The Hip Hip culture was created in the Bronx in 1973 but as a concept, Hip Hop and more specifically Rap can be traced back hundreds of years in West Africa. Griots (prounced “gree-ots”) were storytellers, loremasters and the keepers of their peoples’ histories. While Europe and most of the Asian continent had developed their […]
This is the last photograph taken of Tupac Shakur about an hour before he was gunned down in Las Vegas in a drive-by shooting. He would die in the hospital a few days later. Shakur, who was 26 years old was a passenger in the car. The driver, Suger Knight–yes, THAT Suger Knight–was not […]
Three years after Johnny Depp’s messy divorce from Amber Heard and a year after his very public defamation lawsuits tore his reputation to shreds, it looks like he may be open to returning as Captain Jack Sparrow in the 6th Pirates of the Caribbean movie currently in development after all. As most know by now, […]
In the late Spring to early Summer of 1993, these teasers drop during FOX’s weekday afternoon kids’ programming block: Fast forward to August 28, 1993. At exactly 5PM, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 1 Episode 1: The Day of the Dumpster starts like this: We didn’t know it at the time but […]
…Ok here we go. Another live action remake of a Disney movie, another wave of closet biggots or racists want voice themselves. I’m gonna make this my “one and done” article in regards to the Live Action version of The Little Mermaid. Like the 2014 version of Annie starring Khuvenzane Wallis, much of the […]
If you were alive and older than 6 in 2000, you probably remember Who Let The Dogs Out by the Baha Men, a Carribbean group based in The Bahamas (hence the name “Baha” Men): The song became mainstream in the U.S. after it was famously included with Nickelodeon’s secons Rugats movie Rugrats in Paris. […]
Circa 2002, a then up and coming rapper named Eminem aka Slim Shady–real name Marshall Mathers–had solidified himself as an American Rap Icon. Ths movie tells a fictionalized story of his life getting into the Underground Hip Hop scene. The majority of the movie is a bit of a yawnfest–by design–as the real meat […]
The sad news broke this morning. The cause of death is suicide. I’m not entirely shocked personally as there were signs in recent months JDF was dealing with severe depression. Frank, who played Tommy Oliver in the Power Rangers franchise also had a brief stint in MMA. Over the last 10 years in particular, […]
…Just in time for the 40th anniversary of the series premeire which is this year! Next year will be the 30th anniversary of the series finale on that note. Cheers ran from 1982 to 1993 though it continues to live on in reruns on various channels including MeTV and Nick at Nite. Alternatively, you can […]
Real name Artis Leon Ivey Jr., Coolio is of course most known for this legendary song: Gangsta’s Paradise is easily one of the top 5 greatest rap songs EVER. Made for the 1995 blockbuster Dangerous Minds starring Michelle Phifer, the song is the reason that movie broke a lot of box office […]
Memories from Way Back When 