Archiving, Advancing, and Protecting News, Information, Data, and Research Through Education
Welcome to the first episode of the Blackitics podcast. Weekly, co-hosts Kwaisi France, Richard Hazel, Dr. Bamidele Olatobosun, and Walter Shelton promote their own unique political views by suggesting worthwhile negotiations the black community should engage in, laws and policy of interest to black people, and what effective resistance to...
Just when you thought the whole Young Money vs. Cash Money and Rich Gang beef was settling down, it has been amplified more and more each day. To recap, Birdman and Wayne apparently parted ways. Then, Young Thug had to change his mixtape from “Carter 6” to “Barter 6”. ...
Recently, Young Thug took to his IG to let the fans know that he will be changing the name of his anticipated mixtape, “because these f**k a** n****s tryna sue” and my gut is telling me he’s referring to Lil Wayne’s people attempting to place a lawsuit against him....
The Lil Wayne vs. Birdman saga continues, as he, along with fellow Young Money affiliated members, put out a cypher video set in a skate park (similar to those you see in the BET hip hop award shows) where Weezy takes verbal shots at the man he used to...
I don’t know what was going on in hip hop this week but it felt like we’ve got more hoaxes than music to talk about. This week sparked a couple of stories that would be tragic, if only they were true. Instead, they were both revealed to be hoaxes...
I recently shed light on the clash between ex Young Money artist Tyga and his former label mate Drizzy Drake Rogers. The two have traded virtual jabs on both social media and in their music. When Drake referenced the feud on “6PM In New York,” Tyga responded at a concert....