Social Distortion, who recently released a new single, 'California (Hustle and Flow),' may not be thought of as a classic-rock band, but they have a number of classic tunes and have been playing rock ...

Nervous American television censors have asked the rap group Three 6 Mafia to tone down their language for their live performance at next week's Academy Awards. The group's song It's hard out there ...

On this date in 2005, T.I.’s Grand Hustle Records dropped the soundtrack to the pimp juice-infused flick Hustle & Flow. The featured song, “It’s Hard Out Here For A Pimp,” which was produced by Three ...

It ain't over for me, no it ain't over for me/I'm gonna step my game up and get what's coming to me. Al Kapone, "Hustle & Flow (It Ain't Over)". Al Kapone's big break started out as a case of mistaken ...

20 years ago this month, two sweaty, skanky, Southern-fried flicks showed up in multiplexes: the quasi-musical hip-hop dramedy Hustle & Flow and the hicksploitation horror show The Devil’s Rejects.

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. This winter marks the long-gestating return of O.C. punk stalwarts ...

Checking out the movie Hustle & Flow should almost be required before throwing in the CD that's "from and inspired by" the film. The movie is about a pimp hanging onto the bottom rung as he stays half ...

XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment: July 22, 2005: The independent film Hustle & Flow was released in select theaters on this day in 2005. Some say the popularity the film would come ...

“Hustle & Flow” seemed like an unlikely, unconventional candidate for the Academy Awards — being a film about a pimp turned rapper on the Memphis scene. But the critically-acclaimed success went on to ...

In the never-ending quest for cinematic gems hidden in the weekly TV listings, here's what I'll be watching (or at least recording) this week: Taraji Henson, left, Paula Jai Parker, Terrence Howard ...