Highbrid Nation - Hip Hop Urban News

Last week the blogosphere was buzzing about a possible early release early in the new year for T.I. into an Atlanta area halfway house. However, it appears those rumors were only half true. T.I...

The un-caped crusader, Reverend (Captain African America) Sharpton is finally doing something I agree with this holiday season. He is spearheading an effort to rename a street in Queens, NY after Sean Bell, the unarmed man who was shot and killed by police on the morning of his wedding in 2006...

Lil Wayne, Enimen, Alicia Keys, Raekwon, CNN, Styles P, LOX, Capone, Noreaga, Vado, Rakim, Jadakiss, Busta Rhymes, Cocoa Chanelle, Young Jeezy, YOung Money, Obie Trice, Mos Def, Inspectah Deck, Solomon ...

Is it true that Elin Nordegren could be trading in her Tiger for Puma...

In a (perhaps) overdue honor, Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in Times Square finally immortalized Diddy on Tuesday. On hand to witness the unveiling, Sean Combs commented about his expereience of meeting himself...

Yesterday Billboard made the grand but very controversial announcement that it has selected Eminem and Beyonce as its male and female “Artists of the Decade.” The title is in large part based on the artists’ success on their Billboard 200 albums and Billboard Hot 100 singles charts. The ...

On his radio show recently, Political talky and voice of the conservative extreme, Rush Limbaugh implied that the black community doesn’t have Obama’s back anymore. Is he right in his assertion that the black community no longer believes the President no longer has its best interest in mind? In...

During last night’s “Oprah’s Christmas at the White House” special on ABC, she asked President Obama what grade he would give himself for his first year in office. “A good solid B-plus,” the President answered. “I think w...

Young Jeezy, Lil Wayne, Red Cafe, Fabolous, Black Thought, Nicki Minaj, Gudda Gudda, Jae Millz, Lil Twist, Lil Chuckee, AZ, CurrenSy, Curren$y, Obie Trice, Deuce Wonder, Common, Bishop Lamont, Indef, KRS-One, ...

West Coast clown rapper Game recently added a new tat to the arsenal when he placed the Star Track logo on his left bicep. When asked he says its to show his trendous gratituted for the executive production Pharell did on his fourth studio project, ‘The R.E.D. ...

Earlier this week I shared a bit of some odd news that the highly controversial, late Tupac’s 1998 single “Changes,” from his1998 posthumous Greatest Hits album was selected on the Vatican’s Myspace playlist of what it perceived to be its Top 12 influential songs. Pac’s ...

SouljaBoyTellEm recently surfaced rocking a new “SODMG” Tattoo. In case you haven’t been keeping up don’t feel bad I too had to look it up. Apparently the mark is designed to show allegiance to his groupthe S.O.D. Money ...

Remember a couple of weeks ago when we slammed Jesse Jackson after he attempted to kick Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) out of the Black Race for his refusal to support the health care bill...

This New Year’s Day instead of watching the ball drop at times square you might want to check RZA who yesterday announced that he unveil massive canvas painting that he’s been working on in celebration of his 20 years in the music business. Na...