B13 Peer Review

John Brown was a man of action -- a man who would not be deterred from his mission of abolishing slavery. On October 16, 1859, he led 21 men on a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. His plan to arm slaves with the weapons he and his men seized from the arsenal was thwarted, however, by local farmers, militiamen, and Marines led by Robert E. Lee. Within 36 hours of the attack, most of Brown's men had been killed or captured. John Brown was born into a deeply religious family in Torrington, Connecticut, in 1800. Led by a father who was vehemently opposed to slavery, the family moved to northern Ohio when John was five, to a district that would become known for its antislavery views. During his first fifty years, Brown moved about the country, settling in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and New York, and taking along his ever-growing family. (He would father twenty children.) Working at various times as a farmer, wool merchant, tanner, and land speculator...

In 1991 a reluctant back-up singer to Luther Vandross. Tina Turner, Mick Jagger, Billy Ocean, Melba Moore to name a few content at being a vocal advocate agrees at the behest of famed Singer Sir Luther recorded a soulful ballet that would leave the world wanting. She is presumptuously the most anticipated artists of all time; years after her most wonderful assault on our ears, heart, mind, and other things. :-) The grammy award winning singer was so anticipated by her generation of fans that they have passed that anticipation genetically or by discovery to a whole new generation. This anticipation continues to surface every so many years in 2005 Jet magazine published this article: I believe it is the death of femininity, sentuality, passion, originality, drive, commitment, and class that has everyone scrawling back to retro music in search of grounding.  Lisa Fischer is an artist that is well in tune with her kismet, this is something we all have to lea...

B-13 PEER REVIEW WHERE YOU HEAR IT FIRST. Hint: Photo from All Hip Hop I promise you this is real. I can’t even begin to tell you who, because the ramification are catastrophic. But I will say this is a rapper from the East Coast that purportedly does this. Apparently, this mid-level rapper has an affinity for jail-house lovin with his male fans. Females are safe. Here is what he reportedly does with his own male fans. He finds an unsuspecting fan that swoons over him and his music, which at times can be quite classic. He then proceeds to let the fan hang out with him all day and night like they are just so cool and all that. The fan is just happy to be there and finds it amazing that he’s hanging out with one of his favorite rappers from the 90′s. Then, at the end of the night, when the fan is all slizzard from drinking and whatever else, BAM. I hear the rapper straight rapes the dude jail house style. One incident, I heard occurred in the back of a big a$$, white limo. In t...

Cam’ron engaged to model JuJu   After years of dating exclusively a Dipset rapper and an amateur model are reportedly engaged. Juju, who’s been known for dating rapper Cam’ron off and on since 2006, has been spotted lately rocking an enormous stone on her ring finger. The ring features a round-cut diamond and a large band. And while the emcee and the model have yet to confirm their pending nuptials, fans have been flooding their social media accounts with well wishes. “I want to see @Mr_Camron and Juju on the next Love and Hip Hop NY. Lets make it happen!” wrote one. “Cam stole my girl @Iamjuju. Congrats!” wrote another. In addition to “putting a ring” on his better half, Cam’ron recently premiered a new track titled “You Know This” on New York’s Power 105 and is prepping his  Boss Of All Bosses   3 mixtape. Check out more pictures of  Cam’ron’s rumored fiancée, JuJu, below.  –danielle canada B-13 ...

Miss Rowland if you nasty… Kelly Rowland “Kisses Down Low” Kelly Rowland has always been one to wave her freak flag high and proud and she does it again on this new record called “Kisses Down Low.” Produced by Mike Will Made It, “Kisses Down Low” is exactly what you think it is about. However, this is a family website and you’ll just have to listen to the lyrics yourself. Kelly’s  been putting in work lately after appearances on Big Boi’s “Mama Told Me,” and Ludacris’  “Representin.”

He wrote the songs a generation danced to, made love to and made war to. William "Smokey" Robinson's buoyant green-eyed soul washed the sound track of the '60s in a sweet romanticism matched only by the Beatles. He wrote or cowrote tunes others became famous for The Temptations' "My Girl," Mary Wells's "My Guy," Marvin Gaye's "I'll Be Doggone." And he saved some of the best for his own Miracles: "Ooo Baby Baby," "The Tears of a Clown," "The Tracks of My Tears." Guitarist and collaborator Marv Tarplin calls him the "poet of love"; fellow pop icon Bob Dylan, perhaps just a little carried away, once called Smokey the nation's greatest living poet And with one marriage, no busts and no public hint of scandal in a career that began at the birth of Motown Records in 1959, Smokey stood as a model of wholesomeness in a business not  known for its clean-living stars. And tha...

