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Rakim & Talib Kweli Unveil The Master Plan As They Rock “Paid In Full” Together (Video)

Rakim & Talib Kweli Unveil The Master Plan As They Rock “Paid In Full” Together (Video)

Fans of traditional New Orleans jazz may already be familiar with the Soul Rebels. Performing every Thursday in their hometown, the band formed in the early '90s and has since exploded into an international touring sensation, sharing their unique approach to brass band repertoire with millions of people around the... Read more
February 29, 2016 Video
No Malice Won’t Count Out a Clipse Reunion, Announces New Film & Album (Video)

No Malice Won’t Count Out a Clipse Reunion, Announces New Film & Album (Video)

In the years since Virginia Rap duo the Clipse broke up, brothers No Malice and Pusha T have not made many appearances in the booth together, but as Push shared in a recent documentary, there has been no love lost between them. No Malice (fka Malice) embarked onto a life... Read more
February 26, 2016 Video
Curren$y & Alchemist Charge Their “Mack Book” with Rhymes & Vintage Clips (Video)

Curren$y & Alchemist Charge Their “Mack Book” with Rhymes & Vintage Clips (Video)

It's only the second month of the year, and already New Orleans MC Curren$y has released two free collaborative projects. In January, it was The Owners Manual with Cool & Dre, and in February arrived The Carrollton Heist with the Alchemist. Named after a major thoroughfare in Crescent City, Heist... Read more
February 26, 2016 Video
Facebook Stands Up for Black Lives Matter with Powerful Statement From Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook Stands Up for Black Lives Matter with Powerful Statement From Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg - the former wunderkind who founded Facebook more than ten years ago - has released a stern criticism of his employees, but it's not about something they did online. Rather, he is admonishing behavior taking place in a very rudimentary form of social media: A community chalkboard. Specifically,... Read more
February 26, 2016 Lifestyle
Viola Davis Gets Real With Sway About Hollywood’s Race Problem (Video)

Viola Davis Gets Real With Sway About Hollywood’s Race Problem (Video)

Viola Davis is no stranger to the inner workings of Hollywood and has experienced the benefits and the difficulties of a successful career. Last year, she made television history as the first Black woman of any  nationality to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. How... Read more
February 25, 2016 Lifestyle
Hear How Muhammad Ali & Malcolm X Met And Why They Parted Ways (Audio)

Hear How Muhammad Ali & Malcolm X Met And Why They Parted Ways (Audio)

Today marks the anniversary of former heavyweight champion boxer Sonny Liston's 1964 defeat at the hands of Cassius Clay, a young boxer who boasted that he would "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." Later changing his name to Muhammad Ali, the new heavyweight champion would go on to... Read more
February 25, 2016 Lifestyle
Mos Def & Talib Kweli Lay the Foundation for Black Star in this 1997 Performance (Video)

Mos Def & Talib Kweli Lay the Foundation for Black Star in this 1997 Performance (Video)

For Heads, there may not be a more-missed entity in Hip-Hop retail than Fat Beats. Established in New York City in 1994, the former brick-and-mortar outlet for tapes, CDs, LPs, and more now only exists as an online retailer, but its legacy remains vivid, thanks in part to live performances that... Read more
February 25, 2016 Video
Phonte’s New Solo Album Is Just The Next Step In His Already Incredible Career.

Phonte’s New Solo Album Is Just The Next Step In His Already Incredible Career.

Phonte Coleman has taken on many roles in his nearly 20-year career, including founding member of both Little Brother and the Foreign Exchange. Relatively quiet on the solo front, the North Carolina singer and MC hasn't released his own album since 2011's Charity Starts at Home, but he has just announced... Read more
February 24, 2016 News
Imagine If Jimi Hendrix & Prince Had A Guitar Prodigy Son. Meet Marcus Machado (Audio & Video)

Imagine If Jimi Hendrix & Prince Had A Guitar Prodigy Son. Meet Marcus Machado (Audio & Video)

