90's hip-hop

  Rap music is mourning another fallen soldier today. Albert ‘Prodigy’ Johnson, one half of the Queens, N.Y. duo Mobb Deep, has died. Rollingstone.com reports: “It is with extreme sadness and disbelief that we confirm the death of our dear friend Albert Johnson, better known to millions of fans as Prodigy of legendary NY rap […]

VH1 is taking a break from producing ratchet reality shows featuring black women snatching back manes, and will focus instead on the “golden-era” of 90’s hip-hop with the movie The Breaks, starring Mack Wilds, Method Man, Wood Harris and Afton Williamson. According to the network, the film is set against the backdrop of a New […]

MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Rapper MC Supreme, best known for his 1990 single “Black In America,” has died in a car crash in Malibu. The Los Angeles County coroner’s officials said 47-year-old Dewayne Coleman was killed Saturday when a pickup truck slammed into parked car on the shoulder Pacific Coast Highway. Coleman was pronounced dead […]

COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — Death Row Records founder Marion “Suge” Knight turned himself into authorities early Friday after his attorney said the rap mogul accidentally ran over and killed a friend and injured another man as he fled attackers. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said the incident was being investigated as a homicide and […]

Wu Tang Forever.  That must the the motto of the Lieberman family who named their newborn twin sons – wait for it – Ghostface and Raekwon. Yes, the happy couple alerted Raewon of this hip-hop history and he posted a shot of the kids and their birth certificates to his Instagram page. OK, they may […]