Category: Arts

  Hip-hop saw this coming. We didn’t, but Kendrick Lamar did. Calling out rappers is something he’s been subliminally doing for 10 months after his released his debut Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City last October. Most will disagree when I say this: He is the King, period, no matter how you slice it and dice it. […]

Big Sean released his anticipated sophomore album Hall of Fame on Tuesday. The Detroit native delivers a powerful and complete follow-up from his debut album Finally Famous, which created a huge buzz for the 25-year-old G.O.O.D. Music rapper.  With lead singles such as “Beware” featuring Lil’ Wayne & Jhene Aiko and “Fire,” Big Sean took […]

  Juicy J released his third studio album Stay Trippy on Tuesday. The album is released under Columbia through Wiz Khalifa’s Taylor Gang record label.  The album features guest appearances from Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, The Weekend, A$AP Rocky, Wale, Trey Songz, Young Jeezy, Big Sean, Trina, Pimp C, and Yelawolf.  […]

  As hip-hop fans anticipate lyrical responses from the eminent emcee’s, Kendrick named dropped in his verse on Big Sean’s “Control.” We can all sit back and witness the hip-hop transformation. Since Kendrick’s verse, rappers have come out the boondocks responded.  In all honesty, I only listened to one responseMost of the artist who responded […]

People tend to believe that hip-hop stops at being just a genre of music, when in actuality, hip-hop is a culture looked upon as a sport. When Mc’s such as Big L, Biggie, Tupac, and members Wu Tang Clan were alive, filters on what you said or who you came at didn’t even exist.  There […]

  Last October, Washington Redskins wide receiver Santana Moss sat in an empty locker room after a long Thursday’s practice mumbling raps to himself. Being the music enthusiast that I am, I asked for other opinions on who has the hottest music.  “Did you hear that new Meek Mill?” I asked after Meek Mill released […]

“Sister and her sisters” shimmer and shine in the 2012 remake of the 1976 cinematic classic, Sparkle.  Season 5 American Idol winner Jordin Sparks, plays the lead role of Sparkle Anderson; a young songwriter and unassuming song bird, growing up in “Motor City” Detroit in the late 1960s.   Sparks can’t help but dazzle, supported […]

Lee Daniels’ The Butler” is serving up success at the box office. Starring Forest Whitaker as a longtime White House butler and Oprah Winfrey as his boozy wife, the Weinstein Co. biopic debuted in the top spot with $25 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.  “We expected to do well, but we didn’t expect to […]

Richard A. Lou questions and initiates discussions about race and celebrates the multicultural background that the world shares.  As an increasingly ethnically ambiguous Asian American generation is coming of age, his multiplatform project Stories on My Back combines photography, found objects and sound. Lou oftentimes references his own Chinese and Hispanic heritage as a visual […]