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Red Bull BC One has been going the extra mile to promote the underrepresented element of Hip-Hop which is B-Boying. Like clockwork, it’s time for a new year and new competition and the world’s #1 arena for B-Boys is back to crown a new champion.

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Now that March Madness has come to a cease with no one taking a bigger L than Drake, X to tha V is putting the cap on his tournament run of mixtapes with March Madness Vol. 4: Final Four.

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Nicki Minaj hails from Queens and she’s the closest thing Hip-Hop has to Hollywood in a female rapper but today, she’s rocking for Chicago to potentially boost the murder rate.

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Statik Selektah is a direct descendant of DJ Premier so he aims to bring the best out of MCs with every track he passes along.

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The UCONN Huskies defeated the Kentucky Wildcats 60 – 54 to win the the men’s basketball national championship tonight. However, it is Drake that has been sprayed with slander from all angles thanks to his fandom of Kentucky.

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De’Angelo Holmes, better known as D-Roc from the Ying Yang Twins, must have given the judge an Ike Turner coupon when he pleaded no contest to beating his wife this past January.

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Besides being an accomplished rapper, Atlanta native Big Boi of OutKast fame is also a social media maestro. In conjunction with The 6th Annual Shorty Awards, Daddy Fat Sax answer fan questions, and kept it playa, as usual.

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A Republican Congressman whose platform consisted of strong Christian values, has just been outed as a master of adultery as new surveillance video has revealed him kissing a member of his staff.

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Jill Scott has always been a favorite on the vocal tip, and she wasn’t uneasy on the eyes either. Lately, however, motherhood has been extremely good to Ms. Jilly from Philly if you can catch our drift. Some new photos that have leaked onto social media last night had folks going nuts, and we have […]

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UPDATE: Full speech added and tons of recap photos. See it all after the jump. Folks will hit stores and the Internets in masses when adidas and Kanye West finally debut their collaborative collection. But just today, West announced a tentative date, of sorts, to expect the release.

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The Roots have a discography that makes them more than worthy to perform at Hot 97’s Summer Jam 2014. But today, the New York City radio station debuted a new song called “When The People Cheer” that could foreshadow more music to come from the legendary band.

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The BET Hip-Hop Awards are best known for their cypher freestyles which pit various MCs into one melting pot with unpredictable results. However the network’s secondary award show got an infamous rep when a man was shot at their sponsored after party in 2011. And of course, it’s time for a hefty lawsuit.