9/27/25 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Cardi B – Safe (feat. Kehlani)

Safe is a song by Cardi B featuring American singer Kehlani. It was released on September 19, 2025, through Atlantic Records as the third single from Cardi B’s second studio album Am I the Drama? (2025). Continue reading

7/16/25 O&A NYC WaleStylez HIP HOP WEDNESDAY: Clipse, Kendrick Lamar, Pusha T, Malice – Chains & Whips

By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.

Clipse has recently dropped the music video for “Chains & Whips,” a fan-favorite off their long-awaited comeback album Let God Sort’Em Out. Featuring a standout verse from Kendrick Lamar, the track dives deep into themes of systemic oppression, generational trauma, and the complicated relationship between survival and material success. Continue reading

6/25/25 O&A NYC WALESTYLEZ HIP HOP WEDNESDAY: ScarLip ft. Mary J. Blige – Runaway Love Freestyle

ScarLip Runaway Love Freestyle is a powerful and visually striking reinterpretation of Ludacris and Mary J. Blige’s 2006 track.The video uses the original track’s foundation to explore ScarLip’s personal story of trauma, survival, and her roots in the Bronx.

Continue reading

10/30/24 Wildin Out Wednesday: Obama raps Eminem’s Lose Yourself

During the Detriot Harris-Walz rally former president Barack Obama raps Enimem‘s iconic Lose Yourself Continue reading

9/13/24 O&A NYC DIVO ALERT: Murdergram Deux- LL Cool J- ft. Eminem

LL Cool J’s Murdergram Duex a bass-heavy track off of his latest album The Force, marked the rapper’s first collaboration with Eminem. The rap legends have now teamed up again for the single’s music video, which incorporates LL Cool J’s and Big Daddy Kane’s iconic album art into the backdrop. Continue reading

8/22/24 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: LL Cool J- Jingling Baby

Jingling Baby is the final single released from LL Cool J’s third album, Walking with a Panther.  It was released on January 8, 1990 for Def Jam Records and was produced by LL Cool J and Dwayne Simon. Continue reading

1/17/24 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: That’s Ludacris!


We all understand that Donald Chump Trump, the former president , is not known to waste time on spell check. And rapper/actor Ludacris sets the record straight. But this is ludicrous! Continue reading

3/27/23 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: De La Soul ft. Estelle and Pete Rock – Memory Of Us

De La Soul is a Hip Hop group formed in 1988 in the Amityville area of Long Island, NewYork.They are best known for their eclectic sampling, quirky lyrics and contributions to the evolution of the Jazz Rap and Alternative Hip Hop subgenres.  Continue reading

2/9/22 O&A NYC WaleStylez HIP HOP WEDNESDAY: RUN DMC – Walk This Way ft. Aerosmith


Aerosmith manager Tim Collins answered his phone one day in early 1986, he was, at first, confused. The voice on the other end belonged to Rick Rubin, the 22-year-old hip-hop producer and entrepreneur behind Gef Jam. He wanted to talk to Collins about the idea of remaking his charges’ 1975 single Walk This Way with RUN DMC, a rap group on his roster. Before Rubin could go into any further detail, Collins cut him off to request a little clarification: “What’s rap?” Continue reading