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Odd Future channels their inner Tubesteak during this freestyle session. While in NYC the OFWGKTA crew once again stopped by photographer Terry Richardson’s studioand decided to have a cipher. Rather than spit rhymes in their typical fashion, Earl Sweatshirt, Domo Genesis, Tyler, The Creator and more kick over the top bars about gunplay, selling drugs and […]

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Like his labelmate Nas a couple nights before him, Rick Ross hit Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform a pair of cuts, “So Sophisticated” and “Touch N’ You,” from his soon to be released new album, God Forgives, I Don’t. Watch Rozay kick “So Sophisticated” over the song itself instead of a band or at least […]

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Well, that was fast. Last week Game was filled with sorrow over the dilapidation of his relationship with Tiffney Cambridge, and their decision to call off their wedding. Now the nuptials are back on, this according to TMZ. Someone close to the situation revealed that the rapper and his lady love are back on track with their wedding plans and their reality […]

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Note to rappers, if a song on your project is really good, it’s technically never too late to drop its video. Case in point, Top Dawg Entertainment’s ScHoolboy Q drops a video for  “There He Go,” from his Habits & Contradictions album, which dropped way back in January. That may be an eternity in today’s […]

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50 Cent is serious about his new music kick, and has offered up yet another new track, by way of Alicia Keys’ “New Day.” In the last few months he’s dropped his The Lost Tape mixtape, the 5: Murder By Numbers, and is prepping the release of his Street King Immortal release this fall. For […]

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There’s something shady going on in Drake’s team, so says a lawsuit filed in a New York court, last week.  While Drizzy is not named in the suit, he is the focus of legal action brought on by James “Jas” Prince, who is the son of Rap-A-Lot Records CEO, J. Prince. Prince, is credited for discovering the 25-year-old […]

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Most criminals would love the opportunity to be released from custody, but a North Carolina man wasn’t as pressed to earn his freedom. Rodney Dwayne Valentine was released from Rockingham County jail last weekend after spending two months in custody, but refused to leave after sheriff’s declined his request for a ride. Being that he has no […]

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Chalk up anther L for Young Buck. The much beleaguered rapper’s possessions were put for sale by the IRS and netted a grand total of $53,000, reports News Channel 5 in Tennessee. A number of Buck’s personal possessions including jewelry, recording equipment and platinum plaques were sold; the priciest item reportedly a 615 Cashville necklace that was […]

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Kile Glover, the 11-year-old son of Tameka Raymond and Ryan Glover will be laid to rest in Atlanta, Friday (July 26). The funeral will be held at the Wieuca Road Baptist Church, and comes three weeks after he was struck by a watercraft during a trip to Georgia’s Lake Lanier. Soon after the accident, doctor’s […]

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After dropping a polarizing album cover (some like it, some don’t, some are indifferent), 2 Chainz drops the tracklist for his forthcoming debut album, Based On A T.R.U. Story. The G.O.O.D. Music friendly rapper’s album features 13 tracks on the regular version, and 17 on the deluxe edition (which gets you more colorful album cover, […]

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As Olympic swimmer Lia Neal prepares to attend the 2012 London games, the teen can rest assured that she has Brooklyn in her corner. Twelve Bar Co. is celebrating the high school student’s achievement by releasing t-shirts, donning the words “Swim Brooklyn!” in her honor. The company partnered with the USA Swimming Foundation for the products, […]

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Jay-Z and Budweiser’s  Made In America Festival, which the the rapper/mogul is personally curating, goes down Labor Day weekend in Philadelphia. To spark more interest, as if it really needed to, they have dropped a commercial that speaks to the two-day event’s greater theme. With Jay-Z playing the role of narrator, in the ad he explains […]