28
May
2013 UCLA Jazz Reggae Fest [Update]
This Memorial Day weekend had me visiting UCLA twice for both days of its 27th annual Jazz Reggae Fest. Common, Santigold,Jhené Aiko, Mr. Vegas, Ziggy Marley and more performed some pretty dope sets. Check out a more extensive photo gallery of both days soon at...
New Job Post
I know I've been MIA for quite some time but it's been for a good reason. For the past week and a half, my day job has been taking up a lot of my time. What's this day job? Freelance news reporting for iTech site, GameNGuide. Check out...
07
May
I Think I’m Big Meech…
BMF: The Rise and Fall of a Hip-Hop Drug Empire was released on Netflix this week and it brought me back to an interview I did with then Atlanta's Creative Loafing Editor-In-Chief Mara Shalhoup. This interview was actually done around the time she released her book detailing...
05
May
Sunday Business
Above (Lacrae at the 2013 ASCAP Pre-Grammy Brunch in Hollywood + Yolanda Adams at the 2012 NAACP Gospel Concert in Houston + Texas Southern's 2011 Homecoming Gospel Concert with Le'Andria Johnson) I was reading Twitter earlier this week and saw Lacrae(Reach Records) mention that he finally received his...
Uralg on Fashion
Chris Brown and Pink Dolphin Link Up for Limited release of Black Pyramid "Formerly based out of California’s Bay Area, Fairfax Ave( Rodeo Drive for So-Cal’s hipster sneaker heads) regular Pink Dolphin premiered their collaboration with Chris Brown’s Black Pyramid line as the controversial pop-star graced eager...
29
Apr
The Tragic Story of Like Father Like Son: Lil Phat
So it looks like reports are saying that Baton Rouge native Lil Phat was assassinated by a Russian mobster for snitching to the police about a stolen car ring. Wow!! This is an opinion I wrote for Raprehab around the time of his murder. Around that time, Melvin...
Look Who’s Back: Mann
I interviewed Mann a couple of years ago around the time his "Buzzin" track and the complementary remix with 50 Cent was released. After Mann's World was released, he sort of disappeared. Good to know that he's come back with the short but awesome Lisa EP. Mann...
Music Loved and Hated This Week
Snoop Lion - Reincarnation "Reincarnated is pretty much about his love of weed, his love for women and how awesome Rastafarianism is. Smoking weed and taking on a hippy lifestyle doesn’t make one Rastafarian; it’s ashamed that Snoop doesn’t realize that well into his years. That simple...