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Common, John Legend Win 2015 Oscar for ‘Glory’ – Today in Hip-Hop

[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:Feb. 22, 2015: On this day in 2015, veteran hip-hopper Common and R&B singer John Legend won the Oscar for Best Original Song for their civil rights ballad "Glory," the theme song to the 2014 movie Selma.Common and Legend's "Glory" also won the Critics’ Choice Award and the Golden Globe for Best Original Song that same year, so no one was surprised when the pair's name was called at the 87th annual Academy Awards.In winning the prestigious trophy, Common joined a very short list of rappers who've won Academy Awards. He solidified himself in the company of Eminem, Juicy J, DJ Paul, Frayser Boy,...

Common to Make Broadway Debut in ‘Between Riverside and Crazy’

[ad_1] Common is gearing up to become part of the select group of rappers who've graced the stages of Broadway.With preview performances beginning in New York City on Nov. 30 at Second Stage's Hayes Theater and an official opening night set for Dec. 19, Common joins the cast of Stephen Adly Guirgis' Pulitzer Prize-winning stage play, Between Riverside and Crazy. The Chicago rapper will take on the supporting role of Junior, the son of the play's lead character, Walter "Pops" Washington, a widowed ex-cop struggling to make ends meet played by award-winning Fences actor Stephen McKinley Henderson. Common graciously announced his upcoming role in Between Riverside and Crazy on social media back in September with a post that is a clear indicator of...

Most Brutal Diss Lines in Rap History

[ad_1] When it comes to rap battles and beef, MCs, figuratively, like to go for the jugular with brutal diss lyrics.For example, in 2018, Pusha T shocked the rap world with his Drake diss track "Story of Adidon," on which he exposed Drizzy for having a secret child with an erotic model and mocked Noah "40" Shebib's multiple sclerosis. “OVO 40, hunched over like he 80, tick, tick, tick/How much time he got? That man is sick, sick, sick/I got the devil flow, nigga, six, six, six/Surgical summer with it, snip, snip, snip,” seethed King Push.Of course, no one can forget about Tupac Shakur’s 1996 scathing diss track "Hit 'Em Up," featuring The...

Trippie Redd, Busta Rhymes, King Von: New Projects This Week

[ad_1] Friday has arrived and rappers have a ton of new music in store for hip-hop heads. Keep reading to find some of the latest albums, mixtapes, projects and EPs below.About a year ago, Trippie Redd released his top-charting LP A Letter to You 4. Now, he's delivering his highly anticipated Pegasus album, which he's been teasing for months. Prior to the effort's arrival, images of what appeared to be Trippie's cover artwork for the album began circulating online and fans weren't particularly fond of it. The cover, which Trippie also shared on his Instagram, but later deleted, showed him floating with his arms extended, wearing only flesh-colored underwear as he posed...