Getting to Know: Boston rapper Juma

Jan. 4   1 Comment  

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Upbeat and humorous

Rapper Heavy D dead at 44

Nov. 8, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Rapper died of “health-related” cause

Missy Elliott has Graves’ Disease

June 23, 2011   2 Comments  

Missy Elliot attends the 10th anniversary party of TAO New York at TAO on October 16 (WireImage)

She tells People magazine

Video: Saigon’s “Clap”

May 16, 2011   Leave a Comment  

Rapper Saigon just released new music video for “Clap” Monday. The tune/video features Faith Evans and is the fourth single from his debut album “The Greatest Story Never Told,” which was mainly produced by Just Blaze. The album quickly ranked #1 on iTunes chart on the release day. Check out the Blast review if you [...]

Max Burgundy: The Blast Interview

May 7, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Rising new york hip hop artist stops by for a chat

DJ Quik Album Review: Book of David personal succeeds with its personal concept

April 19, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Rapper’s eighth album worth a listen

DJ Megatron shot to death on Staten Island

March 28, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Known for his upbeat attitude at stations from Philly to Boston

Nate Dogg dead at 41

March 16, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Rapper battled health problems

Remembering the Notorious B.I.G.

March 10, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Killed 14 years ago Wednesday

Check out: Lil Wayne’s “Green and Yellow” in response to Wiz Khalifa’s “Black And Yellow” before the Super Bowl

Feb. 3, 2011   1 Comment  

For the Super Bowl this Sunday, while Wiz Khalifa, with his tune “Black and Yellow,” will support his Pittsburgh team, Steelers, New Orleans-based Lil Wayne, aka “Weezy,” is about to support the Green Bay Packers by his remix song “Green and Yellow.” Weezy raps in the tune, “Got a call from my homey, this just [...]

Nicki Minaj’s fans go crazy London

Jan. 24, 2011   Leave a Comment  

“Pink Friday” rapper Nicki Minaj, 26, had to leave a hotel in London on Friday because a lot of Minaj’s fans aka “Barbz” posed a security threat and disturbed the hotel patrons. The rapper tweeted, “Long day of press only to find out we’ve officially been kicked out the hotel! Lmaoooooooo. Rescue me barbz!!!! Pleeeeeeeasse.” [...]

Jamie Foxx’s Best Night of My Life review

Dec. 25, 2010   Leave a Comment  

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Mediocrity at best

Ja Rule pleads guilty to gun charge

Dec. 14, 2010   Leave a Comment  

NEW YORK — Rapper Ja Rule, whose real name is Jeff Atkins, pleaded guilty on Monday to attempted criminal possession of a weapon and will serve two years in prison. This all started when police pulled the 34-year-old rapper over after a concert in New York and found a semi-automatic handgun hidden in the rear [...]

T.I. releases new album from jail

Dec. 7, 2010   Leave a Comment  

T.I. performs a One Night Only show for AXE Music at Capitale on August 16 in New York.

And sends a letter to fans from his cell

Snoop Dogg writes a song for Prince William

Nov. 30, 2010   Leave a Comment  

Snoop Dogg prepared a track for Prince William’s upcoming wedding to Kate Middleton. The tune is named “Wet,” which is the second single from his album “Doggumentary Music.” In a press release, the California-based “Gin & Juice” rapper described the song as “the perfect anthem for Prince William or any playa to get the club [...]

Kanye West cancels “Today” concert after rough interview

Nov. 13, 2010   Leave a Comment  

Here is not-so-meaningful “who to blame” game happening right now. Kanye West on Friday canceled a performance on NBC’s “Today” show to protest what he called a “set up” when he was interviewed on the program regarding his comment about George W. Bush. “Runaway” rapper was supposed to perform on the morning talk show on [...]

We got our Weezy back!

Nov. 5, 2010   1 Comment  

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This morning, Lil Wayne, real name Dwayne Michael Carter, has been released from jail after serving eight months of a one-year sentence for gun possession. His fans have been tweeting “#FreeWeezy” for months while he was in jail and he was a trending topic on Twitter this morning. After his release, Wayne was going back [...]

Black El x Durkin bursts onto the scene

Oct. 4, 2010   2 Comments  

Black El x Durkn (Blast staff photo/Steve Osemwenkhae)

Boston rapper/producer team has serious talent

Dwight Howard makes “kidz” album

Oct. 4, 2010   Leave a Comment  

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Trash talkers of the NBA rejoice.

Lottery Ticket review

Aug. 20, 2010   2 Comments  

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What would you do if you won the lottery?