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Kendrick Lamar was in NYC talking about his new partnership with Reebok, but we had to sneak in some questions about music. K. Dot was excited about the success of his boy J. Cole’s new album, and revealed that their long-awaited collaborative project is closer to becoming a reality.

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Kobe Bryant snapped and went off on his teammates during practice yesterday. Part of his tirade included saying the team was soft, and it earned him a shout out from Charmin toilet paper. 

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On Thursday (Dec. 11), several congressional staff members of color across the political aisle staged a walkout in the support of Mike Brown and Eric Garner. The protest called attention to the growing number of slain Black men at the hands of police across the nation and the lack of indictments in these cases.

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Styles P, who once boasted “I’m Black” on a highly slept on track, returns eight years later with socially charged commentary on its antithesis “White Ni**az.”

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As previously reported on Wednesday, an email thread that included Sony Screen Gems president Clint Culpepper writing Hart was a money-hungry “whore” hit the ‘net.

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In case you forgot, Rick Ross’ second album of the year, Hood Billionaire, is in stores now. Last night (Dec. 11), Rozay performed “If The Knew” on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and was joined by K. Michelle.

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Nicki Minaj’s world of sadomasochism in “Only” is not one many know how to handle. Or want to, for that matter.

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It’s been a year since Beyoncé shook up music culture with her surprise, self-titled album. To commemorate its release, Mrs. Carter speaks candidly about life, love, her body, marriage and more in a short film titled Yours And Mine.

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Nobody buys albums to hear the artist talk but sometimes a well-placed anecdote can be heard outside of the actual songs.

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A registered sex offender recently won $3 million in the Florida lottery. Timothy Poole, is now a  millionaire twice over because of a $20 scratch-off, and elected to receive a lump sum of $2,219,807.90.

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The jig, though proverbial, is up, and it’s Charles Jennings of the Intermodal Cartage Group who’s paying for it. The man thought that he could make off with 7,500 pairs of Nike LeBron 12s scot-free.

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No one will judge if you’ve been salivating over our “vivid detail” of Bye Felicia!‘s Kip Force. All we ask is that you make way for Hip-Hop Wired’s second Bangin Candy entry of the week, Coco Francesca.