Queen Latifah and ESSENCE Ventures LLC have partnered to create the Essence Creators and Makers Fund. This $20 million initiative will provide more financial support while building a stronger production and economic infrastructure for artists of color. ESSENCE Ventures LLC…

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Nas may not have been putting out a lot of music lately but he's been making his rounds as an investor and now as Executive producer on the IFC film "The Land." 

Here's the synopsis and watch the trailer below:

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History was made with DJ Con back on Nov 19, 2015 in Harlem, New York when 125 DJ's rocked on125th Street at the Apollo Theatre. It was sponsored by The 125th St. Business Improvement District. If you missed it don't…

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Seeing names like Drake or the Weeknd appear on the Billboard Hot 100 is commonplace today.
But 10 years ago, there was zero Canadian hip hop on those charts. That was until Kardinal Offishall
became the first Canadian rapper to…Read more

Tidal, the streaming-music subscription service launched by Jay Z, is expanding its content mix to include
original scripted and unscripted programming. The company has ordered two new series: Brooklyn street-life
drama “Money & Violence” season 2, with new episodes slated…Read more

The platinum-selling singer, ex-husband of the late Whitney Houston and father of the late Bobbi
Kristina Brown has a deal with Dey Street Books for My Prerogative, the publisher told The Associated
Press. The book is scheduled to be released…Read more

David Banner puts historical perspective to business of today.
He sums up business deals, contracts, natural resources, 
intellectual property and so much more. Professor Banner is
rarely off point and this is no exception. He did all of this 
promoting…Read more

Styles P and Jadakiss of the Lox, D-Block, and Ruff Ryders fame are known as two of 
the deadliest lyricist around. They have now taken that passion from the mic and have
brought it to neighborhoods that need to better…Read more

In an ongoing feud that goes back some years which stems from Action Bronson
stealing the style, flow, and imitating the voice of WuTang Clan's Ghostface Killer, 
Ghost straight checks Action Bronson on this.  The spark was Action Bronson
saying…Read more

Rapper Nasir 'Nas' Jones takes us on a world tour of breakdancing in the most unexpected places.
We visit the slums, shanty towns and ghettos of the world, where hip-hop really means something.
With jaw-dropping breakdancing moves, b-boys and b-girls…Read more

Hunger Games star Amandla Stenberg is calling out several of today's biggest pop stars. The
16-year-old actress, who played Rue in the first installment of the popular film franchise, recorded
a video for her high school history class in which…Read more

So here is the Official Trailer from Universal Pictures of "Straight Outta Compton"
about the rise and fall of rap group turned pop group NWA. You will have to 
get through the 1 minute intro of Ice Cube and Dr…Read more

U.S. industrial conglomerate General Electric Co plans to release its first feature film
through video streaming devices like Roku and Apple TV in a marketing effort that raises
the bar for sponsored content."Shake the Dust" is a documentary about breakdancing…Read more

In his latest release Napoleon Da Legend drops a world tune that demands
Justice for All nationalities, races and creed across the globe. In the aftermath
of the Michael Brown verdict it couldn't come at a better time. Check it…Read more

Another heater from the "PRhyme" album called Courtesy
PRhyme is DJ Premier and Royce Da 5' 9"



Peep the full album here: smarturl.it/ThePRhymeAlbum

MC Lyte brings along Lil Mama and AV on her latest single from her
first studio album in 11 years set to drop in 2015


 

Back in September, Biz Markie revealed that he had lost 140 pounds and gone from 385 to 244
pounds over a three-year period following his type 2 diabetes diagnosis, according to the NY Daily
News. And the "Just a Friend"…Read more

When the hashtag #Indie500 started to appear in the tweets of 9th Wonder,
Pharoahe Monch, Talib Kweli and members of their teams over the 4th of July
holiday, the hip-hop community began to see signs of a second coming-together.
There…Read more

DJ Premier and Royce Da 5'9" preview another treat from their up
coming collaboration called PRhyme peep the video:

Snoop Dogg, Nas and Jared Leto have delivered a shot of star power to the latest round
of financing for Robinhood, a new no-commission brokerage website that hopes to make
trading stocks as easy as hitting "X" on Tinder. The…Read more

Twenty years after the release of Nas groundbreaking debut album Illmatic,
NAS: TIME IS ILLMATIC takes us into the heart of his creative process.
Returning to his childhood home in Queensbridge, Nas shares stories of his
upbringing, his influences from…Read more