I caught this video on Facebook a week or so ago. Footage of the homie Big Rec (The Five) repping on Wheel Of Fortune. Turns out the homie went on the game show, won the whole thing, then kicked some bars at the end. WOW.

Big Rec is the first emcee I know to kick it with Pat Sajack and Vanna White.

Video of Black Star performing the song “Little Brother” (orig. featured on the Hurricane movie soundtrack) produced by J-Dilla.

I remember hearing this joint for the first time on 88.5 in ATL I recorded it to a cassette tape on Sunday and played it non stop thru the week. Never get tired of hearing this joint. Not sure why they picked this particular record (would love to hear the backstory).

I would of loved to see Snoop on the show with Bob Barker. HA.

I caught this last night. Common, Lupe Fiasco, and LL Cool J perform “The Message” with Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mell for a Grammy Nomination concert. Good to see Hip Hop on TV for once. And check out how the crowd was ROCKING. The powers that be keep telling us the people don’t wanna hear that real Hip Hop, but I think their wrong.

I recently caught this on the net. WOW. Congrats for Fat Joe for dropping some pounds. This comes a week after the loss Heavy D.

I personally thought Joe would of thought of dropping the weight after Big Pun passed away back in 2000. Seems like lately artists’ health isuses have been popping up left and right. You had Nate Dogg a few years ago with his two strokes, then Rick Ross recently with his seizures, and just a few days ago I heard news about Erick Sermon having a heart attack. It’s time to WAKE up people. If you don’t take care of your body, your body will take care of you that’s for sure.

But with all that said… Once again Salute to Fat Joe for seeing the light and getting his health on track. He sits down with CNN to talk about how even though the pounds are gone, he still will be known “Fat Joe!”

A week after Black Star cancelled their show in ATL (and the rest of the tour from what I’m hearing) they stopped by the Colbert Report to perform a new record called “Fix Up.” I take it from the “Madlib Invasion” shouts in the intro, this joint is produced by Madlib.

Here is footage of the performance as well as the interview with Steven Colbert which is pretty hilarious by the way. Mos Def talks about his name change to Yasiin Bey, and they lace Colbert with the classy warrior package. Mos says “Cause if it’s a class war, you should be a classy warrior” Word. New Black Star in 2012? I guess we’ll see.

BET Follow Friday catches up with Toronto / NYC Emcee Eternia to talk about her name, her neighborhood and more.

Crazy, before I caught this Eternia shot me a tweet to met know she was headed to ATL this fall for the A3C Festival.

Spotted this at Krack Blog. Black Dynamite Animated Series is coming to Adult Swim on August 8th, 2011. I had to post this especially for the homie Chicagorilla

DYNAMITE… DYNAMITE!!

At the end of June the long awaited “Unsung” documentary on Big Daddy Kane aired on BET’s TV-One network. I caught it on Okay Player a few days later, and I thought I posted it. BUT looks like I never did. So just in case you haven’t caught it yet, here it is for your viewing pleasure.

FYI… Big Daddy Kane is one of my favorite emcee’s ever. I can’t talk about my top 5 without mentioning Kane. He mixed Style, Content, and Showmanship like very few. His rapid-fire delivery set the bar and ushered in the next wave of emcees like Jay-Z, Big Pun, and Señor Kaos.

I can say during my lifetime I’ve not only had the pleasure of listening to BDK’s music during it’s era, but I’ve also gotten a chance to see him perform live at least 3 times, as well as met the man in person. Whether your a BDK novice or die hard fan, this documentary is a must see. Check it out.

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Back in 2008 I re made “Warm It Up Kane” and changed it to “Warm It Up Kaos.” It was featured on my Swagger Is Nothing, Talent Is Everything project.