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ONE MusicFest Ticket Giveaway: Win by Tweeting Artist’s Lyrics
ONE MusicFest Ticket Giveaway: Win by Tweeting Artist’s Lyrics
ONE MusicFest Ticket Giveaway: Win by Tweeting Artist’s Lyrics
Redferns via Getty Images Atlanta's ONE MusicFest promises to be a final farewell to summer not to be missed and The BoomBox is offering five lucky winners the chance to score a pair of tickets to the event. Kicking off on Sept. 1, the festival will take place at Atlanta's historic 4th Ward Park...
MC Lyte, Essence Music Festival 2012: Rapper Talks Hip Hop Sisters, Says Kanye West ‘Lost His Filter’
MC Lyte, Essence Music Festival 2012: Rapper Talks Hip Hop Sisters, Says Kanye West ‘Lost His Filter’
MC Lyte, Essence Music Festival 2012: Rapper Talks Hip Hop Sisters, Says Kanye West ‘Lost His Filter’
MC Lyte keeps adding to her legacy beyond rap music, but everything she has a hand in incorporates the hip-hop culture as a whole. On Saturday afternoon (July 7), the rap pioneer performed at the Essence Music Festival's block party in New Orleans' Champions Square...
KRS-One: Connie Chung’s Harsh Words, LL Cool J’s Disobedience & Retirement
KRS-One: Connie Chung’s Harsh Words, LL Cool J’s Disobedience & Retirement
KRS-One: Connie Chung’s Harsh Words, LL Cool J’s Disobedience & Retirement
The truth is KRS-One has always existed in extremes. The celebrated Bronx, N.Y., MC evolved from giving birth to the controversial rap genre known as gangsta rap to dropping a politically conscious classic. He was leader of the influential hip-hop group Boogie Down Productions, who crafted their landmark 1987 debut 'Criminal Minded,' then a year later they released the startling LP 'By All Means N
MC Lyte Weighs In on Lil’ Kim, Nicki Minaj Beef
MC Lyte Weighs In on Lil’ Kim, Nicki Minaj Beef
MC Lyte Weighs In on Lil’ Kim, Nicki Minaj Beef
As the beef between Lil' Kim and Nicki Minaj rages on, hip-hop pioneer MC Lyte is weighing in on the situation. Lyte, who is known as one of first female rappers to put female emcee's on the map, sees no problem in the disagreement between the two which has spilled from Twitter to Kim's new mixtape, 'Black Friday...
MC Lyte Celebrates ‘Word Revolution’ With Grammy Foundation
MC Lyte Celebrates ‘Word Revolution’ With Grammy Foundation
MC Lyte Celebrates ‘Word Revolution’ With Grammy Foundation
The Grammy Foundation honored the hip-hop genre with its special event Word Revolution: A Celebration of The Evolution of Hip-Hop in Los Angeles on Thursday (Feb. 10). The showcase, held at the Wilshire Ebell Theater, included performances and appearances from past Grammy winners and hip-hop pioneers, and celebrated the year's Music Preservation project which explores hip-hop as an art form... Rea
Name That Tune: Songs Notorious for Their Use of Sampling
Once controversial, the practice of sampling is now generally regarded as a viable artistic method of production and a mostly legitimate commercial endeavor. Good public reception of a sample-use often depends on a combination of factors including what is sampled, who is sampled, and how that sample is used to create something new...
Toure’s Top Five Female MCs
Let's hear it for the ladies this week as Toure lists through his Top 5 female MCs of all time. Using flow, voice, lyrics and catalog as the determining factors, Fuse's resident hip-hop aficionado digs deep into the history of female rapping to bring you the five women he likes to listen to the most...

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