Dead Prez

The year was 2004 and commercial hip-hop was enjoying steady record sales through stars that left underground fans shaking there head in disgust. Read More

I used to really bang dead prez songs, especially their RBG: revolutionary but gangsta tapes. Read More

Killer Mike is definitely going to read this, so let me just take a moment to wish him a good afternoon. Read More

Yasiin Bey, better known as the artist Mos Def, is hoping to continue addressing the Trayvon Martin case until justice is served. Read More

This evening you're playing some of the new material. Read More

Rap Genius is supplying The BoomBox with the top lyrics of the week and serving a meaning behind the raps in the process. Read More

As Miami rapper Plies ran through his hits at a Fort Lauderdale concert two weekends ago, fans kept clamoring for We Are Trayvon, the song he recently released in tribute to Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old whose slaying Feb. 26 in Sanford, Fla., ignited a firestorm of public outrage. Read More

As Miami rapper Plies ran through his hits at a Fort Lauderdale concert two weekends ago, fans kept clamoring for We Are Trayvon, the song he recently released in tribute to Trayvon Martin , the 17-year-old whose slaying Feb. 26 in Sanford, Fla., ignited a firestorm of public outrage. Read More

The Revolutionary emcee recalls Roc Raida's generosity, his experience with Ma Dukes, and why he measures his songwriting and lyricism against the works of Chino XL and Pharoahe Monch. Read More

NEW YORK , April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A broad coalition of community organizers, activists, artists, students, scholars, celebrities, and concerned individuals will hold a national rally and protest at the US Department of Justice on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 11:00 am in Washington, DC (located at 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW). The purpose of the protest is to call for the release of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal on the day that is his 58th birthday. Read More