JACK FM’S Bad Medicine Birthday Bash just got a whole lot bigger, and trip-ier.  Win tickets every weekday during our commercial free Kick Start and Commute.  You can win tickets and qualify for the Grand Prize VIP Trip to Mohegan Sun. It’s all powered by  Hammer-Made  in the Galleria Edina and Island Def Jam Records. Listen for the cue to call around 8:45am and 3:45pm.  Be the correct caller and win tickets to Bon Jovi’s, “Because We Can” tour, April 7 th  at the Xcel Energy Center.  Plus you’ll qualify to win a V-I-P trip for two, to the official launch of the tour at Mohegan Sun, complete with an exclusive private dress rehearsal with the band.  JACK FM’S Bad Medicine Birthday Bash staring Bon Jovi, celebrating the release of their new single and “Because We Can” tour.  New album “What About Now” available March 26 th . About Hammer-Made: Hammer-Made is a clothing boutique in the prestigious Galleria in Edina.  H...

After toying with the idea for a few months, Prince  booked six last-minute shows   at the  Dakota   Jazz Club in downtown Minneapolis this week. With more shows to come Thursday and Friday, Wednesday night (January 16) saw Prince play two shows (8 p.m. and 11 p.m.) billed as a “sound check” audition for new drummer Ronald Bruner. According to a report from  CBS Minnesota , Prince had a ten-member band that surprisingly started right on time and played mostly jazz for about an hour and a half. Prince only played small riffs of his hit songs, and is perhaps saving those for the shows later in the week. It was stressed at the shows that absolutely no cameras or cell phones would be allowed, so it’s unlikely that fans will see much footage from Prince’s club shows in his hometown. Tickets, which went on sale Tuesday and instantly sold out, ranged from $70 for the Wednesday night shows to $250 for Friday night. Thursday’s shows are slotted to be a jam sess...

Profiteering From The Slave Trade: Naming Names. A prayer on a Brooklyn street preceded the filing of an unprecedented $1.4 trillion lawsuit against eight major corporations alleged to have profited from their historical ties to the slave trade more than 137 years ago. Claiming to represent all of the United States' 35 million African-Americans, New York slave reparations activist Deadria Farmer-Paellmann named Aetna Inc., CSX Corp. and FleetBoston Financial Corp., among others, as unjustly profiting from the slave trade before the Civil War ended in 1865. "We are going to finally hold corporations accountable for the crimes against humanity that they've committed against my ancestors," Farmer-Paellmann told reporters Tuesday. "This is a case that targets corporate America. It targets those companies that we can prove were built on the backs of African slaves, that were built on the sweat and labor of African slaves that was never paid...

After being taken into custody earlier this week after a hearing for violating his probation in 2012 (by holding a gun in an interview), Chief Keef received his sentence today. “I am a very good-hearted person,” he “tearfully” told the judge before receiving the sentence. “I am sorry for anything that I have done wrong. Give me a chance.” Find out what happened below! Marisa Mendez He was sentenced to 60 days in juvenile detention. The judge also decided to make him a ward of the state, removing him from the custody of an uncle and grandmother, saying this was “necessary to protect the public” and because of Keef’s “blatant violations” of the court’s orders. Hopefully 2 months will turn him around!

By The Hip Hop Writer Hip Hop Vibe Staff Writer Hip hop beef in its purest form emerged late in 2002 when 50 Cent emerged from the shadows. He had an issue with the biggest rapper in the game, Ja Rule. Because of this issue, 50 Cent did not stop until he had Ja Rule at his knees. Back in 1998, both rappers were in Queens trying to make their dreams into reality. While the rappers never knew each other, they traveled in the same circles. To this day, Ja Rule and 50 Cent have many of the same friends. Ja Rule was destined to make it after he teamed up with the Irv Gotti-led Def Jam. Upon also linking up with Jay-Z and DMX, Ja Rule had a name for himself. In 1998, DMX released his debut single, "Get At Me Dog." The original version of this song also featured a verse from Ja Rule. During the fall of 1998, Ja Rule's big break came when Jay-Z decided to release "Can I Get A..." off his multiplatinum success,  Vol 2. ... Hard Knock Life . The song featured a...