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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 09.22.2009 | 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 09.18.2009 | 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.
Eric Ehrmann | Posted 09.08.2009 | World
The last thing president Lula and Brazilian democracy need is the United States on its northern border using the drug war to interfere in internal politics like it has done in the past with Mexico.
Modiba | Posted 08.31.2009 | World
This is HuffPost World's regular feature that highlights interesting musicians and musical trends around the world. Know of a great musician doing g...
Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 08.16.2009 | Home
I went to New York to meet Obama the candidate, and in a Soho apartment he told a small group of us that his middle name was Hussein. I thought he was telling a joke.
The New York Observer | Leon Neyfakh | Posted 08.10.2009 | Media
Jay-Z is close to finalizing a book deal with the Spiegel & Grau imprint of Random House. The literary agent repping the rapper, Matthew Guma, had no ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics
One thing not many Americans know about the State of Louisiana's legislature is that you are basically allowed to do whatever the hell you want when y...
Steve Pristin | Posted 07.25.2009 | Entertainment
This music is a melting pot of influences, fusing funk, hip-hop, Prince, the 70s, Androids and Urban Genius - with a dash of Gossip Girl.
Christina Patterson | Posted 07.20.2009 | Entertainment
This "angry, illiterate, uneducated, ex-hustler, rebellious Rastafarian" (which is how Zephaniah describes himself in Too Black, Too Strong) is not like "most blokes who write poems."
The Post Chronicle | Posted 07.19.2009 | Home
Taylor Swift goes gangsta with the help of T-Pain and was crowned the queen of country music on Tuesday night -- landing the top honor at the CMT Awar...
Russell Simmons | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics
In my heart, I know that marriage equality for every human being isn't a question of if, but only a matter of when.
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Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson | Posted 11.09.2009 | Books