Hip-Hop Spot

height=343] Headkrack‘s esteemed guest for this hip-hop spot just happened to be the legendary hypeman to Busta Rhymes and incredible artist in his own right, Spliff Star. They cover a whole range of topics, including the hidden major responsibility of the hypeman, and how frequently rappers seem to be getting into trouble nowadays, from as […]

With all the drama surrounding Chris Brown‘s stand-off with police and subsequent arrest after Baylee Curran claimed he pointed a gun at her, many weren’t sure who to believe. Chris Brown’s history with women didn’t make us compelled to believe his story, while Baylee Curran’s got a rocky history with just about everybody in Hollywood. […]

A couple of days ago, we found ourselves totally wrapped up in more Chris Brown drama when he was suddenly in a stand-off with police, who had surrounded his house, complete with a SWAT team and helicopters. It took hours for anything to actually go down, as cops had showed up without a warrant and […]

Rihanna was the designated star of the night at the 2016 VMAs, as the winner of the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. She performed four times, each one heating up a little bit more than the last. That didn’t stop Beyonce from stealing the show yet again, performing a medley of songs from her incredible […]

De La Soul‘s new album “And The Anonymous Nobody” is out and has been getting rave reviews from listeners. Headkrack enjoyed it too, calling it “grown rap” for people who are “seasoned.” He remarks at their ability to allow their music to grow up, which is unusual for hip-hop listeners. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! […]

Comedian and actress Leslie Jones‘ career has been on a steady rise since she made history and joined SNL a couple of years ago. But it’s not until she signed on to do a gender-flipped remaking of the 1984 film Ghostbusters, that the floodgates of racist twitter trolls opened up. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! […]

Headkrack runs through some of the most notable details about this year’s BET Hip-Hop Awards, which is one of the few award shows a hip-hop fan can get truly hype for nowadays. Leading the nominations, of course, is none other than Drake. The categories, however, are jam-packed with some incredible artists, so the competition is […]

For this special #ThrowbackThursday Freestyle, Headkrack goes in hard like he usually does, but this time he’s up against a new and exciting challenge- no vision and a bunch of random objects. Yes, Headkrack is doing his #ThrowbackThursday freestyle blindfolded this time around (in effort to honor famous artists like Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles, […]

This past weekend, a lot of violence, especially gun violence, plagued the streets nationwide. Most notably, Toya Wright lost two brothers to random bullets in New Orleans, a rapper by the name of Killa J was shot during an attempt to rob Soulja Boy, and all of this occurs during a time when more and more police […]

Rickey Smiley‘s new intern, Taylor Green, at the young age of just fifteen years old, is making Headkrack feel a little, well, old. As Headkrack delivers the Hip-Hop Spot for the day, he drops names and references that young Taylor just might need a little bit of a briefing on. Headkrack gives us a little […]

Fat Joe & Remy Ma have been missing in action for a while now, with Remy Ma serving time in prison for six years. Fat Joe also disappeared from the public eye shortly after garnering a lot of success from his work with the Terror Squad. Sign Up For Our Newsletter![sailthru_widgetfields=”email” sailthru_list=”Rickey Smiley Subscribers”] In […]

With the current political climate in the United States, and the black community’s ongoing struggle to protect ourselves from trigger-happy police officers, it isn’t easy to be black in America right now. But public figures, activists and artists everywhere are trying to gather what they can to start to plant seeds for the future. Among […]