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If you’re over the age of 30 (or even if you’re not), either you or someone you know has probably said something about being tired of or bored with Rap. Drake’s emoting, Gucci has an ice cream sundae on his cheek, and it’s all just a bit much.

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Has the international community turned a blind eye to the Boko Haram massacre in Nigeria? The answer is yes, if you scroll through social media.

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The Indianapolis Colts are one way game away from heading to the Super Bowl but their young linebacker, Josh McNary is anticipating a different kind of battle.

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Following today’s video round-up, Hip-Hop Wired keeps the music coming with a list of tracks we missed. Artists featured include Oddisee and Phonte, Rich The Kid, and more.

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You can’t teach an old dogg new tricks but Papa Snoop has a brand new reason to pass along his gangsta to his family.

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Per usual, a bevy of rap visuals from the likes of Mike Will Made-It to Flying Lotus released between yesterday and today. And because Hip-Hop Wired loves you, we decided to package them all here for your enjoyment.

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New Future alert. After setting the streets ablaze with Monster late last year, the Atlanta native returns with Beast Mode, a collaborative mixtape created with hometown producer Zaytoven.

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“Why Halle have to let a white man pop her to get an Oscar?/Why Denzel have to be crooked before he took it?” Those catchy questions were once posed by Jadakiss in reference to the seedy roles both Halle Berry and Denzel Washington took to score Academy Awards. As many people grow increasingly baffled with […]

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[ooyala code=”ptcmhzcjpS0_IyRUnLdWDI2dULN-BR52″ player_id=”16d3592c0566485792a9febd7fbe442b”]   We asked veteran Bronx MC turned Love & Hip Hop: New York star Peter Gunz about Lil Wayne’s current tiff with Cash Money Records. 

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The announcement of the 2015 Academy Awards nominees earlier today (January 15) quickly sparked backlash, as there was a clear omission in a bevy of the night’s biggest categories — Selma.

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Now that DMX has killed all chances of selling any records of his “unauthorized album”, he’s still finding making ends meet with his fellow East Coast Hip-Hop legends, the Wu-Tang Clan.

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Did you really think Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta star Stevie J’s life wasn’t struggle? The former Bad Boy Hitman has been indicted for skipping out on paying his baby mama over $1.1M.