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Weekend Visuals
Your weekend playlist of the videos you should be watching.
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Best of 2017: The Most Memorable Hip-Hop Moments
The moments you loved, the moments you want to forget, and the moments that made 2017 a memorable year in hip-hop.
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BET Awards 2017: Joe Budden Drops the Mic in a Migos Altercation
The BET Awards aired last night on Sunday, June 25th with a stellar opening from Bruno Mars
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Cardi B for The Fader’s Summer Music Issue
In the story written by Rawiya Kameir, Cardi B who graces The Fader’s annual summer music issue
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BET Awards Announces Performers For Prince Tribute
It’s been nearly two months since the passing of the great singer and performer. Since then, a handful of tributes from his close friends have graced nightclubs and stages.
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BET Awards 2016 Nominations ft. ImmaBeast
The nominations are in! Drake leads the list of entertainers with an impressive nine nominations including ‘Best Male Hip Hop Artist,’ ‘Video of the Year,’ and ‘Best Collaboration’ for his hit “Where Ya At” with fellow hip hop artist Future. Beyoncé and Rihanna follow with five nods each. Beyoncé is nominated for top nods of […]
Read more#DuRagHistoryWeek: Dipset Takes Over Tha Basement
For those unfamiliar with the National Recording Registry, it is an extensive compilation of recordings that “are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States,” as indicated by the Library of Congress. In it, one would peruse the already expected precious catalog and find the likes of Marvin Gaye, The […]
Read moreOur Bad Boy Dance Party Was Sicker Than Your Average Friday Night
My team supreme, stay clean Chinatown was poppin’ last Friday night in the City of Angels. Hip-hop heads, fly honeys, smooth dancers and everyone in between made the trek to Grand Star Jazz Club for the Bad Boy Dance Party. All week long we hit you with that Bad Boy Records nostalgia, one of the […]
Read moreJanet Jackson Will Take Home the Ultimate Icon Dance Award from BET
The 2015 BET Awards is currently being set up in Los Angeles and we received news of one sure-fire winner from the event. Having just released a new song online and announcing an expansive world tour, Janet Jackson continues her comeback campaign with a live tribute from BET. The inaugural Ultimate Icon: Music Dance Visual […]
Read moreCalling All Bedroom Battle MCs: Uncle Snoop Wants You
Amid all these new rappers making their way to hip-hop’s surface, one question does remain — does anyone even battle rap anymore? At least, outside of parking lot cypher circles and bored drunken nights at home, any semblance of on-the-regular freetyling — let alone battle rap — can only be heard on Sway in the […]
Read moreRECAP: BET Experience 2014
With the BET Awards being recently held in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles for another year, so came another edition of the fan-fest that was the BET Experience 2014. Boasting a lineup of activities that showcased the tons of talent that were in town for the awards, the Experience was an all-senses affair […]
Read moreRappers Talk Gun Violence at the BET Hip-Hop Awards
Uncle Snoop and non-profit grassroots organization the League of Young Voters, brought their “No Guns Allowed” anti-gun violence campaign to the star-studded “green carpet” at the 2013 BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta. The League’s street team hit the carpet and asked hip-hop’s elite to discuss practical solutions to gun violence. Noted figures that weighed in on the topic […]
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The BET Experience 2013 Weekend
Boasting a first of its kind three-day fan fest known as The BET Experience, the 2013 BET Awards touched down in the City of Angels in a big way. Fans were treated to a weekend-long full sensory treat at LA Live and its surrounding areas such as the Nokia Theater and Staples Center that included […]
Read moreLIVE STREAM – No Guns Allowed: Disarming Violence in Our Community Roundtable Discussion
Amidst the fun and festivities of the BET Experience 2013 at LA Live in Downtown Los Angeles is a crucial event of the weekend that addresses the critical need of curbing gun violence everywhere. We face staggering and sobering realities today that give pause and force us all to reflect on the prevention of future […]
Read moreAnd the 2013 BET Award nominees are…
Today, the BET Network announced the nominees for the 13th annual BET Awards to be held at Nokia Theatre on June 30. The press conference kicked off with BETs President of Music Programming and Specials, Stephen Hill, taking the mic to introduce the first ever BET Experience. If you haven’t heard by now, the BET […]
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