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curren$y, News, WIRED MIXTAPE, Wired Tracks

Curren$y releases new projects with little to no notice. That said, the New Orleans rapper and his Jet Life clique debut the Audio D mixtape to please fans.

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Sisterhood of Hip Hop season one had its grand denouement on Tuesday night, Sept. 30.

News, Sports

Though Derek Jeter disappointingly won’t get a Commissioner’s Trophy for his last year with the New York Yankees, “Mr. November” plans on taking an unconventional route for retirement. Starting today (Oct. 1), Jeter has created a media outlet dedicated to giving sports fans an “unfiltered” view of athletes through The Players’ Tribune.

Big K.R.I.T., News, Video

With Cadillactica on the way, The Combat Jack Show reconnect with Big K.R.I.T., who candidly discusses his sophomore album, maturing as a man and an artist, what he learned from touring with Macklemore, and more.

News, RZA, wu-tang clan

RZA, the producer and de facto leader of the Wu-Tang Clan, continues to innovate with more than two decades in the game. The Abbot talked about his crew’s upcoming album, A Better Tomorrow, a collaboration with a new portable speaker company and much more.

ASAP Rocky, News

A$AP Rocky has screamed not guilty in the face of a pending lawsuit from a woman alleging that the rapper slapped her at the 2013 Made In America festival in Philadelphia. He recently filed a countersuit based on a new rationale, saying that someone in the crowd hit the woman.

News, Politics

The tense situation in Ferguson, Mo. since the police shooting death of Mike Brown has persisted with curious actions from the officers present on the ground. Despite being warned by U.S. Department Of Justice officials twice to display their names on department-issued uniforms, some officers have defiantly obscured these tags.

News, Politics

The Boston Herald ran a political cartoon today (October 1) that made a racist reference to watermelon and President Barack Obama.

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Drug smugglers in the East Coast should know by now that federal agents are on to their illegal dietary plans. This past summer, a man was busted in Newark with $52,000 worth of cocaine in his cookies. And now a woman flying out of Mexico City had nearly the identical amount of blow in her […]

Kendrick Lamar, News, Video

Last night (September 30), Prince invited the world into his Paisley Park estate via a live streamed event courtesy of Yahoo. The 90-minute affair celebrated the release of the legend’s two new LPs, Art Official Age and PlectrumElectrum, with an intimate interview that he capped off with a three-song performance, featuring a guest appearance from Kendrick Lamar.

Michael Jackson, News

When referencing Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video, it should probably be mentioned in historical context. After all, it is the first music video to be inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library Of Congress.

GALLERY, News, PHOTO OPS

Daniel Crespo, the mayor of Bell Gardens, California, a small Los Angeles suburb, was apparently shot and killed by his wife, Levette, after a confrontational domestic dispute.