This is why we ain’t free! A man from Brooklyn, New York is suing his parents for $200,000 because he says they didn’t love him…

From 560 State Street to the Barclays Center. Jay-Z takes us along the epicjourney to the opening of Brooklyn’s billion-dollar venue in his 24-minutedocumentary “Where I’m From,” which premiered on Life+Times READ MORE: RAP-UP.COM  

National, News

via: cnn.com No power, no heat, no water. Residents of Brooklyn’s Red Hook neighborhood learn to get by after Sandy. See More

Check out Hip-Hop’s first family rocking the stage together as  Houston’s Own Beyonce Performs with her husband, Brooklyn Nets Co-owner Jay-Z, during his final performance at the 8-day Barclays Arena Grand Opening concert series.    

In the first episode of Torae’s docu-series “Off The Record”, Torae, his mother and childhood friends, discuss his life growing up in the Coney Island…

New Music

Mos Def (who now goes by Yasiin Bey) has been working with the Brooklyn Philharmonic for a couple of years now. But tonight’s free performance…

WTF

Apparently the Brooklyn rapper has not paid taxes since 2002. After tacking on another $86,000 for 2009, her total in past due taxes has passed the milli mark. READ MORE

When you think about MCs from Queens,NY one of the first names that comes to mind is Nasir Jones.  His style and lyrics were cultivated in the famous Queens Bridge Housing projects and for years he as served as a proud ambassador of the Q-Boro. Nas even returned to his old stomping grounds to record […]

Nyemiah Supreme is a daughter of Queens, New York. The borough has ingrained itself into her style, talk, and mannerisms. Supreme shows that and more on her debut mixtape, Bad. Though this is Nyemiah’s first mixtape, she’s far from being new to the industry. She was featured on Jim Jones’ “Everybody Jones” and has punched […]

  Jay-Z admits he shot his older brother Eric when he was 12 years old, while he grew up in a Brooklyn housing project ravaged by violence. The rap superstar and business mogul spoke about the incident for the first time in The Guardian‘s weekend magazine, admitting he opened fire on his brother after he […]

When if Foxy going to learn?? The Brooklyn rapper was caught throwing down in a luxury building in NYC.  According to tmz.com, Foxy was reportedly involved in a brawl with several people including her manager.

I’m hearing that Foxy Brown may have hit rock bottom! Sources are saying that Foxy was spotted around 1:00AM early Monday morning outside a Nathan’s in Brooklyn, New York getting high and drinking in the street!!! Here’s what they’re saying: Foxy was spotted with two men getting high and drinking publicly. Each of her companions […]