News Tagged: Hip-Hop

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    Video: Children Of The Night "ILYAS"

    Coming straight out of Queens, NY is Children Of The Night (COTN) with the song "ILYAS", this is the first single and video off of their upcoming project Queens... Revisited. Directed by Blue Champagne System, the video was shot inside of Santos Party House and Webster Hall in NYC.

    ©12ozProphet - Thursday March 01, 2012

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    Music Video: Cypress Hill & Rusko - "Roll It, Light It"

    Cypress Hill and UK artist Rusko team up to bring a fusion of both hip-hop and dubstep for their latest single called "Roll It, Light It". This is just a first offering of many songs as they have a collaborative EP which is due out in April called Cypress X Rusko.

    ©12ozProphet - Wednesday February 22, 2012

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    Music Video: Yasiin Bey (FKA Mos Def) "Niggas in Poorest"

    The latest video by Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, presents a hard hitting and highly political remix of Jay-Z and Kanye West's of hit record "Niggas in Paris," renamed "Niggas in Poorest."

    ©12ozProphet - Tuesday February 21, 2012

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    Magnificent Map of Rap Names

    While rappers shoot for the tops of charts this new infographic poster of rappers by Pop Chart Lab charts hip hop stars like constellations in the nights sky. Spanning over seven square feet and containing more then 636 rapper names and some ill illustrations of some of the big names in hip hop in the background. View the image gallery for more in...

    ©12ozProphet - Tuesday February 21, 2012

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    Red Bull Music Academy x Duck Down Double Header

    Last week, the Red Bull Music Academy sponsored a Duck Down double-header in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, at the Public Assembly. The night started off with an intimate discussion of the label’s 16-year history, capped with a Duck Down show headlined by Smif-n-Wessun. Chairman Mao hosted the discussion, which included founders Buckshot and Dru Ha, and...

    ©12ozProphet - Friday February 17, 2012

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    Big L Rest In Peace

    Lamont 'Big L' Coleman was shot and killed in Harlem 13 years ago today. Big L was considered by many to be one of the greatest rappers of his time. Big L Rest In Peace!...

    ©12ozProphet - Wednesday February 15, 2012

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    The 25 Best Songs About Graffiti on Complex

    Hip-Hop and graffiti go hand in hand. Although it wasn't always that way, their influence on each other today are undeniable. Complex just composed their list of the 25 Best Songs About Graffiti.

    ©12ozProphet - Friday February 10, 2012

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    Music Video: Pharoahe Monch’s “Still Standing” Featuring Jill...

    Duck Down recording artist Pharoahe Monch just dropped the visuals for “Still Standing” off his most recent album, W.A.R. (We Are Renegades). Featuring Jill Scott and a live band, the Terrance Nance-directed video paints a vivid story of Monch’s battle with asthma. From adolescence to now, Monch has battled the disease and is still standing,...

    ©12ozProphet - Monday February 06, 2012

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    Music Mondaze Video: Evidence "Falling Down"

    This weeks Music Mondaze Video is from none other than California's weatherman Evidence, with his latest video "Falling Down" directed by Todd Angkasuwan and given a Sin City/The Spirit comic book look. The album, "Cats & Dogs" was selected by DJ Premier as number 3 off his top 25 albums of 2011. If you haven't copped it yet, you can buy it here at...

    ©12ozProphet - Monday January 30, 2012

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    Iggy Azalea Signs with Interscope

    12oz started following Iggy Azalea when her Ignorant Art mixtape dropped, and since then, she’s released visuals for “My World” and "The Last Song”. Today, we wanted to congratulate the Australian MC for signing to Interscope! The YouTube sensation shared the news via Twitter, announcing that her first album The New Classic should be out...

    ©12ozProphet - Friday January 27, 2012

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    Music Video: The Alchemist + Oh No (Gangrene) "Vodka & Ayahuasca"

    This past Tuesday Hip Hop just took an LSD trip with the release from psychedelic, gutter producer/rap duo The Alchemist and Oh No (Gangrene) with it's 2nd album "Vodka & Ayahuasca" and video directed by Jason Goldwatch.

    ©12ozProphet - Thursday January 26, 2012

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    Music Video: Sadat X "Remember That"

    12oz caught Sadat X with Brand Nubian at Canal Room’s Hip Hop History Live last October, and now Sadat returns with the Emil Moller directed, music video debut of “Remember That”...

    ©12ozProphet - Monday January 23, 2012