Gucci Mane denied bond in assault case
ATLANTA (AP) - Gucci Mane has been denied bond on charges stemming from a fan's accusation that the rapper hit him in the head with a champagne bottle at an Atlanta nightclub...
Chief Keef pic stirs up anti-violence campaign
NBC Chicago - Chicago rapper Chief Keef is proving to be a lightning rod in more ways than one.
Rick Ross date rape lyric causes uproar
OPINION - a verse on the song 'You Don’t Even Know,' Ross raps about drugging a woman, and then raping her while she is incoherent...
Gucci Mane jailed on assault charge
ATLANTA (AP) - Rapper Gucci Mane was being held in jail on an assault charge after a fan told police the artist smashed a champagne bottle on his head in a downtown Atlanta nightclub...
Gucci Mane wanted in alleged assault at Atlanta club
ATLANTA (AP) - An arrest warrant was issued for Gucci Mane after a fan told police the rapper hit him in the head with a champagne bottle at a downtown Atlanta nightclub...
Is mainstream hip-hop a threat to our children?
OPINION - Sometimes I think rappers are deliberately trying to get kids killed out here...
The top 5 rap lyrics of the week
RAP GENIUS - As the RG camp recovers from an exhausting and successful SxSW, we somehow stopped sneezing and coughing long enough to bring you the best in this week's music...
Chicago parents slam 13-year-old rapper's show at nightclub
theGRIO REPORT - While many 13-year-olds could have been tucked away in their beds early Thursday morning, at least one was nearly moments away from a shooting that injured seven people on the South Side of Chicago...
Blame industry, not artists, for negative hip-hop
OPINION - Is hip-hop destroying black America? To answer this question fairly, we must first discard the distorted image of hip hop that mainstream media has passed off for the past 20 years...
Why doesn't hip-hop respect its elders?
OPINION - In today’s hip-hop landscape, pioneers are typically dismissed and marginalized by the mainstream, trotted out once a year during VH1’s 'Hip-Hop Honors' and then conveniently forgotten...
