Building Recognized as Birthplace Of Hip-Hop Sold For $7 Million

According to Allhiphop.com 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, is the address of the building in which Kool Herc hosted his first parties along with his sister Cindy. This building also eventually lead to the birth of Hip-Hop music in the early 1970’s. However, after a two-year battle to purchase the building and preserve it's legacy and keep the rent down for the current residents. The building was sold to a new owner last week for $7 million dollars.

Your Black World: KRS-One, Amongst Others, To Rock Black August

KRS-One, Bilal, Smif-N-Wessun, Immortal Technique, EPMD and others will show their support at this month’s 11th annual Black August Hip-Hop Project in New York.

Centering on the topic of gentrification and police brutality within the United States, the event will discuss and breakdown the human rights violations people find themselves subjected to daily. Also aiming to dismantle negative stereotypes within hip-hop, the project focuses on widening awareness.

“The Black August Hip-Hop Project has been a great way to communicate the importance of supporting political prisoners in the U.S. and the issues our people face locally and all around the globe,” Black August Co-Chair Tamir Z. Brown wrote in a statement. “It has cleaned up some of the negativity associated with hip-hop and shows that we are self-determined and self sufficient.”

Primarily focused on issues that directly affect the urban and black communities within North America, the event officials have also organized various concerts in international countries like Cuba, South Africa, Brazil, and Venezuela.

Known for featuring strong line-ups of hip-hop speakers like Common, Talib Kweli, The Roots, Erykah Badu. Fat Joe, Mos Def and dead prez, this year’s show is expected to have a few surprise guests.

The Black August Hip-Hop Project is scheduled to take place Sunday, August 31 at the Nokia Theater in Manhattan.

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Method Man's Take On 'Ice-T vs. Soulja Boy' Feud

With the recent controversy, surrounding Rapper/Actor Ice-T's comments regarding the young Southern Rapper, Soulja Boy, Hip-Hop Heavyweight, Method Man has added his very own two cents to the conflict. Speaking on the Phoenix radio show “The Nutz In The Morning,” he payed due to Ice-T's legacy while rendering some suggestions, stating, “Ice-T is an O.G. He shouldn’t even be addressing nothing like that, but he felt like it was his duty to address it for the love of hip-hop and all of that and I respect that, but him being at the status that he’s at, he shouldn’t address someone like Soulja Boy, nor should Snoop Dogg.” The artist also known as 'Tical,' furthermore alluded to Soulja Boy's irrelevance within the ranks and files of Hip-Hop. Elaborating, he said, “If he wasn’t put out there like that, like he was the truth, I don’t think anybody would have a problem with him like that because lyrically he’s not the truth. It’s not a secret, he’s a shorty. What life experience does he really have where he can sit down and go up with a Nas or a Lil’ Wayne, for that matter? It is what it is, man. These kids like him, so be it. Don’t hate on the lil’ nigga, congratulate him.” To erase all suspicion, as to whose side he was on, vis-a-vis - his fellow Wu-Tang Clan member, - Gza's remonstration against Soulja Boy, he concluded, “And don’t get me wrong, you (Souljah), I’m not biggin’ up Soulja Boy, I’m just saying. I think the nigga suck, too. I think he’s garbage, but I don’t think everybody should be blaming him for the state of hip-hop right now. You can’t just put that all on his shoulders, for real. It’s not solely his fault, man.”