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People Magazine named Beyoncé the world’s most beautiful woman in its latest issue, due out this Friday. Which means that once again, Jay-Z won. “”I feel more beautiful than I’ve ever felt because I’ve given birth,” Jigga’s better half told People. “I have never felt so connected, never felt like I had such a purpose […]

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Rising gas prices aren’t deterring manufacturers from making sports utility vehicles. Now there is a new entry in the burgeoning ‘Super SUV’ class of vehicles (such as Lamborghini’s Urus) with the Bentley EXP 9F, which debuted at the Beijing Motor Show. Design Boom reports that the EXP F9 is modeled after the ‘Blower Bentleys’ of the […]

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Today, adidas Basketball unveiled the adizero Crazy Light 2, the lightest basketball shoe ever at lean 9.5 ounces. Hip-Hop Wired was privileged to be among the select media in Santa Monica who were able to get a hands on look at the new sneaker during a presentation at the LA Clippers’ practice facility. Sports announcer […]

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A Lamborghini SUV? If you got the coin, one can be yours in 2015. Lamborghini unveiled the Urus, its first SUV in 20 years. The concept vehicle was revealed at the Beijing Motor Show. When the production model drops, expect high-end accoutrements worthy of its luxury manufacturer and 600hp. Any chance these whips will come […]

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Yesterday, Kanye West and his latest muse, Kim Kardashian, were spotted walking about NYC’s SoHo neighborhood. Definitely cheaper, if you don’t include the shopping, than renting out a floor of FAO Schwartz like he reportedly did on one of their previous dates. TMZ also reports that on the same day the “Way Too Cold” rapper met […]

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Hip-Hop has blessed us with a legion of talented, awe inspiring MCs. But even more so, it has delivered us a plethora of struggle rappers with weak bars, corny punchlines and  God awful flows. Sadly, these wack MCs rarely ever acknowledge the suspect nature of their rhymes or the lameness of their entire “movement.” Keep […]

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Michigan has become the latest state to introduce a museum chronicling racism in America. The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, in Big Rapids, Mich. features a host of artifacts large and small. According to curator, David Pilgrim, the $1.3 million gallery holds the largest number of historical antiques from the segregation era, including everything from […]

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Back in February, word got out that Kanye West was filming a mini-movie in the Middle East. Now more details are emerging and it seems that Yeezy and Kid Cudi are out in Qatar shooting a music video. A student working on the production dropped dime and spilled two and half beans about the quasi-top […]

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Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre promised us something epic for their show-stopping  Coachella performance, and they followed through. Resurrecting Tupac in hologram form was one of the dopest things conceivable. They pulled off the digital feat without a hitch, and got the Internet and Hip-Hop community buzzing. Some weren’t impressed, but to others seeing Pac on […]

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Adi Dassler formed adidas in Germany and sponsored the first ever Black athlete in the 1936 Summer Olympics when Jesse Owens shattered Hitler’s theories about the Aryan’s athletic superiority. Adidas has been a world leader in athletic gear and sportswear and since 1948 the brand has been involved in sports as diverse as track & […]

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Stalley’s career is in a good space thanks to talent and a Maybach Music Group co-sign. Also proper is the Ohio rapper’s sneaker game. Pay attention and you will notice Stalley is always rocking a crispy pair of kicks. But the “Everything New” rapper is conflicted by the direction he sees the sneaker game going. […]

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Future knows a lot of rap people. Last night the “Tony Montana” rapper held an album release party and concert for his new album, Pluto, and it seemed like every ATL rapper of note came through. Sponsored by Grey Goose Cherry Noir, the Dungeon Family, LA Reid, T.I. and DJ Drama are just a handful […]