Often, when our favorite artists get popular, their come-up gets obscured behind their explosion onto the scene. But the truth is, your favorite artist was hustling long before their “overnight success.” In The “Ed Lover Show‘s “Behind The Hip Hop” segment, you get a close look into the hustle of hip hop’s hottest artists and how […]
A new four-part documentary, The Defiant Ones, on the partnership between hip-hop game-changers Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine is currently in the works, courtesy of HBO. The film will feature in-depth interviews from both Iovine and Dre, as well as Bono, Nas, Ice Cube, Gwen Stefani and Snoop Dogg, according to Billboard reports. It was filmed over a three […]
HBO has announced a four-part documentary series about Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine. The Defiant Ones — directed by Allen Hughes (Menace II Society, Dead Presidents) — will feature interviews with Ice Cube, Eminem, and more. From HBO: “Set amid many of the defining events of the past four decades, THE DEFIANT ONES tells the stories of Jimmy […]
An update on the case against rap mogul Suge Knight, his murder trial has been delayed and he attempts to reduce the $10 million bail against him. The Death Row Records co-founder has been awaiting trial on charges of murder, attempted murder and hit-and-run after a dispute near the movie set of the Straight Outta of Compton […]
At the 1995 Source Awards in New York, Suge Knight accepted the award for Best Motion Picture Soundtrack, which Death Row’s “Above The Rim” was responsible for winning. Suge’s speech was less than a minute long, but he said enough with the tail end to ignite a war: “Any artist out there wanna be artist, […]
At the 1995 Source Awards in New York, Suge Knight accepted the award for Best Motion Picture Soundtrack, which Death Row’s “Above The Rim” was responsible for winning. Suge’s speech was less than a minute long, but he said enough with the tail end to ignite a war: “Any artist out there wanna be artist, […]
Often, when our favorite artists get popular, their come-up gets obscured behind their explosion onto the scene. But the truth is, your favorite artist was hustling long before their “overnight success.” In The “Ed Lover Show‘s “Behind The Hip Hop” segment, you get a close look into the hustle of hip hop’s hottest artists and how […]
Bun B, rapper and half of the legendary southern rap duo UGK (the late Pimp C being the other half), caught up with Ed Lover backstage at Atlanta’s A3C Festival. He opens up about how it feels to still be performing after so many years in the business, the bittersweet feeling of doing it without […]
Twitter dragged Dr. Dre on Saturday night (October 16th) after Michel’le’s biopic Surviving Compton aired on Lifetime. The film details the singer’s singing career with Ruthless Records and her abusive relationships with Dr. Dre and Suge Knight. Before the film aired, Dre’s lawyers sent Sony a cease and desist letter with the threat of legal […]
The Lifetime biopic Surviving Compton — also known as Dr. Dre‘s ex-girlfriend Michel’le‘s attempt to write herself back into history after she was literally erased from Straight Outta Compton — aired last night, despite Dre’s many attempts to get it shut down. The rap mogul’s vicious abuse of Michel’le was front and center in the […]
It’s been just about a month since we first saw the preview for Michel’le‘s Lifetime biopic, “Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Me” and already, the film is stirring up some controversy before its release. Even though it’s quite common knowledge at this point that Dr. Dre and Michel’le’s relationship was abusive, he is carrying out […]
Dr. Dre is threatening legal action against Sony Pictures for the upcoming film, “Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Me,” which is set to air on Lifetime on October 15th. “Surviving Compton” is a biopic former Death Row R&B singer Michel’le. When the N.W.A. biopic, Straight Out Of Compton came out in theaters last year, its […]