
Chinese President Xi Jinping has made his first appearance in a rap music video; the state-sponsored single, “The Reform Group is Two Years Old,” celebrates a Communist Party reform committee’s persecution of allegedly corrupt party officials.
by Frances Martel29 Dec 2015, 7:34 AM PST0

Longtime Obama supporter and New York-based rapper Nas posted a picture to Instagram Saturday showing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s graffitied face with his mouth open on a bathroom wall behind a urinal.
by Jerome Hudson29 Nov 2015, 7:21 PM PST0

M.I.A. has released a music video for her new single “Borders,” which shows the British rapper taking on the European migrant crisis.
by Kipp Jones27 Nov 2015, 3:04 PM PST0

Parents are furious and confused after learning that students at John Fiske Elementary School were asked by their music teacher to research controversial Chicago rapper Chief Keef, who is known more for his lengthy arrest record than his album sales.
by Jerome Hudson18 Nov 2015, 8:30 PM PST0

In a recent appearance on The Breakfast Club radio program, Washington D.C.-based rapper Wale went on a rant against Black Lives Matter and The View co-host Raven-Symoné.
by Jerome Hudson22 Oct 2015, 8:14 PM PST0

Before the movie begins, over the opening Universal Pictures logo, director F. Gary Gray’s “Straight Outta Compton” opens with the sound that came to define South Central Los Angeles in the late 80’s and early 90’s — the sound of
by John Nolte14 Aug 2015, 7:56 AM PST0

Rapper 50 Cent, whose legal name is Curtis Jackson, is about to dole out a lot more than 50 cents after a court found him guilty of releasing video of a sexual encounter featuring a woman without her consent.
by Kipp Jones11 Jul 2015, 12:35 PM PST0