As the second season of the BIG3 is underway, Ice Cube says he still wants to lock down notable stars like Kobe Bryant, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett. Cube was in New York when he was asked which squad he thinks will be the team to beat in the BIG3. He says Gary Payton‘s “3…
Jay-Z continues to be influential in both the music and business sectors of his career. According to Complex, the New York MC was named Puma’s creative director of basketball operations on Monday afternoon. “We’ve been working with Roc Nation for quite some time,” Adam Petrick, the brand’s global director of brand and marketing said in…
LL Cool J recently said that his wife’s battle with cancer has motivated him to help raise money to fund the research of the disease. His wife, Simone Smith survived bone cancer after being diagnosed in 2004. The couple attended the Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s “Hot Pink Party” in New York City last Thursday to…
In a recent, exclusive interview with Hollywood Unlocked, R&B singer turned chef, Kelis revealed major details that she suffered domestic abuse at the hands of her former husband and New York rap icon, Nas. Kelis parallels her situation with Nas to the domestic abuse case of 2009 between Chris Brown and Rihanna. “Something reminded me…
1994 was a groundbreaking year for Nas, but most importantly hip hop. Today marks the 24th anniversary of his debut classic, Illmatic. The album leaves little doubt as to both the timelessness and permanence of the message of classic rap. One could argue that it embodies everything that is missing from modern rap today—without sounding…
Before Jay-Z was the rap mogul he is today, he was a quiet kid that read beyond his grade level while growing up fatherless and poor in New York’s Marcy Projects. The rapper found an escape in language, even going as far as crediting it for his success and way to turn his life around.…
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