Urban Magazine is a media outlet covering entertainment, fashion, and sports as they relate to urban culture. We don't just write about it, we live it.
After a brief holiday hiatus, The Bigger Picture with Dakari Eli (our editor-in-chief) returns for a new season. Expanding into video during the COVID-19 pandemic, the show has featured a wide range of celebrities from music, television, and film including Barry Brewer, Kevin Ross, Raheem DeVaughn, Young Lyric, Kissie Lee, Stephanie Charles, Jenelle Simone and…
On this episode, CashApp proves why it’s one of the most forward-thinking companies with its latest deal with Tidal (16:24). Lil Wayne sells 1/3 of Drake and Nicki Minaj’s catalogue (47:44), the guys discuss the most sampled songs in Hip Hop (1:07:15) and Joe begs people to stop giving clout chasers attention and more (1:08:55)…
Dakari Eli, host of The Bigger Picture and editor-in-chief of Urban Magazine interviews singer/songwriter Porcelan. Recorded August 24th, 2020.
The Verzuz-cast is back! Joe and the guys begin by recapping the celebration between a pair of legends (E-40 and Too $hort) and their favorite moments of the Verzuz (15:45). Joe then accuses Mal and Parks of having biased music takes and only supporting a certain style of hip hop, which leads to a heated…
Joe wants to establish that the podcast is NOT an album review podcast (6:20), although the guys do react to Eminem’s response to Snoop Dogg on his latest album (9:50). B. Dot’s list shook up the internet which leads the guys to give their opinion and a preview to the JBP “year end wrap up”…
The stars of the forthcoming Lifetime Salt-N-Pepa biopic, GG Townson and Laila Odom cover two separate December issues of Urban Magazine. “After interviewing both GG and Laila, who play Cheryl James (Salt) and Sandra Denton (Pepa) respectively, and discovering their off-screen friendship, there was no way I would choose one over the other. We had…
On Thursday’s (Dec. 17) episode of #EverydayStruggle, Nadeska Wayno and DJ Akademiks conclude their Finale Series by going down memory lane and providing a detailed recap of the creation, run and impact of Everyday Struggle during its 3.5-year run. Nadeska and Akademiks kick things revealing how initially they had each other blocked on social media,…
Covid strikes again and affects the schedule of the Verzuz battle that was set to take place this past weekend (December 12) between Ashanti and Keyshia Cole and Joe gives his theory on why it didn’t happen (17:04). Joe also opens the conversation to acknowledge the 10 year anniversary of Diddy’s album “Last Train to…