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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.
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.
Posted 10.30.2009 | Entertainment
**AP text, scroll down for video** SYDNEY - An Australian rapper who was a boyhood friend of Heath Ledger has released a music video the star directe...
Huffington Post | Posted 10.26.2009 | Comedy
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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.
Cara Parks | Posted 09.23.2009 | Entertainment
Discussing his new record, Man on the Moon: The End of the Day, released last week, Kid Cudi emphasizes that there's more to him than the malcontent he's dubbed "Mr. Solo Dolo."
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.
Jason Richards | Posted 09.17.2009 | Entertainment
In The 50th Law, the new book Robert Greene co-wrote with 50 Cent, Greene regards the rapper as the music world's modern-day Bonaparte.
eSarcasm | Posted 10.19.2009 | Comedy
Songs by John Mayer: You're either (a) an overgrown frat-boy douche or (b) a horny teenage girl. Songs by Miley Cyrus: You're either (a) a preteen girl or (b) a middle-aged male sex offender.
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.
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."
Wall Street Journal | Posted 06.27.2009 | Style
In an attempt to keep up appearances, celebrity jewelers say rappers are asking them to make medallions with less-precious stones and metals. Some eve...
Mark Blankenship | Posted 06.04.2009 | Entertainment
Have you seen this new Heineken commercial, "Let a Stranger Drive You Home?" Last week, it shot Biz Markie's 1990 hit "Just a Friend" onto the iTunes bestsellers list.
Vickie Karp | Posted 05.25.2009 | Entertainment
Simmons: These days I've been thinking a lot about gay marriage. I'm a big supporter. Federal gun laws is another one. There are a bunch of battles. It's all good.
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.10.2009 | Entertainment
Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By: King-Anyi Howell It's no secret that ...
Daniel Werman | Posted 04.06.2009 | Entertainment
While sampling's presence may have made hip hop into the form that many of us miss dearly, its absence could actually start to foster a broad sound that we may soon grow to know and love.
Patrick Sauer | Posted 03.23.2009 | Comedy
It's a jungle out there and sometimes in the privacy of their own gated communities the Grand Old Party wonders how they're going to keep from going under.
Scott Mehno | Posted 02.15.2009 | Entertainment
Following the announcement of Run-DMC's induction into the Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame, I submit Obama's election would have been unimaginable if it weren't for groundbreakers like Run-DMC.
Alex Remington | Posted 02.02.2009 | Entertainment
The album isn't overly pious, but Jawz's faith is apparent in the absence of the macho bull and gangsta pretension of other mainstream rap.
Matt Stewart | Posted 12.19.2008 | Entertainment
I'm not fifteen and pissed off anymore, and today's fifteen year-olds don't seem as pissed off as I was at their age. America has changed, and I have too.
Shola Lynch | Posted 11.24.2008 | Entertainment
Who knew that so many artists had non-profit foundations that are giving back to their communities?
Barry Michael Cooper | Posted 11.22.2008 | Media
Watching Palin sit through the SNL skit, it amazed me how politics and Hip Hop have established some sort of weird intertextuality.
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Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books