Today’s date, March 9th, will go down in history as a day that a Hip Hop legend fell. A day that will live in the heads and hearts of heads forever, the day that Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. Notorious BIG, a.k.a. Biggie Smalls, a.k.a. Big Poppa was gun down and taken in his prime.

With former Hot Boy B.G.’s recent arrest on gun charges, he’s just one of many rappers that have gone down this road. T.I. is already in jail for gun charges while Lil Wayne is about to get a year in February for gun charges in New York. I know rappers are vulnerable to the realities [...]

I grew up during an age when hip-hop was the dominant musical art form of my generation. These times you ask? 1994-1999. Even though today hip-hop still has a strong foothold in the industry, the recent releases by Jay-Z and Raekwon have me questioning the mortality of hip-hop music and more importantly of the art forms associated with the music. Where have all the dope deejays, graf writers and b-boys gone?

Long heralded as one of the strongest emcees to come out of New York City, D.I.T.C. (Diggin’ in the Crates) member O.C. has mesmerized critics and fans alike with his wordplay and delivery. Hailing from the borough of Brooklyn, Omar Credle made his recording debut with underground legends Organized Konfusion.

One of the most underrated and poorly marketed hip-hop albums of the last five years is Hell Hath No Fury, the long-awaited return LP of The Clipse. For four years, brothers Malice and Pusha T fought to free themselves from the harness of the record deal that they signed with Atlantic, striving to attain a spot amongst hip-hop’s elite, and finding their path blocked by record executives and market testers.

The number one topic that has been and seems as if will be the most prevalent in Hip-Hop music is money!! The question that has really struck my mind as I’m sure for many others is, are these rap artists really living the lifestyles they portray in their music? Are they really making that much money?