Drake, the four-time Grammy Award winner, and multi-platinum-selling artist has added a Memphis date to his “It’s All A Blur Tour” alongside rapper 21 Savage.
i grew up in brooklyn, new york, flatbush. coming back home to ghana. # yeah, this is reggie rockstone. 93- 94. when i got off that plane, the smell, the sunshine, the love, right up to we started this movement called hiplife. things took off when reggie met dj rab in accra. i met reggie rockstone in a nightclub called miracle mirage and he was rapping on the mic. rab was an african american who came to ghana to stay for a long period - and helped develop this sound that became hiplife. and i introduced myself and reggie had the short locks at the time and he was with another rap artist called freddie funkstone. i thought i was listening to rappers from brooklyn, so, immediately, i got up out of the table. i said, look, i don t have any discs, but i can make beats .
Seven law enforcement officers have sued rap artist Afroman, accusing him of improperly using footage from a police raid on his Ohio home last year in his music videos.
Hip-hop will take center stage at this summer’s Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans, as the event commemorates the 50th anniversary of the genre with performances by Lauryn Hill,