-- Talib Kweli, "Prisoner of Conscious" (Javotti Media/Caroline Distribution) Throughout his career, whether in his early collaborative work with fe...
Getting back to this "Tough Week," now nearly 14 days ago, as the news raged on, I found myself turning to social media sites like Twitter and Reddit for the latest updates about the situation in Boston.
Days after Lil Wayne's second hospitalization for seizures, he's the star of a new video for his Cash Money Records comrade Mack Maine. The "Celebrate...
Legendary entertainer Prince will be honored this March with a benefit concert for music education. The concert will be held at Carnegie Hall on M...
It's easy to write off today's rappers as nothing more than self-taught entrepreneurs and moguls whose strongest skill is their ability to spit clever...
The labels “political” and “conscious” have been ascribed to rapper Talib Kweli throughout his music career, beginning with his start as a mem...
The backlash against Village Voice Media's ownership of Backpage.com continues with a group of high-profile musicians speaking out against the controv...
Left neglected in a Swedish TV station's cellar for 30 years, Black Power Mixtape includes "socially conscious" artists and a sweet soundtrack crafted by ?uestlove... what was there not to love? How about everything minus the soundtrack?
First, hip hop mogul Russell Simmons joined the Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York City to rally against corporate greed and corruption. Then r...
There is no amplification allowed in Zucotti Park, home of the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York. It's why protesters have to use "the people's m...
Talib Kweli is the latest musician to offer his support to the Occupy Wall Street movement. He showed up at New York's Liberty Plaza Thursday night fo...
Swedish filmmaker Göran Hugo Olsson's documentary The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 is one of those once-in-a-lifetime films which seamlessly reaches the full cinematic goal of changing its viewers' world for good.
The 8th annual touring rap festival Rock The Bells announced it's lineup today, and it will be headlined by Lauryn Hill who coincidentally celebrates ...
After too many days inside, some of us are ready for a trip to the bar, or perhaps a political snowball fight. With 18 days until election day, we hav...
The man who would become known to the world as Common has been blessed with a bountiful career in an industry that feasts on the forgettable tastes of one-hit wonders.
Last night over 12,000 eager listeners packed every inch of the Prospect Park Bandhell while thousands more waited outside of the gates when they we...
Reflection Eternal created the piece to raise awareness of dubious oil drilling in Africa. Here is HuffPost's premiere of the video as well as a video commentary.
Diamond District's socially conscious lyrics are a welcome relief from the materialism of mainstream rap. Their voices seem bigger than their years, their flows sharpened with a DC drawl, and their delivery confident.
Rumors are as much a part of SXSW as live music and Lone Star beer. This year speculation's swirling around the Levi's/FADER Fort, Perez Hilton's party and whether Red Bull's Moontower Party will return.
The hip-hop trio Tanya Morgan, which consist of Brooklyn emcee/producer Von Pea and Cincinnati emcees Donwill and Ilyas, have set out to craft a signature sound of music that stands apart from industry standards.
Congo-born artist Marie Daulne has worked with some of hip hop's biggest names, including the Roots, Talib Kweli and Common. But as child, TV and radio was forbidden in her home.
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin recently recorded a song, "Rocket Experience," to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his moon walk and to help benefit various ...
Last night's season finale of "30 Rock" was shocking for many reasons: We found out Clay Aiken is Kenneth "The Page" Parcell's cousin, that Elvis Cost...
