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As Barbershop 3: The Next Cut arrives in theaters nationwide today, the movie franchise’s creator Ice Cube admits that he really didn’t feel like making another one.

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Early this morning (April 15), Kid Cudi dropped another surprise cut called “All In.” Like the previously released “Frequency,” there is no word yet on where this song will land.

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Comedian Chris Rock and his new lady, actress Megalyn Echikunwoke, are the latest hot Hollywood item, with the pair turning heads after appearing together at media events. Although Echikunwoke is an industry veteran known to fans of her small screen work, not many people know much about her.

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Most of today’s Hip-Hop visuals are being shot in places like studios, mansions, and trap houses (junkyards are slowly creeping into the top 3). On his Young Thug and Young Dolph featured “Trap House” Lil Durk was able to make use of two out of the three locations as the trio got it crunk and […]

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A$AP Bari is ready to make a mark on the fashion world at large. The A$AP Mob co-founder, creative director, designer and stylist, formally launched his VLONE contemporary menswear line by way of a 15-look runway presentation in Downtown Los Angeles Wednesday (April 13) night.

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Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz joined forces on what most fans assumed to be a collaborative project in  ColleGrove. It turns out that the 13-track release was actually a Chainz with a ton of appearance from Tunechi, which explains why he only appeared on eight of its records.

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Iggy Azalea’s tax troubles may be easy to laugh at, but it’s also not unusual for the taxman to come knocking on ra apper’s doors. She’s not the first, and she certainly won’t be the last, rapper to get a visit from the IRS for money owed.

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It doesn’t take much for the Internets to drag R. Kelly. Like most basketball fans, R’uh was watching Kobe Bryant’s final NBA game last night (April 14). 

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Imprisoned Hip-Hop record executive Jimmy Rosemond aka “Jimmy Henchman” is claiming that the government’s star witness in his drug trafficking trial received benefits to testify against him and is now asking for a new trial.

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Yesterday (April 13), the Hip-Hop world was abuzz after mixtape site Datpiff had listed Meek Mill’s Dreamchasers 4 project on a countdown for an April 29 release, the same day his archrival Drake is scheduled to drop his highly anticipated Views From The 6 LP. Well it turns out that this simply isn’t the case.

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Kobe Bryant couldn’t have scripted a better end to his NBA playing career (okay, maybe a championship, but these are the 2016 Lakers). The final game itself became an event as who’s who of A-list celebs, sports legends and Hip-Hop talent like Jay Z, Kanye West, Shaquille O’Neal, Jack Nicholson and Jimmy Iovine were all […]

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To paraphrase Chief Keef: Black people, that’s that sh*t the Chicago Police Department don’t like. In today’s shocking news, a new report from the Police Accountability Task Force has found that the Chicago Police Department gives zero f*cks about Black people.