Next week Thursday, December 23rd, DJ Aktive will present the holiday edition of his classic hip-hop party series Protect Ya Neck. He has invited the founder of Black Girls Rock, DJ Beverly Bond, to join him on the turn tables; while CL Smooth will performance live.

Protect Ya Neck will take place at Silk City, located at 435 Spring Garden Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Starting time is 10pm and proof of vaccination or a negative covid-19 test within 72 hours is required for entrance. Get tickets here.

Lupe Fiasco, who is currently doing the Food & Liquor tour, is making it known that as a consequence of shows being sold out quickly he will be streaming his December 29th concert live for fans who will not be able to see him in person.

The December 29th show will be at Brooklyn Steel, a 1800-capacity music venue in Brooklyn, New York. The performance, which will be supported by a full backing band, will broadcast in real time via Dreamstage. Get tickets and details here.

The new album from Styles P, one-third of The Lox and Havoc, one half of Mobb Deep – Wreckage Manner – was officially released on December 3rd and as such, is now available on all digital streaming platforms.

The LP’s release was accompanied by the official video for Nightmares 2 Dreams, the lead single. Click here or on the image above to check it out and remember to like, comment and share.

In his just released video for Majesty – track number five on the A Beautiful Revolution (Pt 2) album – Common, unlike other famous rappers, featured only natural looking black women. From the start to the very end the visuals showed dark skin toned females, most of whom had authentic woolly hair.

The actual video was preceded by a Jessica Care Moore poem, which was instrumental in setting the mood for what followed. Majesty is collaboration done with the creative and melodious singer PJ. Click here or on the image above to check it out and remember to like, comment and share.

A sculptural monument dedicated to hip-hop legend LL Cool J is now on display at David Dinkins Circle in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, New York. The statue, which is being called The G.O.A.T Monument, was erected in November 2021 and will remain in place until November 2022.

It displays a young LL Cool J wearing his signature kangol hat with a boombox in front of him. The piece was created by respected Trinidadian-American artist Sherwin Banfield. Click here to check it out.