Flavor Flav

Flier of the Week: Rava Flav

CASHIN' IN ON CONTROVERSY

ICE-T AND SISTER SOULJAH GIVE MAKING MONEY A BAD RAP

Players

ICE-T AND SISTER SOULJAH GIVE MAKING MONEY A BAD RAP

Preacher Man

ICE-T AND SISTER SOULJAH GIVE MAKING MONEY A BAD RAP

Rhymes of Passion

Hip-hop court jester Busta Rhymes rides high with new album and groundbreaking tour

Know Doubt

Long-awaited Know Qwestion CD answers all skeptics

New Times Music Showcase 1999 Nominees

Long-awaited Know Qwestion CD answers all skeptics

SMoCA'm If You Got 'Em

Jett goes bisexual finally, and Kreme's poppin' collars at SMoCA Nights' Epic extravaganza.

Roastmaster general

Insult comic brings the funny to the Improv

Kid Stuff for Parents

Insult comic brings the funny to the Improv

Public Enemy

Rebirth of a Nation
(Guerrilla Funk)

Snoop Dogg, and The Game

Now pushing ear candy

Leggo My Alter Ego

Off-the-wall rapper Z-Man busts out with another persona and a whole new vocabulary

Hype-Happy

Finally, a restaurant that actually cooks up to its reputation

Westside Rising

Ice Cube and his Westside Connection pals semi-reunite -- and give hope to gangsta rap fans

Live by the Sword

Jim Jarmusch brings new tricks to samurai-themed Ghost Dog

Hip-Hop's Clown Heavy

Kool Keith and his multiple aliases take listeners on a real warped tour

HIP-HOP SITCOM BOOM? BAH!

Kool Keith and his multiple aliases take listeners on a real warped tour

RAP FINK

Kool Keith and his multiple aliases take listeners on a real warped tour

WHITE THE POWER PUBLIC ENEMY'S COLORBLIND WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING MONEY

Kool Keith and his multiple aliases take listeners on a real warped tour

Sir Jinx: What Happened After N.W.A. and the Posse?

​This is an installment in The Posse Project, a 12-day series where www.PHXmusic.com catches up with all 12 guys pictured on the cover of N.W.A's first album, N.W.A. and the Posse. Today we continue with Sir Jinx, a producer who went on to create the beats for some of the hardest hitting diss trac ... More >>

Food Network's Private Chefs of Beverly Hills Is Further Proof of Programming Coma, in This Week's "TV Dinner"

Like any ginormous corporation, you can't blame Food Network's faults on the folks in the trenches doing the real work. You have to look up, way up. To the millionaires calling the shots, keeping the company profitable at any expense, and wringing their hands in anticipation of their next bonus chec ... More >>

Aaron Taylor Talks KISS FM, DMX, Bob Marley, Usher, Masters At Work, and More

DJ Aaron Taylor​Name: Aaron TaylorAKA: Vanilla Gorilla (not really)Current club schedule: Thursday at Jackrabbit Lounge, Friday at Suede, and Saturday at Myst.Genres spun: Hip-hop, Top 40, old school, electro, reggae, or anything else you might tip for.How did you get started as a DJ? Back in '94, ... More >>

Red: Helen Mirren Will Cut You, And Other Awesome Old-People Things

DJ Aaron Taylor​Name: Aaron TaylorAKA: Vanilla Gorilla (not really)Current club schedule: Thursday at Jackrabbit Lounge, Friday at Suede, and Saturday at Myst.Genres spun: Hip-hop, Top 40, old school, electro, reggae, or anything else you might tip for.How did you get started as a DJ? Back in '94, ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Latest Loss: 9th Circuit Swats Down Racist Provision of Prop. 200

The "architect" of Arizona's ethnic cleansing laws, stymied by the 9th CircuitTo borrow a phrase from that great modern philosopher Flavor Flav, when it comes to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal's recent ruling on Prop 200, don't believe the hype.Because hype, fake outrage and panic is basically what ... More >>

Can DMX Ever Stay Out of Trouble Long Enough to Top the Charts Again?

The "architect" of Arizona's ethnic cleansing laws, stymied by the 9th CircuitTo borrow a phrase from that great modern philosopher Flavor Flav, when it comes to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal's recent ruling on Prop 200, don't believe the hype.Because hype, fake outrage and panic is basically what ... More >>

A Band of Screw-Ups at KWSS-FM Work at Waging a 100-Watt Revolution

The "architect" of Arizona's ethnic cleansing laws, stymied by the 9th CircuitTo borrow a phrase from that great modern philosopher Flavor Flav, when it comes to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal's recent ruling on Prop 200, don't believe the hype.Because hype, fake outrage and panic is basically what ... More >>

Flavor Flav Chickens Out, Closes His Restaurant

​After too many disagreements with his restaurant manager and some trouble with bouncing paychecks, Flavor Flav's fried chicken restaurant in Clinton, Iowa has closed, according to Pollstar.First and foremost, Flav claims that restaurant manager Nick Cimino "isn't running the business right," whic ... More >>

Rick Springfield Arrested For DUI

​The 1980's dreamboats that all the girls loved, Rick Springfield, has been arrested for a reported DUI in Malibu, according to Spinner.Springfield was pulled over for speeding on the Pacific Coast Highway Sunday night. Drunk driving was the cause for his fast and furious actions. He was driving w ... More >>

NKOTBSB at US Airways Center, 6-30-11

Photos by Luke HolwerdaNKOTBSB gets beamed down to the US Airways Center stage.​REVIEW BY MELISSA FOSSUM AND DANIEL RAVEN New Kids On the Block and Backstreet Boys have grown up a bit since their heydays on MTV and the music charts, and so have their fans. But that hasn't stopped the bands fr ... More >>

Happy Birthday Snoop! See You at the Fair Tonight.

​Today, Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., better known to the world as Snoop Dogg, turns 40. He's scheduled to share his birthday in Phoenix, performing at the Arizona State Fair tonight. Both of these things say a lot about how rap has changed since Snoop's debut record, Doggstyle, hit record store ... More >>