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Vado hit the ground running after signing to DJ Khaled’s We The Best Music Group, and has already dropped a few tracks featuring label mate Ace Hood. The latest piece of new material we heard was “Gangster,” a Heatmakerz-produced record featuring the two aforementioned rappers and fellow WTBMG signee Mavado.

Over the weekend, Michael “Blue” Williams‘ “Guns for Greatness” gun buyback program held its first exchange event in Brooklyn.  According to reports from the NYPD, the program was successful in getting 115 weapons off the streets. With just under a week to prepare for the inaugural event, Williams and his team can count the program […]

It was a moment in sports that if you have seen, you immediately wished you could “unsee.” Kevin Ware literally snapped his lower leg in yesterday’s Louisville vs. Duke NCAA tournament game. Thankfully, after surgery, he is already capable of walking on crutches.

Action Bronson and Harry Fraud tend to make magic when they collaborate, and we receive another instance of such with “Compliments 2 The Chef.” Bronson takes a softer approach this time around, as compared to his last Fraud produced song “Morey Boogie Boards.” The chef turned MC paints retains his lyrical prowess by painting elaborate pictures with his witty […]

It may have taken three years, a string of behavioral hiccups and a rekindled relationship, but today Chris Brown admitted he was wrong. The R&B crooner finally seemed genuinely apologetic about the 2009 incident where he beat up his girlfriend Rihanna.

A Harlem mother frustrated by the lack of dolls of color in the popular Barbie toy line is leading a charge with other moms. Karen Braithwaite and a group of 14 mothers have launched a petition demanding toy manufacturer Mattel increase the number of Black dolls and related material in its vast lineup.

The Game is doing the best to insure his karma stays on the up and up. La La Anthony, Carmelo Anthony’s wife, credits the Compton MC with helping her lose 15 pounds. Also, yesterday the “Hate It Or Love It” rapper tipped his waiter a whopping $6,000, in cash.

Drake just made a potential power move. The YMCMB rapper has left his former publishing home of BMI and has joined the ranks of ASCAP. 

The combination of humorous satire and Hip-Hop is not a new concept, with Chris Rock and also successful parodist “Weird Al” Yankovic playfully jabbing at the culture in past times. Today, the Web is full of personalities poking fun at Hip-Hop with popular blogger The Kid Mero and parody duo ItsTheReal leading the way. 

The church of Hip-Hop can always use more Yasiin Bey. The artist still known as the Mighty Mos Def drops “Black Jesus,” a collaboration with legendary Cash Money producer Mannie Fresh.

If Chris Brown spent more time focusing on music, his reputation would take a turn for the better. Today Breezy drops the video, and single, for “Fine China,” the lead single from his forthcoming album, titled X.

Tupac is back, sort of. Tyga resurrects some old Pac vocals for his new single “Hit Em Up,” which also features Jadakiss.