Rap music always gets the most attention in hip hop, but as you should know, the culture is much bigger than that. Which would explain why HipHopDX dedicates a section to hip hop lifestyle. Be it movie reviews, video game reviews, interviews with movie stars or eye candy like Vida Guerra or Buffy the Body, we try and give you something other than just hip hop music.

Alana Wyatt-Smith: Real Wife Monday, July 21, 2008 - Mina Jasarevic | Comments: 35

The Hip Hop community felt a break in its beat as the Confessions of a Video Vixen, a first major tell-all book from Karrine “Superhead” Steffans first released in 2005. The book provides insight into Steffans’ tortured past while outlining her escapades, trials and tribulations as a video girl in the overly-misogynistic and competitively materialistic world of commercial Hip Hop. A year later, the mother of Nas’s child and Jay-Z’s former lover, Carmen Bryan, released her own literary exhibition, It’s No Secret. Despite the negative and one-sided labels attached to both Steffans and Bryan, one fact remains: they have exposed the vulnerability, and inadequacy of some of the best of the best in industry while...

"Rampage" Jackson: Serving Knuckle Sandwiches Friday, July 04, 2008 - Anthony Springer Jr | Comments: 14

Quentin “Rampage” Jackson (27-6) is an anomaly in the UFC. In an era where many of the top fighters are affiliated with big name camps, the current Light Heavyweight Champion stands alone. When the current face of MMA’s biggest promotion steps into the Octagon tomorrow night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas to face number one contender Forrest Griffin, he looks to defend his title for the second time, extend his UFC win streak to four victories, and dish out a buffet of fists. But it wasn’t always bright lights, pay-per-view matchups and media appearances. Before rising to mixed martial arts’ elite class of 205...

J*Davey: Beauty & The Beat Thursday, July 24, 2008 - Tanisha Alston | Comments: 7

Great duos consist of an amalgamation of sounds. The ingredients for success vary amongst duos, but J*Davey has taken those ingredients, along with the duet concept, up a notch. Voices blend like a two person choir praising the sounds of the musical gods. Instruments unite in an audible force so strong that multiple head nods are almost involuntary—and it doesn’t stop there. Briana "Jack Davey" Cartwright and Brook D’Leau decided to mix Funk and Electronica with Soul. For good measure they added a little Punk and Hip Hop to their universal mix and created a sound that even a Prince couldn’t ignore. Coming together in...

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