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Grandmaster Flash is continuing his YouTube vignette series with a discussion on "big business." Throughout the two-minute episode, the pioneering DJ marvels at Run-DMC being on the cover of Rolling Stone, Hip Hop being represented at the Super Bowl and different artists breaking into the movie industry.

Grandmaster Flash specifically talks about the Funky 4 + 1's appearance on Saturday Night Live in 1981, the first time a Hip Hop group ever appeared on national television. He determines, ultimately, Hip Hop is no longer "a ship passing in the night." It's here to stay.

Watch the clip below. 

As an OG, Ice-T is always doling out the free advice on social media. People typically don't make it to 64 being careless, so he's clearly doing something right. Those wanting to truly absorb what Ice-T has to share can now benefit from his new iHeart Media podcast, Ice-T's Daily Game, which is full of "motivational quotes" that he finds inspiring and help him through the "game of life." 

The first episode serves as a brief introduction, while the second episode, "Ice Cold Character," focuses on gossip. The quote is: "Your character will outweigh any lie told about you. Those who know you, know you." 

For the next few minutes, Ice-T breaks down what the quote means and applies it to his own experiences. The third episode, which arrived on Valentine's Day (Febru

Pharrell Williams has been named the Men’s Creative Director for Louis Vuitton. The announcement comes more than a year after predecessor and Off-White founder Virgil Abloh died. The luxury fashion brand revealed the hire via Twitter on Valentine’s Day (February 14) with a black and white portrait of Williams draped in a Louis Vuitton blanket.

“Louis Vuitton is delighted to welcome @Pharrell as its new Men’s Creative Director,” the caption reads. “His first collection for Louis Vuitton will be revealed next June during Men’s Fashion Week in Paris.”

Virgil Abloh died in November 2021 following a private battle with cancer. Nobody in the fashion or entertainment industries knew he was sick. LVMH broke the news with a tweet, writing, “LVMH, Louis Vuitton a

Death Row Records, Snoop Dogg and TikTok's SoundOn platform have teamed up to bring the label's iconic catalog to West Coast gangsta rap fans around the world. Beginning February 14, singles such as Snoop's "Gin & Juice," 2Pac's "2 Of Amerika's Most Wanted" and The Lady of Rage's "Afro Puffs" will be available exclusively on TikTok for one work ahead of the DSP release. 

“Since I took death row off streaming almost a year ago, not a day goes by without people asking me to put it back up," Snoop Dogg said in a statement. "As the Super Bowl rolled around, I knew fans would be looking for the music from our iconic performance in 2022, so I wanted to reintroduce the most historic catalog to the people. I reached out to the folks at TikTok to make more history...enjoy ya'll."<

The Hip Hop community was dealt a massive blow on Sunday (February 12) when the news broke beloved De La Soul MC, Trugoy The Dove, had died in Maryland. Social media blew up with tribute posts as many grappled with the reality one-third of the groundbreaking Hip Hop group was no longer physically here. 

But some, of course, were closer to Trugoy than others. Among them, Stetsasonic founder Daddy-O, who took his grief to Instagram. Hours after the news had spread, Daddy-O shared how much he was hurting along with how De La Soul got its name. He also revealed he was responsible for getting De La Soul their record deal. 

"R.I.P. Trugoy, Plug 2," he wrote. "Most people don't know I got De La Soul their record deal, OR that the name De La Soul comes from a Stetsasonic

De La Soul legend Trugoy The Dove, also known as Dave or Dave Jolicoeur, has died, AllHipHop confirmed. He was 54. Details are scarce, but Trugoy has been struggling with his health over the past few years. In 2018, Trugoy opened up about his battle with congestive heart failure in an Instagram video and admitted he was struggling with being sidelined.

“I’m ready just to get back to the stage,” he said at the time. “I miss that. I love traveling. I love being around my guys and I want that back.”

In 2020, he again sparked concern when he was briefly hospitalized. He appeared to be in good spirits, however, and was able to have an Instagram Live conversation with his De La Soul brethren, Posdnuos and Maseo.

It was expected to be a giant year for De La So