Dame Dash Gets Magnetic With New Business Venture
by Sherri L. Smith
Once upon a time, Damon Dash was one of the biggest names in Hip-Hop. Co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records and clothing line Rocawear, and owner or PRO-KEDS, Dash was definitely a mover and shaker. According to NYMag.com, at one time he had a “$400,000 car, a cook, a butler, and 1,300 pairs of sneakers.” But nothing lasts forever and the man who used to “donate his once-worn Socks to charity,” has hit hard times with the New York Daily News reporting on his financial and personal woes including his recent split with wife Rachel Roy.
Read MoreCurrentHipHop Brings the Freshest Hip-Hop Content on the Web
by rahsheen
Finding the exact types of content you’re looking for is an ongoing battle for many of us. Sure, you probably know a few sites where you can find hot new music, maybe even download it. You probably also follow a few hip-hop blogs. Wouldn’t it be easier if there was one place you could go [...]
Read MoreD-Nice: True Hip-Hop Stories
by Markus Robinson
Legendary rapper-producer Derrick “D-Nice” Jones has been known most recently for his time spent in the photography/film studio than in the music studios. D-Nice’s most recent project, True Hip-Hop stories, is proof that his time was well spent. True Hip-Hop Stories, is a collection of documentaries chronicling the past and present day lives of Hip-Hop [...]
Read MoreiPhone App Review: Yes it’s HammerTime
by waynesutton
First Lil Wayne and now MC Hammer comes to your iPhone with his HammerTime iPhone application [iTunes link]. Hammer is fully embracing social media and now mobile media with the release of his new application. The app features links to his social networking dancing site, DanceJam.com, links to post about Hammer, his tweets and it [...]
Read MoreWeekly Money Trail- 08/01/2008
by urbantech
Cisco Systems has agreed to acquire software company Pure Networks for $120 million in cash as the networking giant expands its consumer product portfolio.
This is Cisco’s first acquisition of a venture-backed company since it announced in November that it would acquire Securent, a provider of policy management software, for $100 million in cash. Cisco, which [...]
