The latest installment to L.A. comedian King Bach’s webisode series “King Bachelor’s Pad” is so ridiculously well-done it’s a wonder why it’s not been picked up by Comedy Central. You got legitimate actors, stunt coordination, and crazy camera movements, and hilarious writing. The best part: White protagonist actually dies first. Sorry, for the spoiler alert, [...]
Oyé vato, you got one last week to check out the Chicano Broadway masterpiece “Zoot Suit.” The playwright, Luis Valdez gives us a lesson in pachuco history by way of edutainment. The leads “El Pachuco” (Raul Cardona) and Henry Reyna (Lakin Valdez, playwright’s son) are all the way gangsta pachuco down to the crease. The [...]
Spike Lee is the mutha-fu*&ing man! The director of legendary unforgettable films: “Do The Right Thing” and “Malcolm X,” Lee has openly discussed his pride surrounding his status as an independent filmmaker. At Sundance, he said: “We never went to the studios with this film, I told you!” he shouted. “We said, ‘Were gonna do [...]
Ice-T has ‘come wit it’ in his directorial debut, Sundance-approved doc, “The Art of Rap” featuring all the Gods of Rap lyricism: Afrika Bambataa, Rakim, KRS-1, Ras Kass, Mos Def, Kool Moe Dee, Dr. Dre, Lord Finesse; Shady Records’ Eminem, Joe Budden, Royce da 5’9″, Grandmaster Caz, and many more. The ‘Godfather of Gangster Rap’ [...]
Journalist and activist, Kevin Powell brings together nine Black and Latino boys ages 10-17 in his self-produced video “After Trayvon: Black Boys Speak.” Shot in Brooklyn, New York in early April 2012 at the famous House of the Lord Church just days before George Zimmerman was arrested for the fatal shooting. Check out what these [...]
GN$F! hits L.A.’s 93.5 KDAY’s ‘Krush Groove’ music festival featuring: Ice Cube, Cypress Hills, Ras Kass, The Pharcyde, Masta Ace, and Mystikal. Find out who which rapper appeared in the 1985 film “Krush Groove.” What scenes were their favorites? What makes KDAY the only real Hip-Hop radio station living today? WATCH
Great Scott! I am not a sneaker-holic by any means but, Marty McFly’s Nike Air Mags – designed by Tinker Hatfield in 1989 for “Back To The Future” – are something to covet. The Nike shoe has come to life – 15,000 pairs that is – thanks to a partnership between Michael J. Fox Foundation [...]
It’s amazing how far this brotherly-like relationship has gone between Jay-Z and Kanye West, both have managed to – collaboratively and separately – to take hip-hop to an elevated state of artistry. In the 11-minute “Watch The Throne” documentary – set in the gothic-like areas of Sydney, Australia – Jay-Z states and defends his “little brother” [...]
Actor-turned-director, Michael Rapaport certainly was embroiled in PR drama with A Tribe Called Quest after the making of the film with the explosive email that was inadvertently sent to Q-Tip. But that beef certainly doesn’t take away from the brilliance of the documentary – really the film is universally qualified as a great statement of A [...]
“I say and I say it again, you’ve been had. You’ve been took. You’ve been HOODWINKED, BAMBOOZLED, led astray, run amok.”
