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Emerging on the scene in 1996, MC Ras Kass built a reputation for thoughtful tongue-in-cheek wordplay and heavy societal content with his iconic 1996 song, "Nature of the Threat."

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Remember Saigon? Well, he isn't biting his tongue in regards to the embattled Bad Boy CEO Diddy

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Ja Morant released a pair of signature sneakers for Nike but it appears that the new colorway was removed from the company's site.

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Harlow caused a stir after recently discovering that the R&B singer is the sister of Ray J, sparking a mild back and forth.

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The veteran actor and standup comic legend reportedly is working on a role as Funk pioneer George Clinton in a developing biopic.

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A$AP’s been one of New York’s most prominent artists for a while now but lately he’s been making more noise for being Rihanna’s baby daddy (don’t hate) and with that came all kinds of rumors and slander that one would expect from the hatin’ ass internets.

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The intersection of East 99th Street and St. Clair Avenue which was featured prominently on the cover of the Bone Thugs-N-Harmony album, Creepin On Ah Come Up, will soon be renamed after the legendary Cleveland group. 

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In our chat with Dr. Todd Boyd, we discuss the USC professor's new book, 'Rapper's Deluxe: How Hip Hop Made The World.'

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Here at Hip-Hop Wired, we've put our ears to work and amassed a collection of 10 of the best new Hip-Hop songs for the week.

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The Stamp Albums: Hip-Hop from Dorothy features a bevy of Hip-Hop classic albums highlighting the past four decades of the culture.

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No wonder he makes dance music these days. He just wants people to groove and have a good time. Unfortunately, his day-one fans want to hear that OG "I'll Boom Ya" Bobby Shmurda on the track. Maybe he can make an up-tempo song about dancing on the ops' graves or something and give us the best of both worlds. Just sayin'.

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Interestingly enough their shiny suit debut album on Bad Boy, Money, Power & Respect went platinum while their gritty and gully Ruff Ryders sophomore album, We Are The Streets only managed to go gold.