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10/11/2024

11/10/2024

Today in Hip Hop History:
MC Lyte was born October 11, 1970

"Thank You" by MC LyteWhat’s up y'all, MC Lyte here! I'm thrilled to share my new "Thank You" music video with you. It's a heartwarming journey through time,...

05/09/2024

Happy 43rd birthday to the legendary Beyoncé.

05/09/2024

Michael Jackson refused to perpetuate the whitewashed narrative of Kemet. Despite Steven Spielberg's refusal to support the production of the short film-music video, Michael Jackson stayed resolute �.

He personally financed his own film to create the classic "Do You Remember the Time."
Today, it remains the only authentic depiction of Kemet as it truly was �

Micheal Jackson show-cased the greatness of Black Africans in ancient Egypt (Kemet), in the 90s!! This is the most accurate depiction of the Kemetyu Africans ever put in the mainstream media.

23/08/2024

23/08/2024

“This Is What The 2024 Paris Olympics Was Supposed To Look Like!”

23/08/2024

“Funny Fridays w/ Lavell Crawford”

23/08/2024

“Funny Fridays”

23/08/2024

Khalil Kain, Omar Epps, Jermaine Hopkins and Tupac Shakur in Juice (1992)

07/08/2024

“Got Damned!”

18/08/2023

Queen Latifah 👑

17/08/2023

To celebrate 50 years of hip hop, rapper MC Lyte, considered by many to be a pioneer of female rap, takes us through the journey of her career in hip-hop as being a woman in a heavily male-dominated industry. She shares her highs and lows and gives her younger self advice in this edition of "Note to...

27/03/2023

Sylvia Robinson made music history in 1979 when she assembled a rap group in the studio to record what would become the first commercially successful rap record. Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" was a huge radio hit, crossing over to the R&B Hot 100 charts and selling over 1 million copies. She demonstrated with one record that the nascent genre could have as much commercial success as any contemporary musical genres. Her label, Sugarhill Records, was a major creative force in those early years and she produced seminal records, such as "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, and pioneering acts like The Funky 4 + 1.

Robinson was hardly new to the music industry when she formed Sugarhill Records with her husband, Joe Robinson. She was a successful singer, songwriter, and producer even if she wasn't always credited for her work. Hip hop cemented Robinson's place in music history while her pioneering work elevated the genre and helping to kick off hip hop's global rise.