Category: Filthy Reads

As the music industry took time to pause on Blackout Tuesday (June 2), JAY-Z did his part by taking out

Reacting on camera to the news of 12-year old Tamir Rice being gunned down by police in Cleveland, Ohio last

Long before E-40’s emergence in 1988, Todd Shaw was the original Bay Area ambassador as a teenage South Central Los

Miami, FL – Yet another police shooting has the Hip Hop community crying foul. Charles Kinsey was reportedly shot in

Kendrick Lamar’s latest song “i” is more than a feel-good record with a catchy chorus. It promotes self love and

Cambridge, Massachusetts – Racism remains the fulcrum for the controversial shooting deaths of Black citizens by police across the country.

The country mourns the death of yet another black teen. Seventeen-year-old Antwon Rose was shot in the back by local

Baton Rouge, LA – Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry delivered a crushing blow to Alton Sterling’s family on Tuesday (March

Baltimore, MD – Prosecutors dropped the charges against the remaining officers accused in Freddie Gray’s arrest and death yesterday, reports

Over the weekend, more members of the Hip Hop community showed support for San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, with J.

New York, NY – To Jay Z, telling the Kalief Browder story is about more than one young man. The

With lyrics that sound as if they’re straight out of his personal journal, Lecrae is a Grammy Award winning artist

A man was shot and killed by two Los Angeles police officers Saturday (October 3) after they had been briefed

Ice Cube says N.W.A was a “weapon of protest against” the struggles present in their neighborhood. At a time when

Los Angeles, CA – Black Lives Matter, which is why HipHopDX is participating in Blackout Tuesday 2020. On June 2,

Public Enemy has been speaking out about racial injustices and the plight of black people for over 30 years. As

Wale pulled a quick tweet-and-delete after he took a sarcastic stab at J. Cole.  On Sunday (May 31), the Warner

Los Angeles, CA – We here at HipHopDX are in solidarity with the organizers and protesters in the streets, who

Machine Gun Kelly is using his platform to speak out about racial injustices. On Saturday (May 30), the Hotel Diablo

Tyler, The Creator‘s GOLF store in Los Angeles was damaged during the George Floyd protests, but it’s not a great