*While many people expected Kanye West and Kim Kardashian to give their daughter a “K” name the couple didn’t to avoid references to the Ku Klux Klan. On an episode of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” Kim K was speaking with her step-brother Brody Jenner and sister Kourtney Kardashian about naming options. She then revealed […]

(blackmediaSCOOP) Uh oh! Actor Alec Baldwin is in hot water today after tweeting the “N” word over the weekend! Apparently he’s a huge fan of Kanye & Jay Z’s new album Watch The Throne but his tweets got him in trouble. He was referring to the Kanye West and Jay-Z song, “Ni**as In Paris” when […]

Over the past four decades, hip-hop has evolved into an international social phenomenon. In spite of the culture’s influence, the level of enthusiasm surrounding its documentation within American literature for “popular music culture” is incredibly low.  Even more disappointing is the myopic telling of its unique relationship to the African-American experience. Nearly thirteen years after […]