Jamla’s Rapsody will be heading on the road to promote her new album “Laila’s Wisdom” this Fall. The tour, which she is calling “Wisdom is Power,” kicks off on November 27th in Santa Ana, California and wraps up on December 16th in Dallas, Texas.
For all dates, locations and entry fee, visit Rapsody’s official website.
The new queen of hip-hop, Rapsody, just delivered, what a lot of authentic hip-hop lovers considers her most anticipated video to date. The visuals is for the track “Power,” taken from her new album, Laila’s Wisdom. The song is a collaboration with Kendrick Lamar and Lance Skiiiwalker.
Though Kendrick is not in the video, Rapsody‘s performance, coupled with Cam Be and Game Theory’s magic (the geniuses behind the visuals), were so on point that you won’t miss him.
Captivating, nice, interesting and hard are a few words we would use to describe the video. Click here or on the image above to watch.
Hip-hop artist Lupe Fiasco will be doing a mini tour in November and December. He will be stopping in several cities across the USA performing tracks from his latest album, Drogas Light, as well as some old fan favorites.
A few dates and locations are listed below, but persons may visit Lupe Fiasco’s official website for additional information.
Austin, TX – The Belmont – Nov.3
Dallas, TX – Gas Monkey Live – Nov.5
Los Angeles – The Belasco – Nov.10
Anaheim – House Of Blues – Nov.11
Chicago – House Of Blues – Nov.15
Milwaukee – Pabst Theater – Nov.16
Denver/Englewood – Gothic Theater – Dec.8
Aspen – Belly Up – Dec.9
The legendary hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan is officially back! A few days ago they dropped the first video from their highly anticipated album, The Saga Continues. The visuals is for the track, “People Say” which features non other than Redman.
Needless to say, the song is a masterpiece. Anyone who understands and appreciates authentic hip-hop will definitely find this a treat.
Ever since a 17-year-old Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones appeared on Main Source’s 1991 classic “Live at the Barbeque,” hip-hop would be irrevocably changed. NAS. Gifted poet. Confessor. Agitator. Metaphor master. Street’s disciple. Political firebrand. Tongue-twisting genius. With music in his blood courtesy of famed blues musician father Olu Dara, the self-taught trumpeter attracted crowds with his playing at age 4, wrote his first verse at age 7 and, with 1994’s Illmatic, created one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time before he could legally drink.
Two decades on, Nas remains an incendiary, outspoken and brutally candid rapper on the recently released Life is Good, his tenth album and sixth to debut at the top of the Billboard 200.
Catch him at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas this Friday, Oct. 6th.
“Laila’s Wisdom” is the title of the soon to be released album from hip-hop artist Rapsody. The record, which will be the first full length project since she joined forces with Roc Nation, will be officially released on September 22nd. Features includes: Kendrick Lamar, Black Thought, Anderson. Paak and others.
Persons may pre-order now via the following link: http://smarturl.it/YSK
About a week and a half ago Talib Kweli released a powerful single in support of Bresha Meadows. For those not familiar with her story, she is the teenager who shot her abusive father in 2016. Click here or on the image above to check out the song, and below is a statement sent out by Kweli when he shared it.
Good morning. Spending time engaging with fans on social media has allowed me to spread information about causes and events ignored by the mainstream media. It has also made me aware of important cultural events and connected me with brilliant people who make me a better human being. It was on social media that I first learned about the story of Bresha Meadows. On July 28th, 2016, Bresha Meadows shot and killed her reportedly abusive father. She was 14 years old at the time.
The first thing that struck me about Bresha was how much she physically reminded me of my own daughter. I had a similar experience when George Zimmerman killed 17 year old Trayvon Martin, who reminded me of my son. I instantly felt drawn to these children and I felt compelled to dive deeper into their lives. Leading up to shooting her father, Bresha’s grades were slipping in school, she had run away from home and had repeatedly told relatives and authorities that her father was beating up her mom and threatening to kill the whole family.
Back in 2011, Bresha’s mother, Brandi Meadows, stated in court papers that she had been cut, suffered broken ribs, a broken nose and black eyes, and that she is 100 percent sure she will be killed. She later reconciled with Bresha’s father, which is a common occurrence in abusive relationships. To this day, the father’s relatives insist he was not nearly as abusive as he was made out to be.
Bresha obviously had a different perspective, telling authorities that the gun she killed her father with was the very gun he used to threaten the family with. After sitting in juvenile detention for 9 months and facing at the very least a very lengthy prison sentence, Bresha accepted a plea deal that will allow her to be released to a residential treatment center for 6 months and then to her family. What struck me about this case was Bresha’s age. I express myself lyrically, so a lyric popped in my head while thinking about it –
“Do you kill yourself or kill the monster thats making you suicidal, decisions to heavy for the mind of a child.”
Regardless of how you feel about this particular case, whether you feel it’s a self defense issue, a domestic abuse issue, a mental health issue or all of the above, the take away for me is that we must do a better job of taking care of and protecting our children. Our children should never feel they have to make these kinds of decisions. I see my own children in Bresha’s young face, and I want to uplift their voices as much as I possibly can. Brandi Meadows has said of her daughter –
“She is my hero. I wasn’t strong enough to get out and help us all.”
That statement got me thinking about what a hero truly is, and made me want to write a song about Bresha. My hope is that this song inspires us as a community to more closely examine the dysfunction within our own families, so that we can create solutions before young people like Bresha feel like they must take matters into their own hands. I present She’s my Hero.
Using the hashtag #FreeBresha supporters of Bresha Meadows have rallied around her, setting up a GoFundMe page for the family.
https://www.gofundme.com/BreshaM
You can find the latest updates on Bresha’s situation at https://freebresha.wordpress.com/actions/