In the life of every music lover there comes a time when a live performance reminds us of the purest form of power in talent - to reinvigorate, re-inspire, and rekindle that spark which made us fall in love with music in the first place. When coming across an artist... Read more
February 24, 2016 Food for Thought
John Oliver Shows Just How Deep Hollywood Whitewashing Goes (Video)

John Oliver Shows Just How Deep Hollywood Whitewashing Goes (Video)

Next week, Hollywood's biggest night will take place when the 88th Academy Awards take place in Beverly Hills, California. It will transpire amid a cloud of controversy related to the lack of racial diversity of the nominees in the more major categories including Best Actor & Actress and Best Supporting... Read more
February 24, 2016 Lifestyle
Los Angeles Street Art is Highlighting the City’s Failure to Address Homelessness

Los Angeles Street Art is Highlighting the City’s Failure to Address Homelessness

Los Angeles conjures up images of beachfront properties, endless avenues decorated with palm trees, and a year-round climate that is so close to perfect it has become a number-one destination for millions. However, the rich and famous are not the only ones who benefit from the area's weather. Mild temperatures... Read more
February 23, 2016 Lifestyle
L.A. Reid is the Man Behind Outkast & TLC. Listen To How It All Came to Be (Audio)

L.A. Reid is the Man Behind Outkast & TLC. Listen To How It All Came to Be (Audio)

Antonia L.A. Reid stands tall as one of the most influential players in the music industry. Heads love him for introducing such acts as Outkast and TLC to a broad audience, but he's put in more than three decades of work into the careers of others, as well. Having essentially... Read more
February 23, 2016 Audio
Rihanna Turns Up The Heat In A Steamy Double Video With Drake (Video)

Rihanna Turns Up The Heat In A Steamy Double Video With Drake (Video)

Since releasing a teaser over the weekend, Rihanna has had her legions of fans more than ready for the release of the video for "Work," but RiRi had something more in store. Today she released not one but two videos for the song, each showcasing a different side of the... Read more
February 22, 2016 Video
It’s A Bad Boy/Junior M.A.F.I.A. Reunion on “Auction” With Puff, Kim, Styles & Los (Video)

It’s A Bad Boy/Junior M.A.F.I.A. Reunion on “Auction” With Puff, Kim, Styles & Los (Video)

With the shiny jackets, posse camera shots, and braggadocious lyrics, the Bad Boy family certainly left its imprint on the Rap video canon, and the Jiggy Era for many Heads will always symbolize a heyday of mainstream New York City Hip-Hop. A key player in that movement was, of course,... Read more
February 22, 2016 Video
Lauryn Hill & the Weeknd Light Up the Stage with Special “In the Night” Duet (Video)

Lauryn Hill & the Weeknd Light Up the Stage with Special “In the Night” Duet (Video)

One of the many rumors surrounding last week's Grammys telecast was that the Weeknd - whose Beauty Behind the Madness was nominated for Album of the Year - would be performing a duet with Ms. Lauryn Hill, a match-up sure to delight both younger and older fans of contemporary Soul... Read more
February 20, 2016 Video
Yelawolf & Travis Barker Deliver an Unflinching Look at the Good & Bad of American Life (Video)

Yelawolf & Travis Barker Deliver an Unflinching Look at the Good & Bad of American Life (Video)

After debuting the audio for their latest collaboration on Sway in the Morning last week, Yelawolf and Travis Barker have re-emerged with a phantasmagorical video for "Out of Control." The Alabama MC has never shied away from the controversial and Barker's career trajectory as the drummer for Blink 182 and... Read more
February 19, 2016 Video
Pusha T Responds to Internet Trolls Clowning His Hair & Illuminati Membership (Video)

Pusha T Responds to Internet Trolls Clowning His Hair & Illuminati Membership (Video)

In the Vice series "The People Vs.," artists are asked to respond to comments left on their music, such as on YouTube threads. In the past, folks like Migos, NWA, and Action Bronson have taken part in the segment and each time there takes place a uniquely millennial interaction between... Read more
February 19, 2016 Video
Killer Mike Is Taking The Fight To The Supreme Court To Protect Freedom Of Speech In Rap Music

