Before Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, there was 50 Cent’s music career. A movement that was built on entertainment propelled by the disdain he had for his peers and slanderous statements he would spew. As he is getting older, beef is being forgiven but music is not so much popping anymore. Yet, you continue to hear […]
A few weeks ago, the hashtag #Oscarssowhite dropped in response to this year’s major nominees not having any a representation of color. Many felt that the world’s greatest super villain, the white male, was once again flexing his super power of dominating mediocrity over a more worth diverse set of candidates. But it did not […]
Two of the biggest factions in the world of black entertainment are Love and Hip Hop and anything that Tyler Perry makes. And by factions I mean two of the things that black people love to hate. Love and Hip Hop is a reality show centered around pseudo-important music industry people and their significant others/jumpoffs. Karlie […]
Wild N Out is Nick Cannon’s semi successful attempt at staying relevant in the hip hop game. It is an improv comedy show with a hip hop spin that pits two teams against each other to become the funniest of each episode. At the end of each episode there is a bonus round known […]
Between my part time blogging with BOSS Sports and my internship at Gotchamovies.com, I have seen quite a few news items about the N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton. Let me just say a lot of those items have been just as controversial as the group itself. Now there is more trouble on the homeboy front. […]
Recently I wrote an article about Pay 2 Play practices going on with local hip hop shows. It was written from a personal persepective and received some good feedback. So here are some pics I posted it on Facebook and decided to show some of the social media love I’ve been getting.
For the last few weeks or so I have been seeing posts regarding the practice of pay2play. I just wanna offer some insight from my personal view. I came to Central Texas in 04 to attend Texas State and graduated in 09. Around that time, San Marcos’ opportunities for hip hop started dying so I […]
So this weekend I received some amazing news regarding my music. I have been nominated for a San Marcos Music Award for Slept on Artist of the Year. For those who do not know what “slept on” means, it is another term for describing someone who is underrated at what they do. They are just […]