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His vocals are soothing, melodic falsetto rather impressive. And whether you’re willing to admit it or not, the love possessed lyrics sprinkled throughout his third studio effort, Contagious—lick you with a wicked jones.  Tarrus Riley, Culture Music’s newly appointed ambassador, passionately devotes his calling to singing righteous tunes. Hip-Hop Wired:  The majority of your album […]

Wyclef Jean is set to announce his official run for President of Haiti. As previously reported the Yele Haiti head was mulling over the idea of announcing his candidacy and said that he “Can’t sing forever.” Now Clef is preparing to make his formal announcement next week and according to

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ESPN Films has announced that they will feature a documentary surrounding the night that Tupac was murdered in Las Vegas. The documentary entitled “One Night in Vegas” will highlight the night of September 7th, 1996, the evening Tupac Shakur attended the Mike Tyson Vs. Bruce Seldon fight. The documentary also plans to showcase the friendship […]

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Miami rapper Trina is denying reports that she’s involved with NFL rookie Dez Bryant. The femcee was rumored to be dating the football player after a picture surfaced of the two at a recent event in Texas. Trina says the rumors are false however and has released a statement saying, “The allegations of such relationship […]

Russell Simmons obviously needs no introduction. His numerous successes as a business and media mogul are rivaled only by a few others in the world. Despite all his successes, however, Simmons is not immune from the criticism of his politics. Our sister site The Atlanta Post recently questioned Simmons’ stance on the diamond industry in light […]

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A family is mourning the loss of a teenage boy who was gunned down on the streets of Chicago. 13-year-old Robert Freeman Jr. was shot 22 times while he was riding his bike from of his home. According to published reports, Robert, who was most recently enrolled at Oglesby Elementary School, was riding his bike […]

Jim Jones is set to return to the music scene with a new album. As previously reported Jones officially reunited with his old Diplomat family of Cam’ron, Julez Santana for a track titled ” Salute”released in May. Now Jones is continuing his solo career and will release his fifth album titled

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Memphis, Tennessee police are investigating then possible connection between Lorenzen Wright, the former NBA player that was found dead Wednesday, and a suspected drug kingpen. The body of Lorenzen Wright was discovered with gun-shot wounds behind bushes of a busy street. Police originally thought his wounds were self inflicted but are now considering the possibility […]

The concept of the video for Kanye West’s single, “Power”, has been revealed. As previously reported Ye is remaining scant on details for his upcoming album but says that it will no longer be called Good A** Job. With the official title still pending, Kanye’s been hard at work prepping his new video that features […]

Foxy Brown has reportedly been involved in a brawl at a New York night club. According to TMZ, Brown was in a melee with 10 other people including her longtime manager. Sources report that it took more than 10 people to break up the fight, and the NYPD eventually showed up on the scene — […]

Foxy Brown is denying reports that there’s beef brewing between herself and Nicki Minaj. The Brooklyn emcee who recently gave a comeback performance in NYC, says she actually “applauds” Young Money’s female figure head and distanced herself from the sentiments of Lil Kim. As previously reported Kim dissed both Minaj and Brown saying that Foxy […]

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The father of Sean Bell lashed out at the head police union official who suggested his son brought his death on himself and called him drunk. According to published reports, William Bell is outraged that detectives union President Michael Palladino called the $7 million wrongful death settlement in the 50-bullet shooting case “an absolute joke.” […]