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Ever since Drake touched down with his Summer Sixteen tour in NYC last week and let off a few shots at Hip-Hop radio station Hot 97 (namely Funk Master Flex), listeners have been intrigued to see where exactly this would go. After Flex aired out Drake on his show over the weekend, Hot 97’s Old Man […]

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Atlanta rapper Kap G stopped by HipHopWired to talk about what he’s been up to since the success of his hit single “Girlfriend.”

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Both the men’s and women’s USA basketball teams will likely be nabbing Gold medals during the Olympics. In honor of their hard work, Nike put together a short film called “Unlimited Together” that features Chance The Rapper. 

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Vanessa Beecroft, an Italian performance artist famous for injecting her ideas of race into her art, is perhaps best known stateside for collaborating with Kanye West and his fashion career. Beecroft was the subject of a New York magazine profile and made an interesting determination about Blackness that seemingly channels the zany ideas regarding race […]

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Well respected and longtime ESPN sports analyst John Saunders has passed away. He was just 61-years-old. 

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Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa‘s The High Road tour has hit another speed bump. This time more than 50 people were removed from the show for alcohol poisoning.

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Over the years, De La Soul has blessed us with classics like 3 Feet High & Rising, De La Soul Is Dead and Stakes Is High. However, said albums are AWOL on all streaming services. 

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Reality or insanity? The state of Illinois just passed a new law mandating that teenaged drivers to learn how to interact with cops when getting pulled over.

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Beyoncé and Jay Z are currently kicking it in Italy and their activities included hitting the waves in jet skis. You care. It was safety first as Hova and Bey were both rocking helmets. Hey, that’s too much money on the water not to be careful. But wait, is Bey rocking a dress? Swag. Peep […]

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In an interview with VOGUE [yes, that VOGUE], Gucci Mane [yes, that Gucci Mane], talked about how his 75-pound weight loss has allowed him to step his fashion game up.

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Gucci Mane is on top of the world right now and he has no problem basking in all his glory.

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As rap fans, it’s difficult to wrap our minds around the untimely death of any artist. Especially a MC as beloved as the late Sean Price, a revered lyricist during his Boot Camp Clik days, co-pilot of the Heltah Skeltah tandem, and a wordsmith later championed during a solo run in the 2000s (which produced classics like Monkey Barz). […]