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GHHB Honors The Last Poets For Black History Month [audio]

GHHB Honors The Last Poets For Black History Month [audio]

GHHB Honors The Last Poets For Black History Month [audio] Today, we honor The Last Poets in our Black History celebration. The Last Poets, are arguably the originators of what we know today as hip hop. There’s no doubt that Felipe Luciano, Gylan Kain, and David Nelson of The Last Poets, provided the blueprint for...

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We Celebrate Black History Month [video]

We Celebrate Black History Month [video]

We Celebrate Black History Month [video] Global Hip Hop Battles always shows love to the Black pioneers, who laid down the foundation so that we may exist today. We will do our best, to bring you information about some of our incredible pioneers, in hopes that their stories will inspire us all. Please make sure...

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Mary J Blige What’s The 411 Celebrates 20 Years (video)

Mary J Blige What’s The 411 Celebrates 20 Years (video)

Mary J. Blige What’s the 411 Celebrates 20 Years Can you believe that 20 years ago on this very  day, the legendary Queen of hip hop soul Ms. Mary J Blige, released her ground breaking and game changing debut album What’s the 411? Yes, it has been 20 years. Released on July 28, 1992, What’s...

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Prodigy Speaks About His Ancestors Opening Morehouse College (video)

Prodigy Speaks About His Ancestors Opening Morehouse College (video)

Prodigy Breaks Down His Family’s Legacy Emcee Prodigy of the legendary hip hop group Mobb Deep, recently sat down for an interview with Hip Hop Nation. During the interview, Prodigy spoke about Mobb Deep having a legitimate distribution deal, and also revealed what prompted him to seek such a deal. Prodigy then revealed that his...

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Watch Life After: Andre Harrell In Celebration Of Black Music Month

Watch Life After: Andre Harrell In Celebration Of Black Music Month

As the month of June comes to a close, we would like to celebrate Black Music Month, by taking a look at the life and legacy, of Mr. Andre Harrell. Truth be told, we also honored Mr. Harrell last year during Black Music Month. However, we feel his contributions to the music industry, needs to...

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We Celebrate The Life & Legacy Of Michael Jackson (video)

We Celebrate The Life & Legacy Of Michael Jackson (video)

Today, marks the 3rd year since we lost the best entertainer to ever hit the stage. Michael Joseph Jackson, died on June 25, 2009, and the entire world mourned his death. We still can’t believe that Michael Jackson, is no longer with us. His impact can be felt by every artist today, as they were...

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Niggery: When Will The Buffoonery & Coonery End?

Niggery: When Will The Buffoonery & Coonery End?

Niggery: When Will The Buffoonery & Coonery End? Global Hip Hop Battles, is committed to raising people’s consciousness, by sharing information through our post. Our goal is to empower and challenge the youth, to think far beyond their borders; that are often surrounded with an influx of negative images and messages. We’ve made it no...

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We Celebrate Black Music Month With Jay-Z (video)

We Celebrate Black Music Month With Jay-Z (video)

Our celebration of Black Music Month, continues with hip hop emcee/mogul Jay-Z.  Jay-Z is an iconic living legend, who’s just about everyone’s favorite artist. He has the incredible ability to captivate audiences from ages 5-85; which is truly outstanding. Jay-Z has been in the music game for over 20 years, and has sold over 50...

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We Celebrate Nas For Black Music Month (video)

We Celebrate Nas For Black Music Month (video)

Our celebration of Black Music Month continues, during the month June. Today, we salute legendary/iconic hip hop emcee Nas. Nas is a superstar that has spent over 20 years in the hip hop game, and has remained relevant throughout the entire span of his career. Nas poses the incredible ability to speak truth lyrically, and...

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We Celebrate Mary J. Blige For Black Music Month (video)

We Celebrate Mary J. Blige For Black Music Month (video)

June is Black Music Month, and Global Hip Hop Battles would like to pay tribute to artist who paved the way for many  in hip hop, to follow. Today, we would like to pay tribute the legendary iconic queen of hip hop soul, Ms. Mary J. Blige. There’s no denying that after over 20 years...

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