Killer Mike Is Taking The Fight To The Supreme Court To Protect Freedom Of Speech In Rap Music

In late 2015, Hip-Hop made its way to the steps of the Supreme Court when Killer Mike and others threw their support behind a teenager whose decision to pen a Rap song about goings-on at his high school got him suspended, permanently staining his academic record. Taylor Bell, a Mississippi student... Read more
February 19, 2016 Lifestyle
J Dilla’s Last Rap Album “The Diary” Is Coming. Here’s The First Single & Tracklist (Audio)

J Dilla’s Last Rap Album “The Diary” Is Coming. Here’s The First Single & Tracklist (Audio)

On the heels of J Dilla Weekend in Miami, the 10th anniversary of his passing, and the ongoing events in his honor taking place in Canada and elsewhere, J Dilla's name continues to reverberate on and off the MPC. The Detroit heavyweight producer and part-time MC has no doubt established... Read more
February 18, 2016 Audio
A Documentary on the Black Panthers Depicts Events That Are Still Happening Today (Video)

A Documentary on the Black Panthers Depicts Events That Are Still Happening Today (Video)

Last year, a documentary film on the earliest days of the Black Panther Party hit select theatres across the country. Directed by Stanley Nelson, the celebrated filmmaker behind such powerful social examinations as Freedom Riders and The Murder of Emmett Till, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is an... Read more
February 18, 2016 TV/Film, Video
The FBI Needs Apple’s Help Fighting Terrorism. Should the Tech Giant Give In?

The FBI Needs Apple’s Help Fighting Terrorism. Should the Tech Giant Give In?

It's no secret that Apple's iPhone has become the default choice in smartphone technology for the majority of the world's mobile-carrying population. As it becomes more and more commonplace, the phone's role in everyday life will continue to permeate much more than conversations about its effectiveness in helping us complete... Read more
February 18, 2016 Lifestyle
Spotlight: Los Angeles Underground Veteran MC Nocando May Be The Next To Blow Up (Video)

Spotlight: Los Angeles Underground Veteran MC Nocando May Be The Next To Blow Up (Video)

For many years, Los Angeles, California has served as a bastion of a diverse, eclectic, and consistently inspiring underground music scene. Much of the city's extensive history of being a center for African-American arts and music dates back to the 1930s and '40s, when Central Avenue was not only a... Read more
February 18, 2016 Video
Ghostface Killah & Killah Priest Bring Soul to a Smoker’s Anthem (Video)

Ghostface Killah & Killah Priest Bring Soul to a Smoker’s Anthem (Video)

Since launching his line of concentrated marijuana - Wu-Goo - Ghostface Killah has added cannabis entrepreneur to his ever-growing resume. The Wu-Tang Clan MC has not stopped delivering smokin' hot raps, however, and along with longtime collaborator and Brooklyn spitter Killah Priest, Tony Starks has released new music to promote... Read more
February 17, 2016 Video
LL Cool J & Puff Daddy Learn About Their Complex Family Trees & Are Deeply Humbled (Video)

LL Cool J & Puff Daddy Learn About Their Complex Family Trees & Are Deeply Humbled (Video)

Having launched in 2012, the PBS television series Finding Your Roots merges genealogy and celebrity in a reality show which documents notable people tracing their ancestral heritage. Hosted by well-known public intellectual Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the show provides its guests with research-based documentation about where their respective families originated... Read more
February 17, 2016 TV/Film
Kendrick Lamar Takes Home 5 Grammys & Debuts New Music (Video)

Kendrick Lamar Takes Home 5 Grammys & Debuts New Music (Video)

In music's biggest night, Hip-Hop came out as one of the big winners at this year's Grammy Awards ceremony, thanks to the rousing success of Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly. Only two years after what many considered a snub - when his good kid m.A.A.d. city lost the "Best... Read more
February 15, 2016 News, Video
Kanye West Introduces ‘The Life of Pablo’ As a Living, Breathing Visual Experience (Videos)

