Globally Urban

For those not in the tri-state area, The Bronx is a tough place to grow up. Have to be in order to just survive the drama associated with New York. But for 24-year-old Ksyn Cason, the code of survival was one learned from the school of hard knocks and her grandfather. Truly, hard work has [...]

According to court documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Hip Hop mogul Russell Simmons will have to dish out $480,000 in child support each year for his two daughters with ex-wife and CEO of Baby Phat Kimora Lee.
After nine years of marriage Simmons and Lee divorced earlier this year amidst a flurry of media [...]

Ne-Yo is hard at work on his third album, Year of the Gentleman, and if you’ve paid attention to his releases, there’s a theme that is constant on each of them — his love for music icon, Michael Jackson, is always present.
The R&B singer-songwriter is a huge MJ fan, and is currently working with the [...]

Although many view Soulja Boy as a kid who made up a silly dance and got famous, the young artist has been doing a lot in the time between albums. He’s been producing, rhyming, collaborating and battling with Ice-T [click to read]. Recently, he spoke on all the hoopla surrounding him.
“I’m sitting back in the [...]

Jay called UK’s answer to Funkmaster Flex, Tim Westwood to speak on the racist opposition he’s been getting due to his performing in the Glastonbury Festival as it’s first and only Hip Hop act.
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G-Unit - “Casualties Of War” (Jimmy Henchmen Diss)

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Bachata boy band wonder Aventura is working on their last album under the label Premium Latin Music and they plan on going out with a bang. Los bachateros from New York are in the process of enlisting “Hips Don’t Lie” producer Wyclef Jean to add some of his magia to the upcoming project. A collabo [...]

Delhi’s low-key hip-hop scene could get a boost, thanks to a young Iraqi MC’s efforts
“There ain’t no other land like the motherland,” says Mohammed Abood, who remembers Iraq as a beautiful place that used to be full of life and energy. A silence lingers in the air when he talks about things that have [...]