"Do the math/ radio gets a 20 record a week stream/ but only three are ever seen/ what happens to the other 17?" -- "Problemz," KRS-One DJ Perry Simmons (aka DJ Sol) knows the ledge. That is, h  

"Guys wanna wife me and give me the ring/I'll do it anywhere, anyhow, I'm down for anything..." -- Lil' Kim, featuring 50 Cent, "Magic Stick" So, I'm stuck in traffic and having this   

As long as you got mentally dead people/Who are living in a mental death/Meaning living in a mental grave/You need somebody to dig that grave up and bring them back to life ... -- Prince Rakeem   

You've heard the story by now: Back in the mid-'70s, DJs in the Bronx borough of NYC would host these huge street parties while emcees would rhyme over the hypnotic break beats of the latest vin  

"This ain't rappin', this is street-hop ..." -- Nas There's a glitch in the Hip-Hop Matrix, a departure from the norm: One who walks among the Hip-Hop glitterati, making his rounds on the  

"People think that the American military is our strongest weapon and influence. It's not. It's our media." -- Spike Lee The Hip-Hop Matrix is everywhere. If you're familiar with the 199  

"Some emcees battle for glory/ But to kick a dope rhyme and wake up ya people's another story." -- KRS-One, "Rappaz R. N Dainja" (KRS-One, 1995) In case you didn't know, we're in the mids  

"Me and my girls ... were listening to the radio and we were talking about the state of black music today or should I say the non-existent state of black music today." ­ Ursula Rucker, "W