Aww, they grow up so fast. Today Jay Electronica and Erykah Badu celebrate their daughter Mars Merkaba’s first birthday. A year ago, the couple shared their parturition through Twitter updates. Tweet baby, tweet baby!
[vodpod id=Video.2967358&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%3D477428%26amp%3Buri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A477428] In the wake of his cousin’s recent suicide, the rapper talks about balancing fame within his everyday life. “Just thinking about that and going through that while I’m trying to attain fame and this lifestyle, it’s two worlds. One side, everything is all good. On my personal, it’s really not. My cousin was just here; now he’s not,” he says. “The circumstances behind him doing whatever he felt he needed to do, I can’t really understand. [Entertainers] take […]
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[vodpod id=Video.2967224&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dinstance%3Dnews%26amp%3Bid%3D1630844] Wasalu says that his latest mixtape, Enemy Of The State: A Love Story was fostered after his snub on MTV’s Hottest MC List. “Y’all sit at that table, and y’all forget who I am. It’s like, ‘That’s cool. I been through this before.’ I was like, ‘Let me give my fans that. Let me let them know that I’m still capable of that. Let me show MTV I’m hot too.’ Kept it short. I felt, if you’re nice, […]
Bleek sets out to prove that he’s iller than most with this new cut from The Process. The album’s scheduled to drop this May. Get low or get lost.
With Statik on the ones and twos, Bun performs “So Far, So Close” as well as other joints during Statik’s album release party in Beantown. 100 Proof: The Hangover in stores tomorrow. So trill. 57thAve x Iiight
[vodpod id=Video.2966542&w=425&h=350&fv=] Drizzy tells MTV about the wise words Eminem gave him before their big performance last night at the Grammy’s. “Em gave me probably one of the best speeches … not really a speech, but … he gave me that reassurance,” Drake said on the red carpet. “He was like, ‘Man, anytime you need to look over at me, don’t get nervous. Just look over at me, man, and I’ll give it back to you. Everything will be all […]
Rae checks in from the set of his next video and plugs his Canadian tour, OB4CL2 vinyl, Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang and CNN’s The War Report 2. Wheew. Got all that?
And the leaks begin. Khaled and friends give a victory lap on this new cut from his upcoming album. Winner’s win. Loser’s lose. That Hustle via YAF Bonus: Khaled’s Victory commercial spot. Includes a snippet of “All My Life” and “Victory”. [vodpod id=Video.2966554&w=425&h=350&fv=] DG
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This is a great reminder of how powerful and lasting Lauryn Hill’s influence has been in music. The fact that The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill eventually reached diamond status after so many years shows that truly meaningful music can continue finding new listeners long after its original release. I also like how the article highlights the combination of hip hop, R&B, neo soul, and reggae that made the album so distinctive. Achieving more than 10 million sales is an incredible milestone, especially considering how much the music industry has changed since 1998. The album’s success feels less like a temporary trend and more like proof that strong songwriting and authentic artistic expression can remain relevant across generations. It is interesting to see how numbers can tell part of a story, whether we are looking at album sales or using a proportion calculator to understand relationships between different figures.