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Just recently the Hip Hop Enquirer had the opportunity to chop things up with Focus…; a two time Grammy award winning producer who worked diligently with Dr. Dre to deliver the Compton soundtrack. Bernard Edwards Jr, better known as Focus…, has been in the music business for 25 years and says that he was really […]

The 2015 Bet Hip Hop Awards takes place on October 9th in Atlanta, Georgia and of course it will be the biggest night in hip hop. The 20th year anniversary of the Million Man March entitled ‘Justice or Else’ is occurring on the 10th. While it is clear which event is more important in light […]

The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards are officially over but the aftermath of some of the things that transpired are far from it. The host this year was Miley Cyrus and she did, for lack of a better word, an interesting job with her skits. One of them included her using the word ‘Mammy’ which […]

During Sunday’s broadcast of MTV’s Video Music Awards, Nicki Minaj won for Best Hip Hop Video and took time to thank her pastor before taking aim at Miley Cyrus. Miley had made some comments on Thursday with The New York Times about Nicki Minaj being upset for being snubbed from the Video of the Year […]

Tamara Bubble released a video for her DJ Mustard produced freestyle ‘Dear BET’. Not only as serving as a dope freestlye/song but as her official entry into the 2015 BET Hip Hop Awards Hot 16 competition. The video was shot by Vizion Twenty Films in Raleigh, North Carolina. Tamara likes to blend of Pop, R&B, […]

Nicki Minaj was on Twitter discussing her issues with her 2015 Video Music Award ‘Video of the Year’ snub for the ‘Anaconda’ video. She never mentioned Taylor Swift by name when she made this comment. Well Taylor Swift went on the defense about the tweet and said that she has done nothing but support Nicki […]

Kendrick Lamar blessed us with the video to possibly the most popular song off To Pimp A Butterfly. With ‘Alright’ being the song he preformed at the BET awards this past weekend, the timing was perfect. Shot in black and white, the video even has a new song at the beginning at 2:03 mark. There […]

Members of the FutureHive, yes it is a real thing, were confused and upset that he never performed at the BET awards this past weekend even though he was scheduled to. Well while out in LA, Future took the time to discuss the situation. “BET, they had a nigga about to perform up there or […]

On June 28th, 2015, music artists Usher and Miguel hosted the 5th Annual Mark Pitts and Bystorm Entertainment Post Bet Awards party presented by JRose, which happened to close out the BET weekend. Usher and Jermaine Dupri treated celebrities, friends, and guests to a surprise sing-along of classic throwbacks, spun by DJ D-Nice. Celebrities who […]

When a rapper has a song detailing what will happen if you mess with him or her, well what happens next might be on you. Detroit rapper Dej Loaf was the Nokia Theater this Saturday rehearsing for the BET awards. According to TMZ, two of her managers showed up without notice. Well Dej and the […]

Since the beginning of Hip Hop in the early 1970’s in the South Bronx, hip hop has been a community for minorities to express their feelings and thoughts in creative ways. The political and economic hardships that Blacks and Latinos faced is what helped foster what would become hip hop with four elements; rap music, […]

The Hip Hop Enquirer’s editorial team has taken a look at the list of nominees for the 2015 BET Awards and we have handpicked this year’s winners based on a careful analysis of why those picked we believe should win. Award shows are generally nothing more than a popularity contest where the artist wins because […]

Today BET Networks announced the nominees for the 2015 BET Awards. The hip hop genre has the lead in nominations this year, Nicki Minaj and Chris Brown lead with 6 nominations each. Chris is nominated for “Best Male R&B/Pop Artist,” two nods in “Best Collaboration,” two in “Video of the Year,” and the Coca-Cola Viewer’s […]

Legendary blues musician B.B. King has passed away in Las Vegas at the age of 89. King was more than deserving of the title ‘King of Blues’ a title he rightfully held for over sixty years. With nothing but his strong voice and his Gibson guitar Lucile, B.B. King changed music and influenced generations to […]

Meek Mill threw a lavish house party after this year’s Grammy awards and as a result he is being served with a lawsuit from the landlord according to TMZ. The MMG rapper hosted an extravagant party in a Beverly Hills mansion which used to belong to Justin Bieber. The massive party ended when a fight […]