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The independent music world is a treasure trove for radical artists and revolutionary tastemakers. While the mainstream picks up some gems and over rates mediocrity, the Internet has provided ample support for dope artists on the rise. Independent Hip-Hop, in the Internet age, has brought collectives of amazing rappers, writers and producers together. However, and […]

 Polyglot is a newly released scripted web series which focuses on the diverse scene of multi-ethnic, multi-identified creatives of color in Berlin. Created by filmmaker Amelia Umuhire, the show gives an in-depth look at young people of color navigating emerging spaces in Germany. The first episode introduces viewers to Babiche Papaya, a rapper and poet played […]

Azealia Banks is set to play the tile character in the RZA directed film, “Coco”. Banks’ character is described as “an aspiring twenty-something rapper who wants a career in hip hop, but is torn by her parents’ dreams that she finish college. She gives in. While in the classroom, she experiences the true calling of the […]

Kanye West dropped by Chance the Rapper’s Open Mike series, a regular open mic event for Chicago teens. Dr. West will never be to big to give back to his hometown.   Kanye & @VicMensa performing ALL DAY at #OpenMike in Chicago earlier today pic.twitter.com/eCWyJdrImA — Kanye West News (@kanyewestnews) May 12, 2015  

Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment released the video for “Sunday Candy” over the weekend. Chance the Rapper wrote the video treatment for the Broadway musical influenced visuals. The song also features vocals from Jamila Woods of M&O. Photo: Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment/Screenshot

Penny Raps is the first project from rapper Ric Wilson. The Chicago rapper enlisted OnGuad, Talib Kweli, Malcolm London, Jamila Woods, GLC and others for his debut album. Listen to it here.   Photo: Penny Raps/Ric Wilson   

By Sam Fleming   Kendrick Lamar, ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’: The Compton MC, Kendrick Lamar has taken over mainstream rap in the past few years with two albums that have been dubbed instant classics and a mixtape. He has established himself as one of the most lyrical and versatile MCs in modern rap, as well […]

By Arielle Newton   Kendrick Lamar is my favorite New School rapper. His lyrical prowess alongside his masterful production, is an honorable change to the predictable pop-tainted “bars” that defines mainstream hip hop today. But recently, the man who I thought to be a creative revolutionary, is causing me Black feminist angst. There was the sidestep […]

Rapper Waka Flocka Flame was set to perform at Oklahoma University at a show planned in conjunction with the SAE fraternity. After a video of SAE members making racist statements was released, Flame took to Instagram to officially say he was canceling his show. Photo: Instagram 

Watch this hilarious short-film with Drake and OB O’Brien from 2008. From Complex: Throughout the 14-minute film, Drake does plenty of cringeworthy yet hilarious Drake-like things—Soulja Boy’s “Crank That” dance, link up with his famous Uncle Steve, argue with a much younger, less rapper-looking OB O’Brien, and so much more. The premise of the film, which […]

Kanye West was caught with his foot in his mouth and down his intestines during an interview on The Breakfast Club. On Amber Rose’s recent comments about Kim Kardashian: “[Rose] is just soaking in the moment. Nobody feels compelled to do nothing. If Kim had dated me when I first wanted to be with her, […]

From The Advocate: New Orleans trans advocates say they have been left stunned by the death of Penny Proud, one of their city’s young, black trans residents, the latest casualty in the ongoing national trend of antitrans violence that has seen five trans women of color killed within the first five weeks of 2015. Proud, […]