HHC Digital’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
Leader of the new school: In news that read like a real life, hip-hop version of Dead Poets Society, Jim Jones announced that Dipset will definitely be in the staff room when he takes up a gig as – it says here − a teacher. Mr Jones promised to give [...]

HHC Digital’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
I’m out for presidents to represent me: This week, Jay-Z and the missus popped round Barack’s crib, a cultural convergence that represented either the incredible power of hip-hop in smashing social barriers, or the incredible power of cardigans in rehabilitating the image of a man who once stabbed a peer [...]

HHC Digital’s online rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
This week, Lupe Fiasco admitted to having philosophical differences with his label: apparently, those bastards don’t view Lupe giving college lectures or upping kids’ self esteem as a legitimate return on their investment. Surely hoping for a return on his investment, meanwhile, Will I Am hit upon the brainwave [...]

HHC Digital’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
Photography by Kristina Hill
Get money! Ras Kass asked fans to cough up a collective $3,800 for the financing of his new album. A $15 dollar donation gets you, um, a copy of the CD, but for $1000 you also get some scribbled ‘Nature Of The Threat’ lyrics, a couple of [...]

HHC Digital’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
Boot Camp is for the children! Sean Price this week revealed that he’ll simultaneously be entertaining his fans and stockpiling swag for his unborn daughter when he throws a hip-hop’s first baby shower slash live performance. You’ll need a gift for the soon-come sprog to get in, but don’t even [...]

HHC Digital’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
Never one to avoid either the spotlight or the caps lock button, Kanye West blogged against critics of the pelt-centric ensembles he and his lass have been flossing lately, and insisted that, post-Obama, black folks are denying their love of fur coats, fried chicken and red leather. “I CAN HEAR [...]

HHC Digital’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
There was no doubt about this week’s hardest hitting headline as Kwame dropped the bombshell that he’s never seen Coming to America or Friday, despite owning both movies on DVD. He’s also got the entire box set of Jeeves & Wooster, which he swears he’ll get round to watching one [...]

Every year the Village Voice poll a huge range of music writers and critics for their top ten favourite albums and singles of the year and then tally the votes up into one mammoth list. This time around, Animal Collective’s ‘Merriweather Post Pavillion’ took the top long-playing spot and Jay-Z’s ‘Empire State Of Mind’ nabbed [...]

HHC’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
“It was all a dream/I used to skim through Time magazine…” After a year of internet grinding, Raekwon saw ‘OB4CL2’ nab the number seven spot on Time’s Top Ten albums of 2009. Rae toasted the news with Capone and Noreaga, whose own reunion set was voted ninth best album of the [...]

HHC’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
Photography by Kristina Hill
Send in the clones! This week, MF Doom once again found himself accused of getting an imposter to do his metal-faced bidding at a live show. When HHC Digital reached out to Dumile for a comment, he strenuously denied the allegations − but in a thick Geordie accent, [...]