Long before The Kid got his chipped tooth fixed, he rode through Times Square with L Boogie on a limo. The two Hip Hop legends' collaboration, "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)," is one of the best of the 90s. It's taken to the next level with the video, directed by Hype Williams. Check it out.
Read MoreHe was the crown prince of the Bling Era, a Svengali who turned his friend and partner Jay-Z into a superstar, signed Kanye West, and built a business empire that extended far beyond hip-hop. Then he split with Hova, and bit by bit, the mercurial mogul began to lose it all—his label, his wife, his homes, and the figurative shirt off his back. Today, as Jay-Z towers over the culture, the 42-year-old Dash insists he's right where he wants to be: hustling and hungry.
Read MoreLegenday poet Amiri Baraka died Thursday after weeks of failing health, a family spokeperson confirmed. He was 79. Read more on Baraka, including six very important quotes.
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Peak Blackness is a photo blog that's dedicated to finding the single blackest moment in American history. Was it Al Sharpton hanging with James Brown, Sam Cooke and Muhammad Ali in the studio or Harriet Tubman doing the Wobble? A team of journalists is working on narrowing it down - one image at a time.
Read MoreMoment from 80s and 90s pop culture have now become iconic. One artist whose work illustrates that fact is graphic designer Xavier Payne. The 25-year-old from Nashville made a big splash throughout social media when people began sharing some of his illustrations, work he says is influenced by pop culture, contemporary and historical art, photography and typography. "People know those moments like they know any moment in their own life. I think that’s dope," Payne says.
Read MoreRead Gawker's Cord Jefferson's analysis of America's attitude toward racism by dissecting how we reacted to it in 2013.
Read MoreThere is still so much, however, unknown about the life behind Hurston's powerful voice. Most of what we know comes from her autobiography "Dust Tracks on a Road" and her semi-autobiographical master novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God." From those works, Hurston has left us with powerful commentary on life. Here are a few of my favorites quotes.
Read MoreWhere do we draw the line between “appropriate” forms of cultural exchange and more damaging patterns of cultural appropriation? To be honest, I don’t know that there is a thin, straight line between them. But even if the line between exchange and appropriation bends, twists, and loop-de-loops in ways it would take decades of academic thought to unpack, it has a definite starting point: Respect.
Read MoreThe Door, by Ava DuVernay, is a celebration of the transformative power of feminine bonds. It stars Gabrielle Union, Alfre Woodard, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Adepero Oduye and singer-songwriter Goapele in a symbolic story of life change.
Read More"The Pleasure Principle" is the sixth single from Janet Jackson's third studio album, Control (1986.) At the 1988 MTV Video Music Awards the video won for Best Choreography. Watch Janet in action.
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