Sunday was definitely a night for the throwbacks (with a little sprinkle of something new) as Wendy Williams hosted the 2014 Soul Train Awards. Wendy…

Tamar Braxton is giving you her very best Marilyn Monroe tease in the video for “Let Me Know.” The opinionated siren popped on a platinum…

With some dope performances and a couple of awards, ladies had a few moments to shine at the 2014 BET Hip Hop Awards! Despite the…

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MC Lyte joined Roland Martin Tuesday on “NewsOne Now” to discuss her latest book, “Fusion: Bridging The Gap Between Civil Rights and Hip Hop.” During their discussion,…

Hip-Hop pioneer MC Lyte understands the responsibility of being a legend. She kicked open the door for women in Hip-Hop when the genre was still…

Hip Hop Sisters was created by legendary femcee, MC Lyte to redefine the essence of women through Hip-Hop, unity and empowerment. MC Lyte: “The single…

On Friday (12/21), rap icon MC Lyte hosted the Female Legends of Hip Hop Interactive Panel Discussion at The LA Film School in Hollywood, CA. …

Skillz presents: Hip-Hop Confessions ep. 9 — Ladies First from Visually Inklined on Vimeo. In his next episode of “True Hip-Hop Confessions” Skillz gets MC Lyte and Salt & Pepa to spill their guts on some back-in-the-day hip-hop trivia. MC Lyte confesses that the Porsche she sported on her album over was not hers, and […]

We cant just do mixes…We want to take time to acknowledge some of the legends and true pioneers of this thing we call hip-hop Notorious BIG – Considered by many as the Number 1 emcee of the 90’s and possibly “The Greatest Rapper of All Time”! Wallace began rapping when he was a teenager. He […]

Kanye West will headline the 2011 Essence Music Festival in July. Kanye will hit the stage during the three-day festival, which will also feature performances by Mary J. Blige, Trey Songz, George Clinton, Parliament-Funkadelic, Irma Thomas, MC Lyte, Charlie Wilson, Fantasia, Boyz II Men, Rebirth Brass Band, TBC Brass Band others. The President of Essence Communications […]