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N.O.R.E. aka P.A.P.I. hooking up with the Neptunes (in this case one half) is always a positive. The Queens rapper drops “The Problem (Lawwwddd)” featuring Pharrell Williams himself.

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Besides writing a lot of rhymes, we guess, Ja Rule lifted plenty of weights in prison. An Instagram photo yesterday revealed that the formerly bird chested rapper could be a contender in your local body building contest.

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Do you remember Reggaeton? More power to you if you do. Our peeps at Latina are familiar with the genre, which blends Reggae, Soca, Bomba and more, and got nostalgic since N.O.R.E., now known as P.A.P.I, dropped a new album this week titled Student of the Game.

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With just a few days to spare before the release of his sixth solo album Student Of The Game April 16th, N.O.R.E. drops a documentary to further promote the project.

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Rappers changing their name is nothing uncommon, but rap veteran N.O.R.E. is the latest to join the trend as he gets ready to release his next solo album. 

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Founded by New York producer Marley Marl and late radio personality DJ Mr. Magic in Queens, the Juice Crew featured some of the most influential MC’s of Hip-Hop’s “Golden Age” of the 1980s.

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Noreaga finally gets around to dropping a video for “Bloody Money,” off of Capone-N-Noreaga’s classic debut, The War Report. Sure it’s about 15 years too late, but we’ll take it anyway. The clip features archival and current footage of Jose Luis Gotcha spitting his vintage heater. If you’re memory is short, or you’re a young […]

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In Hip-Hop, March 9 is a day we both lament and celebrate the untimely passing of one of the greatest MCs of all time, The Notorious B.I.G. On the 16th anniversary of the Brooklyn legend’s death, N.O.R.E. (now known as P.A.P.I.) spoke to Radio.com and shared an untold tale about his late friend.

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Every year, people all over the world vow to dust off their gym memberships, and finally replace that keg with a six-pack. Where some have succeeded, many more have failed. There’s not one person on earth that wouldn’t kill for a year-round beach body, and that includes rappers.

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Joey Bada$$ was a guest last night on Hot 97’s Funkmaster Flex show. The Brooklyn rapper who has had his public issues with Lil’ B visited “The Home Of Hip-Hop And R&B.”

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Add another name to the (alleged) “unpaid child support list.” Capone, of the rap duo Capone-N-Noreaga, was arrested at his home in New Jersey Wednesday (Sept. 5), for failing to pay his child’s mother for the last eight years. Capone, born Kiam Holley, racked up a tab of more than $160,000, for skipping out on […]

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The first half of 2013 is now behind us and we have been plunged into a heatwave as the Hip-hop releases fly out at an alarming rate. There was a reason Stevie Wonder named one of his albums Hotter Than July and 33 years after the fact it still holds true. As we expected, Pusha […]