Compelling as they are, Precious and other films of that ilk are not the only images of Black mothering that should be given the green-light for production.
Timothy Cooper | Posted 12.03.2009 | Entertainment
As the airwaves knock to his lead single, I Get It In, superstar Omarion is looking to establish himself as a major force in the industry.
Jon Chattman | Posted 11.19.2009 | Entertainment
Lately, rap has been getting a bad rap because there's no true voice for the hip hop community. That changed last week when the Get Busy Committee dropped their new album Uzi Does It.
Stephen Gyllenhaal | Posted 11.19.2009 | Entertainment
I went to see This Is It the way one might go see a horror picture. What I encountered instead was an artist at the absolute top of his game.
David A. Love | Posted 11.21.2009 | World
President Obama's visit to Asia showed how long a journey it's been since the 1955 Bandung Conference, the historic meeting of African and Asian states striving for self-determination.
AP | LUCAS L. JOHNSON II | Posted 11.18.2009 | Entertainment
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Terverius Black believes in hip-hop gospel so much he sold his first home to get the money needed to start his Christian-themed e...
Brandon Perkins | Posted 11.17.2009 | Entertainment
By subtitling entire mixtape verses -- DJ drops sometimes included -- the New Orleans lyricist Lil Wayne is put on a pedestal that was once reserved only for Bob Dylan and John Lennon. And why not?
Huffington Post | Nick Sabloff | Posted 11.13.2009 | World
Vladimir Putin may not be hip, but he isn't afraid to mix it up with some hip-hop. The Russian prime minister, dressed in a somewhat unfortunate tur...
Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books
We are living through an entrepreneurial revolution, on a global scale. The old power centers are breaking up. And to succeed, one must be completely self-reliant -- free of our culture's many crutches.
Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson | Posted 11.09.2009 | Books
Realists are not afraid to look at the harsh circumstances of life. They sharpen their eye by paying keen attention to details, to people's intentions, to the dark realities hiding behind any glamorous surface.
Nick Antosca | Posted 11.05.2009 | Entertainment
You can't go anywhere in New York these days without hearing Jay-Z & Alicia Keys's "Empire State of Mind" blaring from a window.
Barry Michael Cooper | Posted 11.05.2009 | Entertainment
Shawn Corey Carter, aka Jay-Z, is at a crossroads in the continuous ascent of his vertically integrated career. He's been both passenger and conductor on the Jigganational Express.
Julie Farby | Posted 10.15.2009 | Technology
RNC Chairman Michael Steele promised to "take this party to the streets" and God damn it, he wasn't messin' around!
Russell Simmons | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics
I'm really afraid that our beloved country, America, is standing on its last wobbly legs. I'm worried that the karmic effects of our negative actions will finally come home to roost.
eSarcasm | Posted 10.10.2009 | Comedy
eSarcasm managed to score an exclusive interview with Ardi. Here she talks about what it's like to be the world's first hip hop diva, and reveals the real reasons why men walk upright.
Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 10.05.2009 | Media
While many have quickly lamented URB's print hiatus or reminisced about our long legacy, there is also an unfortunate feeding frenzy on even the hint of print's presumed, imminent demise.
Heather Browne | Posted 11.22.2009 | Denver
Tomorrow night, put on your good Sunday slacks and a healthy daub of Brylcreem and come buy me a mint julep for the total throwback sounds of young Mayer Hawthorne, on his first Denver stop.
Lauri Lyons | Posted 11.18.2009 | Entertainment
When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.
Zandile Blay | Posted 10.17.2009 | Style
What is that crazy 'Kid' from the 1990s rap group 'Kid-n-Play' doing? He's selling suits.
AP | Posted 09.29.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — The rapper 50 Cent has canceled a "Family Day" fair he had planned in his old Queens neighborhood amid police concerns about security...
Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 09.21.2009 | New York
Q-Tip, hip-hop legend and former member of A Tribe Called Quest, has taken to Twitter in a bid to sway New Yorkers from voting for Mayor Bloomberg thi...
Posted 09.19.2009 | New York
Hypebeast recently caught up with AFRA, the Japanese beatbox star to talk about life in New York, how fashion relates to music, and his musical inspir...
Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.09.2009 | Entertainment
Matisyahu's latest album, Light showcases his young, old soul, further exploring musical territories of both the secular and sacred.
Avis Jones-DeWeever | Posted 12.04.2009 | Entertainment