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Joey Bad@$$, News, Video

Joey Bada$$ and Pro Era got some great free promotion when a photo of Malia Obama, President Obama’s 16-year-old daughter, rocking the crew’s t-shirt went viral. It turns out that the Brooklyn rapper didn’t realize who she was, at first.

2 chainz, News, Wired Tracks

2 Chainz has a nostalgic moment on a new track called “Road Dawg” from the upcoming T.R.U. Jack City compilation mixtape.

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Jay Z and Beyoncé know their marriage is forever under the microscope and it’s the littlest things they do that can transform into a headline. This time out, it’s the wandering eye of Yoncé that has the entire Internet buzzing over an instance that Complex slyly dubbed “Beywatch.”

GALLERY, News, PHOTO OPS, Streets Is Talkin', The List

If you happened to watch HLN Tuesday night, you got a treat in the form of 2 Chainz demolishing Nancy Grace in a debate about legalized marijuana. There probably couldn’t be a more odd pair sharing screen time.

Future, News, Wired Tracks

It’s something about tracks driven by smooth piano keys that draws in listeners. Add an Atlanta bounce to the equation, some bars from Future, and there you have the equation for “Just Like Bruddas.”

Action Bronson, News, Video

Action Bronson stopped through Hot 97 and as expect dropped a “Funkmaster Flex Freestyle.”

Justin Bieber, News, PHOTO OPS

Calvin Klein photoshop f*ckery aside, Justin Bieber is aiming to be taken seriously this year. Musically, at least.

  The Struggle Awards 2014 are winding down and the latest category goes to the “Struggle Moments of the Year.” 2014 was packed with plenty of f*ckery, and these candidates were the the cream of the what in the name of all f*cks were you thinking? crop. Let Charlamagne explan. 

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Singer and actor Usher Raymond recently confirmed his engagement to his long-time girlfriend and manager Grace Miguel. And anyone who’s followed TLC’s Chilli or Tameka Foster knows the woman in Usher’s life is always news whether she wants to be or not.

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Instagram is more often than not the most curated social network of them all, meaning it’s a space where people carefully select what get’s posted. And for rapper Drake, the web hub for photos allows him to stunt when he isn’t doing so in the booth.

Floyd Mayweather, GALLERY, News, PHOTO OPS, Sports, The List

The notion of a Floyd Mayweather Manny Pacquiao fight holds the same distinction of a unicorn dancing in the pale moonlight with a werewolf.

Baes & Baddies, Features, GALLERY, News, PHOTO OPS, The List

The current year is full swing ahead and Kim Kardashian has landed herself another magazine cover in the form of Vogue Australia. “I truly am so honored to have worked with one of style icons, fashion director @Centenera for this cover for @VogueAustralia and shoot in one of my favorite places in the world, Australia!,” […]