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Tonight (July 11th), is the night that the VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail The Queens will shine the spotlight on one of ‘the industry’s’ iconic ladies Queen Latifah, who has helped contributed in finding a place for women in the hip hop scene over the past few decades. VH1 Hip Hop Honors is making a comeback after a six year break which will produce an anticipated performance’s in tribute to Latifah by Common, Naughty By Nature, Da Brat and MC Lyte – with the show being hosted by rapper Eve. Along with Queen Latifah, the other honorees that were previously announced were other very talented women in hip hop; including Missy Elliott, Salt-N-Peppa and Lil Kim.

The show is set to have other performances Rah Digga, Suga T and Yo-Y

Jay Z is back with his first solo single since 2014. Jay says he was pushed to finish the new song, "Spiritual," after hearing about the most recent rash of black deaths at the hands of police.

"I made this song a year or so ago, I never got to finish it," Jay Z said. "Punch (TDE) told me I should drop it when Mike Brown died, sadly I told him "this issue will always be relevant. I'm hurt that I knew his death wouldn't be the last..."

"I'm saddened and disappointed in THIS America. We should be further along," Jay continued. "We are not."

Thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign, Tucson, Arizona-based Hip Hop trio, Jivin’ Scientists, was able to see its vision for a short film come to fruition. Titled “Thirsty,” the film functions as a music video for a three song montage highlighting the tracks “Crazy,” “Million Man Army” and “20 on the Chiefs” from the group’s 2015 album of the same name. 

Albuquerque, New Mexico company Concept Flux, spearheaded by director Phillip Torres, created a visual story centering on a man’s surreal journey though moments of his heartbroken relationship with the woman of his dreams, who just left him. Using emerging technologies lik

Southern California rappers Snoop Dogg and The Game called on their fans to join them for a peaceful march to the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters today, following a week of high profile violence committed by and against the police nationwide.

Video: Snoop Dogg & The Game Lead Peaceful March

"ALL AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN, MEXICAN AMERICAN MEN & any other RACE of REAL MEN with heart to stand with us today & walk peacefully to the LAPD headquarters," The Game posted on Instagram. "LEAVE ALL WOMEN & CHILDREN AT HOME... THIS IS OUR MISSION FOR THEM. Do not: bring any weapons or anything illegal. Do not come hig

Before Nas released Illmatic, his landmark debut album that forever raised the bar for lyricism in hip hop, he was introduced to the hip hop world by his verse on “Live at the BBQ,” a song from Main Source's 1991 album, Breaking Atoms.  The track was produced by Large Professor and also featured guest verses from Akinyele and Joe Fatal.  However, with lines such as “Verbal assassin, my architect pleases/When I was twelve, I went to hell for snuffing Jesus,” Nas' verbal acrobatics stood at the forefront, and it was immediately apparent that this young emcee from Queens was poised to set a new standard for excellence in rhyming.

25 years after that seminal hip hop song, Nas is using its title for a new summer concert that looks to b

Another black American has died after an encounter with police, and the hip hop community has taken to social media to voice their outrage and offer their condolences for what appears to be another senseless murder.

Alton Sterling, 37, was selling CD's outside of a convenience store when he was stopped by two police officers, who proceeded to pin him and then allegedly fired several shots at Sterling while he was still on the ground, killing him. Authorities say Sterling threatened the officers with a gun, a story that conflicts with witnesses at the scene, who say Sterling made no threatening movements towards the officers and was simply confused about why this was happening to him. Sterling was the father of three children.

Video of the incident has been posted