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.

Rashida Jones: Keeping Up With The Joneses Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - DeMarco Williams | Comments: 45

Harvard-educated smarts. She sports an unwavering girl-next-door sensibility too. As a two-season guest on the hit show The Office and a co-star in the just-released I Love You, Man and the upcoming NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, she also demonstrates a subtle sense of humor that just won’t quit. On top of all of that, the 33-year-old actress has parents, actress Peggy Lipton and music icon Quincy Jones, with some serious connections. And as HipHopDX recently found out, Rashida Jones’ mystique grows even stronger when you’re sitting at the same table. HipHopDX: From the I Love You, Man trailers, you wouldn’t expect the straight talk between...

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...

Buckeey: Flavor In Your Ear Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - Quinton Hatfield | Comments: 26

Flavor of Love had its run as one of the most watched reality TV shows ever. The show had many criticisms, some say it degraded and disrespected women, as Flavor Flav was portrayed as childish man trying to ease up on some women. Even many of the shows contestants were accused of being a bunch of gold diggers, ghetto, not lady-like, labeled as women with ulterior motives. True or not, the formula worked, even the women who did not take Flav's hand, graced magazine covers and were offered shows of their own. Shay Johnson better known as Buckeey spoke to HipHopDX to let it be known of what...

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