COVER STORY: ROAM
After four years of waiting, watching, learning...Pure Pain Records’ Texas-bred lyricist is preparing for his first solo release...


COVER STORY: Y.G.O.
 We want all the Florida ears first. We’ve also gone bigger and expanded our reach musically...


50 CENT vs. IRV GOTTI
Recently, Irv and Ja claimed 50 Cent filed a restraining order against them....



I wasn’t an Eminem fan until recently, when Benzino attacked him on wax and accused him of being a "culture-stealer..."

 

Personally, I feel that what you’re doing is really helping Orlando, whether you’re white, black, or fuckin’ green...


911! HIP-HOP CRISIS
People, wake up! Have you heard what’s happening to hip-hop? The hottest song on the radio right now is about a shoe?!...

THE CHICKENHEAD CONVENTION
What the fuck is Christina Aguilera thinking? I know she wants some credibility...

2002 HIP-HOP YEAR IN REVIEW
Happy New Year to all my loyal readers who hold me down...


BILLBOARD AWARDS IN LAS VEGAS


MIAMI PHOTO GALLERIES


ORLANDO PHOTO GALLERIES


My two sides collide over control of my life / Staying alive, ready to die, both thoughts dwell in my mind / Husband and father by light, gangsta by night...
HIP-HOP NEWS
Fabolous was arrested in Manhattan for driving with a suspended license for unpaid parking tickets...
ASK JADE
I work with the ultimate bitch! At first, I tried to ignore her, but she does the littlest things that irritate me...
CD REVIEWS
Remember when Lauryn Hill sang the hook and dropped sixteen on "Fugee La"? Better yet, remember when...

FLAVOR OF THE MONTH (FEMALE)

FLAVOR OF THE MONTH (MALE)


AMERIE
Music was just something I’d always wanted to do, but it wasn’t until college that I started actively pursuing it...


DAMIAN MARLEY
Son of Cindy Breakspear, former Miss Jamaica Beauty Queen, and Robert Nester Marley, King of Reggae music, the voice of nations, it’s no wonder
Damian "Junior Gong" Marley...


GRANDADDY SOUF
A little more than a year ago, things were looking great for Loud Records’ newest signee...


FAT JOE & DJ KHALED
Smilez & South deserve they props. They putting Orlando on the map...

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
After ending a three-year romance with Britney Spears and stepping out from his multi-platinum...


DJ NASTY
The truth is that I have no relationship with Ja Rule
...

NYPD COP
50 Cent's not an informant, he's just a snitch...


PETEY PABLO
Regardless of how much money I’ve got, I’m still not gonna talk about diamonds and cars and bitches and hoes...


T-MO
We never thought Goodie Mob would break up, because the energy between us was...