On July 23, 2008, Nas and the help of Move On and Color of Change, were able to get over 600,000 signatures on a petiton to send to Fox news. The petition was formed with intentions of shutting down Fox news for "attacks on Black Americans and labeling Michelle Obama, Barack’s baby mama.” Nas also claims Bill O’Reilly is racist for saying such things as we should throw Michelle Obama a “lynching party.” Needless to say, Fox news was not open to give any response and did not accept the petition. Funny man, Steven Colbert excepted them instead and had Nas on the show to talk about the situation. Here is some footage of Nas at the rally:



Nas on The Colbert Report:

This is a classic song from the one and only Ol' Dirty Bastard called Brooklyn Zoo. If you're not familiar with this track get with the program! Ol' Dirty was a original hip-hop legend by simply creating a whole new style of music. He was hated and loved but at the end of the day he was dirty...We miss you fam! WU-TANG!

If you know about Howard University then you know that the girl-to-boy ratio is unusually different compared to other universities. In the past years it was said to be 9 girls to every 1 boy on campus but there is some shocking news about this upcoming freshman class of '12. While previous freshman classes excepted around 800 students every year, this year it seems that 1700 freshman students will be attending Howard in the fall! And if that was enough of a shocker, 1300 of the freshman will be females!!! That is somewhere around a 20-to-1 ratio! Some say that this change in intake is due to the replacement of ex-Howard president, Pat Swygert, and the decision of the newly instated president, Dr. Sidney A. Ribeau. If you are a young black male in America, please start to take education more seriously!!! These numbers are amazing! If nothing else guides your way to higher education...go for the girls! (Looks Fun!)

A.Pinks, the 23 year old rapper from Queens has a new video playing on Mtv called, Hit the Lights (I'm On). This is a fire track and he seems to be sporting the very trendy "Onewayz" sunglasses! Pinks has been featured on Smack Dvd and many other hip-hop outlets and finally we get to see this Howard graduate on the television where he belongs! Real hip-hop being served up for ya! We see you Pinks!

Mark Pearson is a very funny, up and coming comedian from Brooklyn, New York. Mark is also a Howard University graduate and he has put together a short film about a new disease spreading around the Black community. Even though Mark is hilarious and will always make you laugh, there is a message in this film. Check it out!


DYSPEPSIA from Mark Pearson II on Vimeo.

Chelsea aka Diznee is as thick as they come! This 19 year old student at California State University Northridge, is ready for the spotlight! She plans to be on network television in the next 5 years. She just did a shoot for Show Magazine and she plans to continue this as a career. Check out the video and some pix from the shoot!

Jeezy released this song awhile ago and the internet went crazy for this track. Although people seem to love Jeezy it was definitely Kanye West who stole the show and make this track a banger! Check out the video and show support to the boy Kanye for amazing us once again!

Fellas, fellas, fellas... I don't know whats wrong with these dudes and their scarves that they find in the womens section at Macy's! The season for scarves has long been gone yet I see so called men flaunting these larger than life bibs all over the summer! My one true goal is to alert heterosexual males that when they wear a feminine scarf they look like a homosexual! Now if that's the lifestyle you choose to live that's fine, it's a free country, but understand that if people ridicule you for looking ridiculous, you brought it on yourself. Understand that the winter is over and because Kanye West made it a fad that doesn't mean you should continue to make yourself uncomfortable by rocking a "bib" in 90 degrees weather. So in conclusion, this is a personal plea for niggas who look feminine rocking scarves that they purchased in the womens section in Macy's to stop. Being a male on Howard's campus put us in the same category as them and we are not cut from the same cloth...or in this situation, scarf. Thank you and God Bless.

Khia "K-Swift" Edgerton, one of Baltimore, Maryland's most popular DJ, died early today (July 21) after a pool accident in her home.

The 29-year-old, was apparently throwing a party at her house Sunday evening into early this morning, according to the Baltimore Sun. Police believe that she may have been drinking but the cause of death is still unknown.

Reports say that during the party, the DJ jumped into her pool with several other people, but did not come up after a long period. After some time, her friends pulled her out of the pool, and called 911.

When paramedics arrived, Edgerton was said to be breathing, but very slow. She was pronounced dead soon after her arrival to Good Samaritan Hospital.

K-Swift was known to listeners of WERQ-FM 92.3 as the "Club Queen," and helped introduce the younger generation to Baltimore's club scene. She worked for the radio station for 10 years, where she eventually became the only female in the country to hold the title of Female Mix Show Coordinator. K-Swift was a very respected DJ on the East Coast and she will be highly missed wherever her music was heard, and wherever she went. To find more information about K-Swift visit, clubqueenkswift.com.

Brandon Willis is in the spotlight in our Y.B.E. (Young Black Entrepreneur) section for creating the hip-hop social network Educatedmusic.com. This social network provides industry news to college musicians and aids its members with music promotion. Having been employed by Interscope Records after leaving Howard University, B.Wills finds that he can support the artists while giving the labels what they want by providing a network where young musicians can literally submit online resumes and have record executes give instant feed back right to your inbox!!! Now that's a good idea! If you are an artist that feels your music is good enough to be evaluated by record A&R's, please sign up to Educatedmusic.com today!

Lucky Seven and the fellas over at Howhood University have released a video for the hot track, Monkey Bars. 1000 Alan Jones produced the classic song where LS spits over 100 BARS!!! A lot of these dudes try to have their extended freestyles popping up all over the web, but not many keep you "owwing" and "awwing" line after line. Check out this young star tear this beat apart while rhyming from Howard University's campus! This is the REALNESS YA'LL!!!

After much controversy as well as sheer anticipation, Nas' latest album Untitled is headed for the number one spot this week.

According to Billboard, the hip-hop legend is projected to not only land in the top spot, but has reportedly sold approximately 113,000 units as of Friday, July 18th. This means Nas will have his fifth No.1 album in his collection and this puts the great veteran in a better situation than the majority of artists first week sales in Hip Hop this year.

Nas is currently touring and promoting the album so get out there and cop some Nas' tickets people!!! Here are tour dates for "The Jones Experience Tour":

Howhood University's first artist, Lucky Seven, has released an album mixtape titled, The Best Kept Secret, which is also the first project released under the independent label. With production from Matt Cody, 1000 Alan Jones, Jahi-Chambers, and more, this mixtape is a sure breath of fresh air among the rest of this eras hip-hop acts. BKS has hit songs such as, Friday, The Crackhouse, & My Women. LS claims that the main purpose for this project was give the public an idea of his "song structure capabilities" and "versatility." With concepts such as the fan favorite, Shorty On The Side, where he paints a picture of a relationship gone bad, and I Don't Care, three different perspectives of people living in U.S.A ghettos. This is a very compelling piece of artwork and it is the first project released from Lucky Seven, so cop this one today! To check out music from Lucky Seven hit up this link: myspace.com/luckysevenmusic