hip hop
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Dapper in Dior, Married in Marchesa: How Pusha T and His Bride Tied the Knot in Classic Style
It’s not every day that one of the most savage lyricists in hip-hop gets sweet and sentimental, but that’s what happened on Saturday evening when Terrence Thornton—better known as Pusha T—married longtime girlfriend Virginia Joy Williams at the historic Cavalier Hotel in their hometown of Virginia Beach, Va. The couple, who have been together over…
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Harlem Renaissance: Gucci-Dapper Dan Goes Live!
We’ve been buzzing about the renaissance of the Harlem-based designer known as Dapper Dan so long, it’s hard to believe that his much-anticipated collaboration with former nemesis Gucci only launched this week. After all, we’ve been seeing teases for months: in Beyoncé’s tour wardrobe, on any number of red carpets, and most recently, on both…
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Dark-Skinned Babies? 'I Ain't With That': GlocKKKNine, Self-Hate and Colorism in America
Some conspiracy theories are real. When planes flew into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, it was the result of an actual conspiracy—whether it was an inside job or a plan composed by nine hijackers. Either Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin or white people’s “racial resentment” conspired to elect a president with the intellectual capacity…
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YouTube Originals' G Funk Documentary Proves Warren G Saved Snoop Dogg's Career, He's Not Afraid of Suge Knight and Drake Should Thank Him
The G Funk era of hip-hop was ushered in by three hip-hop giants, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg and Warren G. The genre represented everything west coast hip hop was and is, but focused more on having fun than gangbanging. The powers that be at YouTube decided to gift the world with an original documentary, G…
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Does Drake’s Scorpion Album Have Any Sting?
Drake needs a woman who’s going to make him happy. Drizzy Drake’s Scorpion album has caused a lot of chatter in the Twitter world already. The album was released Friday, with an A and a B side, where basically one side is hip-hop, while the other is R&B. Much like any album, it has received…
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It’s Over. Drake Lost
Perhaps, in several days or weeks or months, Drake will (finally) respond to Pusha T. And maybe that response, when it (finally) happens, will be amazing. “Wow,” we’ll (finally) say to ourselves when we first listen to Drake’s brilliant and witty and petty and perhaps even mean response. “Drake wasn’t playing. He really gave it…
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An Ode to My Big Sister, Who Might Not Know That She Put Me On to Hip-Hop
Since June is Black Music Month (or, more formally, African-American Music Appreciation Month), I figure that one of the best ways to celebrate is to talk about my own love for black music. There’s no talking about my love for black music without discussing hip-hop because it is now and has been the most prominent…
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Tribeca Film Festival 2018: A New Film on Blue Note Records Takes Us Beyond the Notes
A horn riff. A thump of the bass. A tinkle of the keys followed by the “boom-bap” of the drums. These sounds are the hallmarks of legendary jazz label Blue Note Records, which was the first recording showcase of talents like Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk and many more who would go on to…
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Tale of the Tape: Nicki Minaj vs. Cardi B
After releasing two songs on Thursday, rapper Nicki Minaj reignited her feud with the current princess of rap, Cardi B, because—if we’re being honest—we kinda forgot about the black female Max Headroom of hip-hop once we met Cardi. I guess Minaj has to sell those records any way she can. (Is it even “records” anymore?…
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Chanté to Shanté: Chanté Adams Channels Hip-Hop Pioneer Roxanne Shanté in Netflix’s Roxanne, Roxanne
Chanté Adams is living a dream—one she envisioned not too long ago as a 2016 graduate of the School of Drama at the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Less than two years later, the young actress is enjoying the premiere of her first film, starring as female rap prodigy and pioneer Roxanne Shanté in…