by: Vonetta Hinton  Hip Hop and social justice have had a long history. Hip Hop has always been the CNN of urban America, chronicling the everyday happenings of police brutality. There have been major initiatives in the industry that have been implemented in the past year in response to recent injustices.    The Rolling Loud Music Festival (California) is now happening from December 10-12, a three-day event that has become the largest Hip-Hop festival in the world. They are a shining example that Hip-Hop is doing a lot ..read more

        FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 7/19/2021  Lee H Jordan  Juneteenth Speaks  612-860-4974  juneteenthspeaks@gmail.com  Juneteenth Speaks Presents Miss Juneteenth: Midwest  First Annual Miss Juneteenth Midwest Scholarship Program to Premier August 28th 2021  [Minneapolis, MN]: Juneteenth Speaks today announced the launch of its first annual Miss Juneteenth:  Midwest a contest and scholarship program centered around creating something more than just a  pageant for young women. The goal of Miss Juneteenth: Midwest is to encourage y ..read more

By Jessa J.L. Jansen   Staff Writer - The Boom Bap Hour Uncut With the long-awaited revelation of those Corey Feldman has labeled as being part of a Hollywood pedophile ring, came the premiere of his new documentary: (My) Truth: The Rape of 2 Coreys (2). The night of Feldman’s premiere took place at the Directors Guild of America building. It included known celebrities like Rosanna Arquette, Patricia Richardson, Jaime Kennedy, and musician Dave Navarro, but delays posed threats against both screenings (1).   Self-financed and also promoted to fans as a one-time viewable live str ..read more

  By Jessa J.L. Jansen  Staff Writer - The Boom Bap Hour Uncut Earlier last month, authorities raided a storage unit owned by R. Kelly and seized around 100 devices like video cameras, Apple iPads, hard drives, computers, and cell phones (2). Information about the raid was released during an arraignment for an indictment filed last month, adding additional allegations of his involvement with a minor (1).   Kelly’s defense team offered that the search took place at a storage facility near O’Hare Airport that had already been raided prior while criticizing the ongoing allega ..read more

By Kayla Williams  Staff Writer - The Boom Bap Hour Uncut   Modern Feminism in Hip Hop  “I really cannot wrap my head around the fact it's  Taken me this long to finally realize I'm fantastic  I used to write my little raps  They'd always look right past it  Like it's average”  Mexican- American rapper Snow Tha Product rapped these lyrics (from the song Bilingue) last year. These lyrics voice her frustrations of being a woman in the hip hop industry. She feels as if she is overlooked by big players in the field because she is female, even though she has ..read more

By Kayla Williams Staff Writer - The Boom Bap Hour Uncut The Motto by Drake featuring Lil Wayne, is a fun upbeat rap song with pop and trap elements. The song promotes the idea of living life to the fullest because “you only live once”. The song was released in 2012, when the phrase YOLO had taken over the internet by storm. Drake was smart to play up this trend, by centering his lyrics around the word. However, the song mainly promotes Drake and Wayne’s “rap” lifestyles which are full of riches, cars, and expensive luxuries. The average person does not have access to these things or this way ..read more

By Bria Jackson  Staff Writer - The Boom Bap Hour Uncut   Just yesterday everyone learned that upcoming rapper, Bashar Barakah Jackson, or Pop Smoke to most, died from being shot during a home robbery. What was even more shocking was that a lot of us were just finding out who Pop Smoke even was. I know I just learned of him last week. He was twenty years old from Brooklyn, New York. I kept hearing his song Dior, thinking it was Desiigner because of how deep and unique his voice was but I learned quickly they were two different people.   I’ve been trying to avoid social med ..read more

By Jessa J.L. Jansen  Staff Writer - The Boom Bap Hour Uncut  With the unfortunate passing of celebrity figures, it always seems to have effects on the public. The devastating loss of a well-known figure in society, along with his child, has parents all over holding their children a little tighter. "​Girls are the best" expressed Kobe Bryant to ESPN's Elle Duncan after she shared the news of her pregnancy with him and that she was having a girl. Duncan went on to share the memory that Bryant continued to tell her, "I would have five more girls if I could, I'm a girl dad.” Since sha ..read more

By Bria Jackson  Staff Writer - The Boom Bap Hour Uncut  I’m sure everyone has heard or at least seen, people talking about Eminem’s newest album “Music To Be Murdered.” Eminem has albums dating back all the way to 1996 and obviously sticks to the hip-hop genre with each one. He’s definitely no stranger to the hip-hop community, whether it be music or film. I’m twenty-four, so listening to Eminem in the early 2000s was amazing mainly because of how fast he could rap.   I remember being in school at the cafeteria table and everybody crowded around to listen to the rap battl ..read more

  By Jason Callahan  Staff Writer - The Boom Bap Hour Uncut  During the late eighties and nineties, very few professional athletes had an impact on society for the betterment of people. Among these athletes are; Michael Jordan, Steve Young, Joe Montana, Magic Johnson, and Kobe Bryant to name a few. I did watch Kobe play some games and his intensity for the game seems to come from the pure love of the game. Kobe was very talented and seemed very passionate about basketball.    Watching Kobe play was a treat to many folks. I would place him up there with Michael Jo ..read more