Jay Z and the Weinstein Co. are partnering to make a Trayvon Martin film and TV documentary series.

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Shawn "Jay Z" Carter will partner with venture capital firm Sherpa Capital, which has funded like Uber, Airbnb and Slack, in a new VC fund mostly invested in technology.

Plus, the new face of Mr. Clean is African-American and Jay Z believes that Rikers Island prison should be shut down.

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Sprint acquired 33 percent of TIDAL which offers Sprint's CEO, Marcelo Claure, a seat on TIDAL's board of directors.

Hip-Hop was born from a spirit of protest and the desire to be heard, so it’s no surprise that many of our favorite rappers have drawn influence from Dr. Martin Luther King. Here’s 15 times Hip-Hop artists like Kanye West, Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar and Common referenced Martin Luther King, Jr. Related Articles Kareem ‘Biggs’ Burke […]

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On any given day, there are many sad stories about young black men receiving prison sentences that they didn’t deserve and the horrifying conditions of the prisons where they are relegated to serve out their sentences. The saddest instance of this issue in recent memory, centers on the case of Bronx, New York teenager Kalief […]

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Why It Took A Neo-Nazi Endorsement To Get New Balance To Embrace Diversity Remember when brands bent over backwards to avoid being associated with Black people? In the 90’s and 2000’s, luxury brands like Cristal and Timberland openly resisted the attention that Hip Hop’s bling era brought their products. https://twitter.com/ratchetsmurf/status/640278142993739776 Well, just a week into […]