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Def Jam Records launched by Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin

4914 days ago
Guardian Music1984: Number 8 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of R&B and hip-hop musicThe Def Jam label holds an almost mythical status within hip-hop. How come? After all, it was far from the first to put out rap music and, though it released num... more info

Ice T helps pioneer gangsta rap on the west coast with his rapcore single Body Rock/ Killers

4914 days ago
Guardian Music1984: Number 9 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of R&B and hip-hop musicHip-hop had planted roots on the west coast by the early 80s but it was stylistically in hock to the east coast. When Ice T released Body Rock he was already 25.... more info

The Game and Snoop Dogg release the video for 'Purp & Yellow' remix

5025 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & HissBasketball and rap music have been intertwined since the days of Kurtis Blow. As the shibboleth goes: Rappers want to be ballers, ballers want to be rappers, and occasionally, Shaquille O' Neal accomplishes both. Then again, it helps when you... more info

AHH Stray News: BEP Play For Billionaire, Kurtis Blow Jr., Lauryn Date Rescheduled

5080 days ago
AllHipHopThe Black Eyed Peas have been hired to perform at the Estate of Russian billionaire Ramon Abramovich on New Years Eve. The Peas will head to St. Barts, where the group will party and perform with Abramovich, on his 70-acre, $90 million dollar private... more info

Kurtis Blow “Christmas Rappin’”

5083 days ago
Culture BullyPrior to the released of Blow's classic track "The Breaks," "Christmas Rappin'" was released as the first rap single on a major label. It was only after the song's success that mercury went forward with the release of his now legendary single. more info

Rapper Kurtis Blow Gets A Body Scan, Weed Is Found

5106 days ago
Perez HiltonOMG! This is crazy! When rapper, Kurtis Blow, went through security at LAX on Thursday morning, TSA officers said that they saw "an anomoly" (lol) in his pants. A pat down followed, which led them to find the weed that was in his pocket! Since it wa... more info

Kurtis Blow - Rapper Kurtis Blow Busted For Pot Possession

5106 days ago
ContactMusicRap pioneer KURTIS BLOW has been fined for drug possession after airport security guards found a stash of marijuana on him during a body scan in Los Angeles.The hip-hop... more info

Kurtis Blow Arrested For Marijuana Possession

5106 days ago
411 ManiaAt LAX... more info

Don't Touch His Junk! Crack TSA Scanners Bust Kurtis Blow for Pot

5106 days ago
E! OnlineWhile they have yet to catch any would-be terrorist, those TSA body scanners did manage to weed out poor Kurtis Blow. The legendary MC was popped this morning at LAX for possessing a... more info

Kurtis Blow Busted With Weed In LAX

5106 days ago
AllHipHop(AllHipHop News) Pioneering rap legend Kurtis Blow was busted in Los Angeles Airport this morning (December 2nd), after new body scanners installed by the TSA found a stash of marijuana on him. According to TMZ.com, Kurtis Blow was at LAX this mornin... more info

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