Kanye West Introduces ‘The Life of Pablo’ As a Living, Breathing Visual Experience (Videos)

With the weeks-long rollout for his recently released The Life of Pablo, Kanye West elicited plenty of attention for his eighth studio album. But, in typical Yeezy fashion, a new album was just the beginning. The Chicagoan took over New York City's iconic Madison Square Garden to debut the third... Read more
February 15, 2016 Video
With an Unexpected Vacancy in the Supreme Court, Obama is Preparing for an All-Out Battle (Audio)

With an Unexpected Vacancy in the Supreme Court, Obama is Preparing for an All-Out Battle (Audio)

After news broke that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away over the weekend (February 13), social media exploded as debates about who should take the long-sitting conservative judge's place raged. The 79-year-old joined the highest court in the land back in 1986 when he was appointed by then-President Ronald... Read more
February 15, 2016 Lifestyle
Kool Moe Dee & Melle Mel Brought the Block Party to the World in 1990 (Video)

Kool Moe Dee & Melle Mel Brought the Block Party to the World in 1990 (Video)

With just a few days until the 58th annual Grammy Awards, there may not be a more fitting time for a retrospective on a particularly noteworthy Grammy moment in Hip-Hop history. The year was 1989, and as the world was still getting acquainted with the blossoming New York City youth... Read more
February 11, 2016 Do Remember
Black Thought Raps About the Super Bowl With Help From “Tonight Show” Fans (Video)

Black Thought Raps About the Super Bowl With Help From “Tonight Show” Fans (Video)

To Heads, it's no secret that the Roots are arguably the greatest band in Hip-Hop. When Jimmy Fallon brought the Philly crew with him to The Tonight Show, millions of new fans were born, and thanks to the many musical skits and interludes on the show, America gets to see... Read more
February 5, 2016 TV/Film, Video
Kendrick Lamar Reflects on Past Grammy Losses While Looking Forward to Domination (Video)

Kendrick Lamar Reflects on Past Grammy Losses While Looking Forward to Domination (Video)

Monday, February 15 may promise to be an indispensably important night for Hip-Hop. With 11 nominations, Kendrick Lamar is poised to be this year's biggest winner, only two years after losing to Macklemore & Ryan Lewis for Best Hip-Hop Album of the Year and Best New Artist. This time around,... Read more
February 4, 2016 Video
D.M.C. Says Comics & Hip-Hop Culture Are Synonymous & Releases New Marvel Issue.

D.M.C. Says Comics & Hip-Hop Culture Are Synonymous & Releases New Marvel Issue.

Darryl McDaniels has devoted his life to Hip-Hop as one third of Run-D.M.C. The Hollis, Queens MC has dedicated more than four decades to the pursuit of music, but he has always been open about the other love of his life: comics. Since his early childhood, DMC has explored the... Read more
February 4, 2016 Lifestyle
Nick Grant’s Newest Mixtape Proves Why His Buzz is Only the Beginning (Album Stream)

Nick Grant’s Newest Mixtape Proves Why His Buzz is Only the Beginning (Album Stream)

Fledgling Third Coast MC Nick Grant will not have much to prove to anyone soon enough. After positively lighting up Sway in the Morning with a phenomenal freestyle that only supported Sway's personal endorsement of Grant's lyrical prowess, he's been steadily climbing the proverbial rungs and has already left a... Read more
February 3, 2016 Audio
“Hamilton” Creator Says Founding Father & Biggie Have Plenty in Common (Video)

“Hamilton” Creator Says Founding Father & Biggie Have Plenty in Common (Video)

Lin-Manuel Miranda is a self-described "Puerto Rican from the Bronx" whose passion for both musical theater and Hip-Hop have made him one of the most exciting figures in the culture today. By now, Heads are familiar with his work as the creator of the surprise Broadway smash Hamilton, a historically... Read more
February 3, 2016 Lifestyle
Royce Da 5’9 Answers Fan Questions & Reflects on His Idol J Dilla (Video Interview)

Royce Da 5’9 Answers Fan Questions & Reflects on His Idol J Dilla (Video Interview)

