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Jay-Z has beaten out the Notorious B.I.G. for Time Out New York’s “50 Greatest NYC Hip-Hop Artists” list. Hovito won the honor thanks to his genre-bending collaborations, and for being the best at enduring “the day-in, day-out shift of the modern rap era.”

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Vinny Cha$e is now part of the Epic Records family. Amid rumors that he was joining the Bad Boy roster, Cha$e confirmed to MTV News that he has signed a label deal.

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March 9 of each year Hip-Hop laments the loss of one of its most prolific MCs in Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace. And while tomorrow marks the 16th anniversary of the Brooklyn native’s death, we here at Hip- HopWired recall one of his greatest strengths and a large reason why he remains one of the game’s […]

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The greatest pitchman in Hip-Hop, Sean “Diddy” Combs, made his rounds promoting AQUAHydrate and stopped by Jimmy Kimmel LIVE on ABC.

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Sean “Diddy” Combs announced a new venture with Mark Wahlberg, AQUAhydrate, a fitness and wellness water. It made us wonder, can it survive the Bay Boy curse?

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Diddy and Mark Wahlberg announced their partnership with AQUAhydrate water.

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Diddy’s not just slinging alcohol anymore.  The music mogul along with actor/producer Mark Wahlberg  announced a joint venture with Southern California-based fitness and wellness water brand, AQUAhydrate.

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Machine Gun Kelly snatched up the classic Roc-A-Fella “Champions” (which itself samples Queen) beat for a track with the same title. His rendition is less celebratory, and more critical of his haters, though. Bossman Diddy adds some of his patented ish talk and commentary throughout the track a la the early Bad Boy days.

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You’re not really a Bad Boy unless your hits get the remix treatment or you drop a song that features most of the label’s roster. The latter is what’s happening in the official video for French Montana’s “Ocho Cinco” featuring Diddy, Red Café, Machine Gun Kelly and Los.

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Today is Valentine’s Day, and if you have no game you are pretty much screwed. Luckily, rappers can do all the heavy lifting for you. 

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After dropping a GIF’d behind the scenes look at their new video, will.i.am. goes international to release the new video for the “Scream & Shout” remix. 

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Although will.i.am let loose some flicks from the video shoot for their “Scream & Shout” remix, the Black Eyed Peas front man took it a step forward with some entertaining GIFs.