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50 Cent - one of the biggest names in rap and entertainment today. From a dark life on the streets of New York, 50 Cent overcame adversity and achieved success as a musician, actor, and entrepreneur. Learn from 50 Cent's life lessons and discover how you too can overcome your obstacles and pursue your dreams.
The 1985 CRACK era was not a mistaken identity drug for Black Americans; It was an intentional target against the chosen people. Although Nixon declared the war on drugs on June 17, 1971, the U.S. already had lots of practice imposing drug prohibitions that had racially skewed impacts.
In the early '90s, rap was huge. Then came four boys from Philly who wanted to sing. They called themselves Boyz II Men. Boyz II Men is a highly popular and successful group that formed in Philadelphia in the late '80s.
How did a little state that rests alongside the banks of a mighty river make so many contributions to American letters and literature? "There's so much that you can learn about the world, and I would say about this country, from studying what Mississippi writers have done and written about this place, which I think telescopes onto our larger national issues, and even some of our larger international ones."
King Von was born in the Parkway Gardens neighborhood of Chicago in 1994, and though he retreated to Atlanta to find peace and escape his hometown, his trouble with the law never truly escaped him. Many of his most popular songs paid tribute to Chicago; he was best known as a chronicler of street life, building narratives of tense nights on the streets and his desire to escape the gangster's mentality.
It’s been over 10 years since Kanye famously interrupted Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. The Kanye West incident at the 2009 Video Music Awards made both Beyoncé and Taylor Swift cry.
During his recording career, R-Kelly sold over 75 million records worldwide, making him the most commercially successful male R&B artist of the 1990s and one of the world's best-selling music artists.
Ben Kohn, CEO of Playboy Enterprises, penned an open letter revealing that its Spring 2020 issue will be the last. In the letter, Kohn explained that the current halt in production (due to the coronavirus pandemic) prompted the final decision.
In this Alux.com video we'll try to answer the following questions:
How rich is Jay-Z?
Where does Jay-Z live?
What cars does Jay-Z drive?
In this Alux.com video they'll try to answer the following questions:
What is Roc Nation?
Who founded Roc Nation?
Who owns Roc Nation?
Dr. Meleeka Clary – A Meticulous Entertainer and a Qualified Psychologist
Dr. Meleeka Clary is a multitalented person who is active in multiple disciplines concurrently. She is a psychologist, an entertainer, a director, an actress, and a paralegal simultaneously. As a qualified psychologist, she emphasizes the need to live and endorse a healthy lifestyle that leads to physical and mental health. Dr. Clary is equally active on electronic and social media. She is vocal about the media's contribution to human wellbeing and has proved it by appearing in numerous videos, short films, and series.
Eminem and 50 Cent's friendship started when Eminem, who was at the peak of his career prior to releasing Marshall Mathers LP. 50 Cent was at the lowest point of his life and career: got dropped from his label and was shot nine times because he namedrops numbers of dealers from his hood on the song Gettho Qu'ran.
While Eminem shies away from the public eye and maintains his privacy, he made a rare appearance to induct 50 Cent into the Hollywood Walk of Fame alongside Dr. Dre. Eminem shared stories of the first time he met 50 and how they have helped each other grow their businesses. He also called the rapper his best friend before letting Dr. Dre take over.
Thomas Jacob Hilfiger is an American fashion designer and the founder of Tommy Hilfiger Corporation. After starting his career by co-founding a chain of jeans/fashion stores called People's Place in upstate New York in the 1970s, he began designing preppy clothing for his own eponymous menswear line.
On Instagram, Mya denied rumors of an affair with Jay Z. Let's all breathe a collective sigh of relief. Beyoncé and Jay Z's relationship may be reportedly rocky, but Mya isn't to blame.
Mya was quick to shut down the rumors that she was ‘JAY’s side piece’ after a fan asked her on Instagram. She was also married at the time of the rumors.
TLC was on the top of the world, and it was assumed that they were making it big. They were critically acclaimed and had much commercial success. Even now, "CrazySexyCool" remains the only album by a female group to receive a diamond certification (in other words, they've gone platinum 11 times).
Competition has always played a big role in hip hop. Battle rhymes, diss songs, trying to outshine someone on his own song, it’s all in the spirit of competition.
But in the mid-90s, the competition in New York was especially heavy. Let’s think about the rappers were coming up at that time – you had Nas and Big both releasing landmark debuts in ’94, Mobb Deep damn bringing all of Queensbridge wherever they went, Raekwon with The Purple Tape and the rest of Wu-Tang by his side. Most of the rappers on our greatest of all time list came on the ’90s East Coast.
Ludacris has fallen off as an elite emcee. There was a time when DTP was an absolutely legitimate force.
In addition to multi-mutli platinum albums from the head honcho himself, DTP had released Chingy's platinum album, "Jackpot" and many more such as Playaz Circle and Bobby Valentino.
If you were a fan of hip hop in the late 90s and early to mid-noughties, then Rocawear will need no introduction. Items from the fashion label, co-founded by rapper Jay-Z, were as common a sight in music videos as groups of scantily-clad ladies popping bottles of Cristal in a hot tub.
