Gangsta rap and gun violence have a complicated relationship of causality, and all too often the symbiotic connection between the two gets mistaken for parasitism by parties who see the music imposing a criminal mindset on impressionable youth...
On Thursday (June 28), Ice Cube and DJ Drama touched down in Atlanta to continue their search for Coors Light's Coldest MC. Before the competition kicked off at Reign nightclub, Cube spoke to The BoomBox about the role he's accepted in the production of "Straight Outta Compton," a film based on his legendary rap group N...
Dr. Dre is going to have to make a bit more room in his trophy case. The N.W.A. founder is set to receive the ASCAP Founders Award on June 25th during the organization's invite-only 23rd annual Rhythm & Soul Music Awards, where he will be honored with the award whose previous recipients include Berry Gordy, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Ashford & Simpson and more.
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Call him one of the godfathers of rap, but Cali's own Ice Cube is arguably the king of rappers with successful acting and production gigs on the side. While it's easy to bestow LL Cool J or Ice-T with the thespian crown, O'Shea Jackson has not only consistently lit up the silver screen in hood classics like 'Friday' and 'Boyz n the Hood,' but with his upcoming small screen adaptation of his 2005 h
Ice Cube was just in New York City at the Tribeca Film Festival, but that doesn't mean he wasn't representing his native Los Angeles. The superstar rapper/actor/director and producer was on hand to premiere a documentary called 'Straight Outta L...