VH1 Hip Hop Honors to spotlight southern rap

The 2010 edition of VH1′s Hip Hop Honors will throw a few fingers in the air for southern rap’s most prominent artists:  Jermaine Dupri, Luke Campbell (of 2 Live Crew fame), J. Prince (who created Houston’s premier label,  Rap-A-Lot), Master P, and Organized Noise.  The party is scheduled for June 3 and will air on [...]

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KRS-One vs. Def Jam

I told ya’ll a few weeks back that KRS-One had lost his damn mind. More confirmation via interview on the VH1 Hip Hop Honors red carpet is below. In this short clip, he explains, “Def Jam is the dopest label in hip-hop, in the culture of hip-hop. There really would be no hip-hop as we [...]

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J.Cole :: Dead Presidents (live)

Footage from the VH1 Hip Hop Honors pre-party, 09.22.2009, NYC The 2009 VH1 Hip Hop Honors will premiere on VH1 October 13, 2009 and honors Def Jam Records. Tracy Morgan is scheduled to host, and the show will also feature performances from DMX (seriously?  no), Eminem, Fabulous, Gym Class Heroes, Ja Rule (what the f…), [...]

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