We'd like to tell you it was LL Cool J, Fredro Starr and Brandy's wack t.v.show that inspired HipHopDX to cover television. But, it was actually shows like The (white) Rapper Show, The Flavor of Love and I Love New York that had the hip hop world buzzing and made us want to deliver you a little more than just the latest 50 Cent song or Lil' wayne mixtape.

Nelson George: More Than Just Music Monday, October 06, 2008 - Omar Burgess | Comments: 8

There’s really no politically correct way to discuss the problem of how Hip Hop celebrates its own culture—namely the Hip Hop award show. Perhaps the only thing worse than the many decades the Grammy's, American Music Awards and MTV completely ignored Hip Hop’s contributions to Pop culture, was the job we’ve done. Aside from the fact that said award shows inevitably ended up on that shining beacon of black culture, the now-defunct UPN network, the mantra of “keeping it real” always produced head-shaking results. Beatdowns and chain-snatchings were commonplace. And occasionally beef followed artists from the studio...

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