On Sunday, January 31, Ambrosia for Heads hosted a live-streaming conversation with Royce Da 5'9, the celebrated Detroit MC whose work as a solo artist, a member of Slaughterhouse, and a member of PRhyme makes him one of the busiest and most in-demand performers in the game. With a headlining... Read more
February 3, 2016 Food for Thought, Video
Pharoahe Monch Speaks About His New Album, J Dilla & 25 Years of Organized Konfusion (Interview)

Pharoahe Monch Speaks About His New Album, J Dilla & 25 Years of Organized Konfusion (Interview)

Pharoahe Monch is - without an iota of doubt - one of music's most indelibly unique voices. Sonically and technically there is no other like him, and yet his influence lives within countless MCs who've come after him. As a solo artist he continues to excite fans with his boomerang... Read more
February 2, 2016 Food for Thought
De La Soul Explain How The Fans Have Allowed Them To Make An Album Unlike Any Other

De La Soul Explain How The Fans Have Allowed Them To Make An Album Unlike Any Other

In late 2015, legendary Long Island, New York trio De La Soul announced the name of their forthcoming studio album as well as its featured guests, artwork, and backstory. The album made headlines even before that, thanks to the unusual way in which it was being put together and the... Read more
February 2, 2016 Fresh
MC Lyte & Rapsody Recount Racist Assaults & Open Up About Being Women in Hip-Hop

MC Lyte & Rapsody Recount Racist Assaults & Open Up About Being Women in Hip-Hop

February 1 marked the beginning of Black History Month, a yearly occasion during which African-American stories, issues, art, and conversations are shared with more visibility than perhaps the rest of the year. In today's atmosphere - where "Black lives matter" is not just an aside in a casual conversation and... Read more
February 2, 2016 Lifestyle
A Film About a Slave Revolt is Breaking Records. Has Hollywood Really Changed?

A Film About a Slave Revolt is Breaking Records. Has Hollywood Really Changed?

As the Academy Awards inch closer and closer, the discussion about diversity in Hollywood continues to rage on. One of the highest-trending topics on Twitter, #OscarsSoWhite is a reaction to the announcement of Oscar nominees and in particular the fact that no people of color are represented in the top... Read more
February 1, 2016 Lifestyle
Now That Barbie Has A New Body, Will Hip-Hop Stop Glorifying Injections?

Now That Barbie Has A New Body, Will Hip-Hop Stop Glorifying Injections?

The relationship between pop culture and body image is decades old, but with Hip-Hop's unmatched global dominance in every realm of life, there is a need for a conversation about how images portrayed by or celebrated in the music affect the way people - mostly women - feel about their... Read more
February 1, 2016 Lifestyle
The White Privilege Conversation is Ongoing. Macklemore & Collaborators Weigh In.

The White Privilege Conversation is Ongoing. Macklemore & Collaborators Weigh In.

This past week has been a very cerebral, thought-provoking time in Hip-Hop. Since releasing "White Privilege II," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis have been discussing at great length the implications of White supremacy, the racial politics within Hip-Hop, and how those listening to the song can help educate and engage others... Read more
January 30, 2016 News
Elzhi Announces New Album, Struggle with Depression & Drops a Bold New Single (Audio)

Elzhi Announces New Album, Struggle with Depression & Drops a Bold New Single (Audio)

For fans of Detroit, Michigan MC Elzhi, it's been a long and brutally quiet few years since he released his Nas-inspired masterpiece Elmatic in 2011. Since dropping his debut solo LP The Preface in 2008, he's taken on a reputation of nearly mythical proportions (a la Jay Electronica) by maintaining... Read more
January 29, 2016 Audio
Jon Connor Calls Flint’s Poisoned Water “Population Control” (Audio)

Jon Connor Calls Flint’s Poisoned Water “Population Control” (Audio)

Jon Connor is a native of Flint, Michigan, a town currently being ravaged by the fallout resulting from water poisoning. After city officials opted to save money by sourcing water from the local Flint River rather than the Great Lakes, high levels of lead began to appear in residents' tap... Read more
January 29, 2016 Audio
Vince Staples Gets Lifted From His Surroundings Without Ever Leaving Them (Video)

