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Following her major label deal with Columbia Records, Detroit newcomer Dej Loaf issues an official remix for “Try Me” with none other than Remy Ma and Ty Dolla $ign.

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Famed fashion designer Oscar De La Renta has died, per a family member. He was 82. 

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Toys for young boys have long contained suggestive themes for kids who played with them, but one mother is campaigning that the Breaking Bad action figures that Toys R Us is selling has crossed the line.

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“This is an old ass theater, but thing again, Hip-Hop was created on some old ass equipment,” Nas joked to an uproarious L.A. audience. The air was thick with excitement following the L.A. Time Is Illmatic tour stop presented by Hennessy V.S, yet there were some literal technical difficulties to be dealt with. The Orpheum […]

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“Knicks,” a personal favorite from Freddie Gibbs and Madlib’s collaborative Piñata LP, receives a proper remix today (October 20). Premiered by Pitchfork, the track features Action Bronson, Joey Bada$$ and Ransom.

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Singer Ashanti celebrated her 34th birthday last week (October 13) in the best way possible–alongside family and friends on the islands of Turks and Caicos.

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Spike Lee has always been a Brooklyn representative, but in November it will be certified in street sign form. That’s when Stuyvesant between Quincy and Lexington in the Bed-Stuy section of the borough will officially be renamed “Do The Right Thing Way.” 

Obtaining a platinum album in any musical genre isn’t easy but in 2014, it’s damn near impossible.

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West Coast rapper Game is in a bit of legal hot water after he ditched performing a concert and didn’t return a cancellation fee. After he was demoted from headlining the 2014 Kentucky Derby concert, Game was a no-show.

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Streetwear brand Supreme and Champion tip their hats to 90s fashion trends once again in their latest collaborative creation.

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One entity that is fan of Kendrick Lamar’s “i” single is the NBA. So much so that the Compton rapper’s tune will be featured in new video spots to promote the 2014-15 NBA regular season.

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Future’s commercial appeal has reached levels unseen by any trap-boasting, southern rapper not named Clifford Harris Jr. or Jay Jenkins. Long gone are his days of rhyming about closets full of True Religion fits; in fact, the ATLien models some upscale pieces in an editorial in issue 187 of The Journal.