine until he started doing photography. Now ...