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Foxy Brown Deserves Her Flowers As A Pioneer During Hip-Hop's 50th Anniversary

Queue Points reflects on the glaring omission of Foxy Brown during #HipHop50

Sep 5 •

Let's Take It From The Top: Antoinette's Interrupted Career Still Inspires Queue Points

Rapper Antoinette, whose two albums "Who's The Boss" and "Burnin' at 20 Below" are long out of print, isn't forgotten by DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray. You…

Jul 20 •

Hurby 'Luv Bug' Azor Created Longstanding Hip Hop Superstars And Then Vanished

Salt-N-Pepa, Kid 'N Play and Kwamé are all names important to hip hop's encyclopedia. Since the late-1990s, their original producer has been in the…

Jul 18 •

Celebrating Black Joy: 1990's House Party Still Holds Up Over 30 Years After Its Debut

On Queue Points' latest episode, the hosts revisit the classic Reginald Hudlin film House Party.

Jul 4 •

Patti LaBelle Didn't Need Her Background Singers at the BET Awards, She Needed A Lifeline

Here are Jay Ray's thoughts on the three ways that Patti LaBelle was set up to fail during her Tina Turner tribute at the 2023 BET Awards.

Jun 26 •

Johnnie Ray Kornegay III

Public Enemy's "Fight The Power": The Revolution Is Televised

Formed in the mid-1980s, rap group Public Enemy is a cultural phenomenon. The group was led by Chuck D, and his partner-in-crime Flavor Flav. The…

Feb 16 •

Requiem for a Queen: Laying Offerings to Hip-Hop's High Priestess

Rest In Power Gloria Rodriguez AKA Hurricane G. 1970-2022

Nov 8, 2022 •

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