Category Archives: The Wrap Up

Two weeks worth of newsy, post-holiday items: Jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard passes away (hiphopdx.com) Talib Kweli’s Blacksmith imprint splits with Warner Bros. (allhiphop.com) Warner Bros. pulls content from YouTube (cnet.com) Internet-ish: 2tall’s Faster mix for Brighton, UK’s Juice 107.2 FM … Continue reading →

Tis’ the season for slow news cycles: RIAA pledges to stop suing MP3 traders, plans to cut off their Internet access instead (online.wsj.com) Scarface becomes latest rapper to claim “retirement” (sohh.com) Quannum and Reebok team up for Darfur benefit (quannum.com) … Continue reading →

Last week’s hip-hop news bits, both relevant and irrelevant: Charles Hamilton concludes The Hamiltonization Factor (iamnotcharleshamilton.com), but not without some controversy (smokingsection.uproxx.com) Busy week for Hamilton: Interscope pays him to aid Soulja Boy’s quixotic marketing campaign (2dopeboyz.com) (charleshamilton.blogspot.com) Busta Rhymes … Continue reading →

This week’s hip-hop news, both relevant and irrelevant: Grammy crap: Nominations for Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, M.I.A., Nas, et cetera (grammy.com) Kid Cudi claims new video of his “Day N’ Nite (Crookers Remix)” was posted without his … Continue reading →