Black History Month
Straight Outta Compton chronicles the story of the legendary Hip-Hop group Niggaz With Attitude. Based on true events, the movie focuses on the Compton California crew featuring Easy E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, DJ Yella, and MC Ren.
Dre and Yella are popular DJ’s at a club run by Alonzo Williams. After being arrested, Dre convinces drug dealer Eric Wright to invest money into funding Ruthless Records. Cube writes the track Boys in the Hood for a rap group named Home Boys Only, who reject the song.
With Cube unable to record due to prior commitments, they convince Wright to perform. The journey advances on a ride through the peak of the group’s popularity during the early 90’s, and concludes with Easy E‘s death, along with Dr. Dre‘s departure from Death Row Records.
Who will win? After years of anticipation, “The Main Event” has arrived. Tonight in Las Vegas Nevada, Floyd Mayweather goes against Manny Pacquiao in what many anticipate as being the greatest boxing match in a very long time.
Manny Pacquiao is one of the greatest fighters of all time. His legacy will be an awesome one, and he’s doing a nice job of portraying a good guy. He has the inside, hard-punching style that could possibly hand the undefeated Mayweather his first professional loss.
New Hip-Hop music released posthumously by the Guru, featuring Avrex and Big Shug.
These young men are still my heroes. I rearranged my schedule to watch every pitch they threw, every play they made, and every tear they cried along the way. There was a special glow in the city’s eye. Thanks for the excitement fellas.
The 2014 Jackie Robinson West All Stars players will be celebrated in Chicago long after we all are dead and gone. No scandal can take that away.
July 19, 1965 – January 4, 2015: No one has had a larger impact on the marriage of sports and the media than Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell. The impression those two made will never be matched. Stuart Scott, however, added his own two cents to the relationship between sports, the media, and broadcasting. He […]
I admit that I have seen pictures of this lady my entire life… particularly during the month of February. I also admit that I thought this was Mahalia Jackson when I was a little kid. However, as I got older and learned who this very important person in American history is, I developed mad respect. […]
Can’t celebrate Black History Month without giving big-ups to Langston Hughes, who’s birthday would have been February 1st. In case you didn’t know, Mr. Hughes was a famous writer and a major player during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920’s and 30’s. He helped nurture Black art and sociology during this time along with the […]
“Straight Outta Compton” seems to be the appropriate title for the film to tell the story of the Rap group who helped bring Gangster Rap to the forefront. Entertainment Weekly reports that the movie will tell the story of the group’s founders: Dr. Dre, Easy E, Ice Cube, MC Ren and DJ Yella. The film’s […]
CHICACO, IL – “Stormin” Norman Van Lier was found dead today in his Chicago apartment per ChicagoBreakingNews.com, and a text message from the go-to-man Mattie T. I recall a few years ago seeing him walking up the street when I was leaving GramaPhone Music on the North side. My crew and I said what’s up, […]
Acknowledging Black History Month with a look at a Best of Soul Train episode featured The Spinners and Confunkshun. The Spinners have many R&B hits that date back to 1972, and Confunshun is of course one of the best funk bands in history. Episode 325 1979-80. They came with the Soul Train Scrabble Board early […]