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Being the mayor of New York City means plenty of enemies, especially if you’re in favor of stricter gun control laws. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg was sent a letter that was found to contain ricin. 

Fans are entitled to their feelings on Snoop Dogg’s reggae transformation into Snoop Lion. On the same token, you can’t deny that his resulting album, Reincarnated, featured a few quality records. Today, the Long Beach rapper debuts a visual for a standout track titled “Ashtrays and Heartbreaks” — an unlikely collab with Miley Cyrus.

Miguel caused a stir earlier this week after he posted a Twitter rant saying Black people are more judgmental than other races. While the statement angered many and prompted some biting responses, the “Adorn” singer stuck to his claims in a BBC Radio interview yesterday (May 29).

Hodgy Beats’ appearances have dwindled in recent months, much to the dismay of fans. Today, the Odd Future MC reveals that he’s been prepping new material this whole time. We receive the first sampling with an introspective song called “Years.”

Cassie told a joke to Esquire magazine for their ongoing “Funny Jokes from a Beautiful Woman” feature in its June/July 2013 issue. More importantly, it also meant a photo shoot with the gorgeous R&B crooner, and Diddy’s significant other.

2 Chainz is enjoying his rap resurgence to the fullest. For its June 2013 “Comedy Issue” GQ magazine caught up with the Hair Weave Killer in California, where he talked about enjoying the state’s legal kush and even discussed his new, as yet untitled album.

To be truthful, we were still on the fence about Mac Miller prior to hearing his Watching Movies With The Sound Off material. Fortunately, the snippets from Miller’s latest body of work will give fans the opportunity to for an opinion on his progress.

At this point, we all know that sippin’ on codeine laced cough syrup isn’t exactly healthy, right? Apparently Soulja Boy, who made a request to acquire more promethazine for his well documented drank habit on Twitter, didn’t bother to read the memo.

Want to live like Sean “Diddy” Combs, real estate wise? Just make sure you have at least double digit millions in the bank. The Bad Boy Records founder and Hip-Hop mogul is selling off some of his properties in New York and New Jersey at “discount” rates. 

After a recent string of new visuals and tracks, it’s safe to say that AZ is back. With that, we receive another quality treatment for his Doe Or Die II track “We Movin.”

Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories topped Billboard’s album charts selling 339,000 copies in its first week. The feat nets the group their highest chart placing, and the year’s second best first-week sales behind Justin Timberlakes’ The 20/20 Experience. French Montana’s long-awaited Excuse My French album landed at No. 4.

UPDATE: The Nike Air Yeezy 2 in the red colorway will release on June 18 and will be limited to 1000 pairs. Tickets to cop a pair will hidden in that Yeezus album you can’t pre-order. Hope you know Yeezy… A few weeks ago, Hip-Hop Wired gave you a look at Kanye West’s red colorway […]