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HBO has a belated Christmas gift for fans of The Wire. Beginning Dec. 26, a marathon of remastered HD episodes of the critically acclaimed crime series will air on both HBO and HBO Go.

Jermaine Cole threw the entire Hip-Hop community for a loop when he announced he was releasing an album so close to its release date a couple of weeks ago.

Noisey created and for weeks have teased “The Rap Monument,” an upcoming 30-minute posse cut featuring 30 rappers from three cities. Today, we receive a preview of what’s to come via contributions from Pusha T, Danny Brown, Nipsey Hussle, Problem, Retch, and Bryant Dope.

Chance The Rapper’s story is an endearing one with humble beginnings in the city of Chicago. Now one of Hip-Hop’s brightest rising stars, the MC gives fans a behind the scenes look at his recent tour.

Whether or not Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter V album will actually release on December 9 remains unclear. The famed rapper from New Orleans’ Hollygrove neighborhood discusses his love for music in and can be seen smiling through a cloud of smoke on the January issue of NYLON Guys.

A Staten Island grand jury has decided to not indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner by chokehold. 

The brothers Rae Sremmurd will gladly split this year’s Rookie of the Year honors and come next month; next year, they’re poised to keep the buzz going strong with the release of their debut album, SremmLife.

Lifetime announced that it would be releasing a Whitney Houston biopic directed by celebrated actress Angela Bassett earlier this year. The network has announced a premiere date and revealed additional details about the film, which is titled Whitney.

The St. Louis authorities appear to be focusing their energy in an awful lot of areas outside of the Mike Brown shooting instead of the actual case itself.

Meek Mill is free, and the memes started cracking as soon as the news of the MMG rapper’s release was made.

The onslaught of Bill Cosby rape/sexual misconduct allegations have provided a lot of hearsay with no action.

Representing Connecticut, Franc Grams is ready a new project, The Premonition, for a December release. As anticipation heightens the rising wordsmith debuts “Power of the Dollar,” featuring The Game and vocalist Jus Cuz.