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Two days into 2015, there’s a year’s worth of music to indulge. Focusing on the artists likely to deliver quality product, Hip-Hop Wired lists the 20 most anticipated albums of the year.

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Kanye West’s new song, “Only One” has already made a tremendous impact on social media, but not exactly how one would hope.

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Sean “Diddy” Combs may not or may not have been the first Hip-Hop celeb to make St. Barths has playground, but he is still excelling at doing so.

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With the upcoming premiere of Fox’s Empire, 50 Cent suddenly has competition in the battle for fictional TV series’ based on dope dealers turned moguls. Fif was quick to point out how Empire takes a lot of its cues from the Starz series Power, on which 50 Cent serves as a co-producer.

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The geniuses over at Marvel continually find ways to make their upcoming features attractive, if those the general public necessarily doesn’t care about.

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Beyoncé and Jay Z are still off vacationing in Thailand (they also hit Myanmar). But now their fans and anybody who enjoys general cuteness will rejoice at seeing Blue Ivy get in on the fun by feeding a baby tiger. 

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Now that HBO’s marathon of The Wire is over, fans all across the world are experiencing that longing sense of pride, triumph and emptiness when the storied drama series first went off air in 2009.

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Happy New Year’s, folks. Back again is yours truly with the first installment of The Wrap Up: Hip-Hop Wired’s Top 10 Songs Of The Week for 2015.

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On New Year’s Day, Rihanna rocked a particularly small  bikini while kicking it in St. Barts. That is all. Pictures on the following pages because, you care.

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Boosted by his Proud 2 Pay campaign, Nipsey Hussle has generated a new project that is too rich for his Crip blood.

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David Duke, the former KKK Grand Wizard, has surfaced in the news of late after it was revealed House majority whip Rep. David Scalise attended a conference put on by the one-time Klan leader. In a recent radio broadcast, Duke aimed harsh words at rapper Nicki Minaj and called her a degenerate.

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Lil Wayne’s ex-wife Toya Wright may have a good relationship with her daughter, but as for her marriage with producer Memphitz, one could speculate the opposite. At least from the cryptic messages the two have been posting onto Instagram as of late.