Vince Staples Gets Lifted From His Surroundings Without Ever Leaving Them (Video)

In recent months, Long Beach, California MC Vince Staples was at the helm of a discussion about generational perspective in Hip-Hop. In October, he made a statement which seemed to suggest that the '00s were the greatest years in Rap music, prompting artists and fans representing previous eras to voice... Read more
January 29, 2016 Video
Killer Mike & Iconic Olympian Tommie Smith Discuss the Past & Current Civil Rights Movements (Video)

Killer Mike & Iconic Olympian Tommie Smith Discuss the Past & Current Civil Rights Movements (Video)

In one of the most iconic sports photographs, American Olympian athlete Tommie Smith is seen raising his Black fist into the air in solidarity with his fellow medal winners in a stunning show of solidarity with those back home fighting for civil rights. Nearly 50 years later, and Americans are... Read more
January 28, 2016 Lifestyle
This Interactive Audio Chart Allows You To Play Every #1 Rap Song Since 1989

This Interactive Audio Chart Allows You To Play Every #1 Rap Song Since 1989

Billboard - the world's premier source for the ranking of music sales - has teamed up with Polygraph.co to create an incredibly dope interactive audio chart which allows Heads to not only listen to every top-ranking Hip-Hop track since 1989, but also provides extensive history for each song, the extended... Read more
January 28, 2016 Fresh
Snoop Dogg & Anderson .Paak Bridge 2 West Coast Generations With a Passing of the Torch (Video)

Snoop Dogg & Anderson .Paak Bridge 2 West Coast Generations With a Passing of the Torch (Video)

In addition to getting the Doggfather to use his signature catchphrase (Yes Lawd!), Anderson .Paak is dominating the Hip-Hop playing field right now, incorporating his unmistakably raspy Soul inflection in records with Dr. Dre, the Game, DJ Premier, and others. The Los Angeles, California-based MC/singer/drummer/producer is putting on for his... Read more
January 27, 2016 Video
Activist DeRay McKesson Calls “All Lives Matter” A Distraction (Video)

Activist DeRay McKesson Calls “All Lives Matter” A Distraction (Video)

DeRay McKesson has become a key voice in contemporary American race politics. The former teacher and current social activist began to amass a considerable Twitter following in the wake of the shooting death of Mike Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri in the summer of 2014, and as... Read more
January 27, 2016 TV/Film
Macklemore & Sway Have an Incredibly Deep & Important Conversation About White Supremacy (Video)

Macklemore & Sway Have an Incredibly Deep & Important Conversation About White Supremacy (Video)

Since releasing "White Privilege II" on January 22, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis have re-ignited a generations-old discussion about race that has become a maelstrom surrounding the notion of the White versus Black experience in the United States as it exists today. Against the current backdrop of affairs, the conversation is... Read more
January 26, 2016 Lifestyle
A Grand Jury Investigating Planned Parenthood Instead Charges Anti-Abortion Activists (Audio)

A Grand Jury Investigating Planned Parenthood Instead Charges Anti-Abortion Activists (Audio)

Last year, Planned Parenthood experienced a tumultuous few months that brought the family healthcare facility more criticism than usual. Often the subject of protests and negative attention from Conservatives, the clinic known for providing sexual and reproductive health services to millions of families came under fire after a series of... Read more
January 26, 2016 Lifestyle
The D.O.C. Calls Erykah Badu His Closest Friend & Talks Co-Parenting (Video)

The D.O.C. Calls Erykah Badu His Closest Friend & Talks Co-Parenting (Video)

Dallas, Texas rapper the D.O.C. is best known for his extensive working relationship with N.W.A., with whom he co-wrote much material before ushering in a celebrated solo career. The platinum-selling MC who almost lost his ability to speak in a near-fatal car accident has re-emerged triumphantly, after an announcement in the... Read more
January 25, 2016 Video
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