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Talib Kweli has been experimenting sound wise as of late, and his latest track “Upper Echelon” continues that trend. Here, he defers from his patented soulful sound in favor of a synth-heavy beat.

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Ever wonder what a studio session with Snoop Dogg is like? Well, for one there’s a lot of weed smoke involved, and for Snoop and Wiz Khalifa, those head highs come with bursts of creativity.

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 O.J. Simpson’s If I Did It is up for auction on eBay for a whopping $250,000. The “rare” find is one of the last copies of Simpsons literary work detailing what he would’ve done had he killed his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. 

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Glenn Beck believes that the Republican Party is dead, and held a mock declaration ceremony –dressed as a doctor—to drive the thought home. On his Blaze TV show last night, Beck celebrated the demise of the GOP with a cake, and footage showing elephants dying.

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Before Rick Ross survived an attempted drive-by shooting, the rapper celebrated his birthday in style at Compound in Atlanta, GA and LIV Nightclub in Miami, Florida. 

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As an independent artist, Kid Ink saw a steady rise in his success that awarded him a place on the 2012 XXL Freshman list. Four mixtapes, including the recently released Rocketshipshawty, and an independent album later, the California native decided to take his talents to RCA Records.

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The fight between police and violent drug cartels in Mexico has turned the country into a bloody war zone. An abducted troupe of musicians was the latest to suffer at the hands of criminals after their bodies were found in a well over the weekend and on Monday. 

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Once upon a time, Rick Ross heavily recruited Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y to be the pillars of the new and improved Maybach Music Group. Ross eventually went with Meek Mill and Wale, but now the three reunite for this new track, “Choosin.”

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With his Ivy League: Kick Back mixtape set to release some time today, Cyhi The Prynce releases another cut from the project catering to the gentleman’s club titled “Whoa.” The track’s chorus is a vocal sample G.O.O.D. Music affiliate Big Sean’s party starting “Mercy” verse. Monotone chants of “Drop it to the floor. Make that a$$ […]

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A Texas inmate is set to become the first woman executed in the U.S. since 2010. Kimberly McCarthy will become the 13th woman in the U.S. to be put to death and the fourth in the state of Texas since 1976. She will die  tonight, via lethal injection.

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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis have been one of the most successful independent Hip-Hop stories of all-time.

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This weekend one of America’s greatest spectacles will take place as the 47th Super Bowl will be played at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.