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Our younger readers will recall the days when fighting the urge to recreate Clipse’s “Grindin'” beat on each and every locker, lunchroom, etc. was a daily task. LA Leaker’s capture that vibe with Kendrick Lamar on the verse via the #LiftOff “Lunch Table” Freestyle.

Hip-Hop magazine’s are a dying breed. The latest rap publication to go under is XXL, which moving forward will be online only.  With that in mind, heads that grew up thumbing through the pages of mags like VIBE, Rap Pages, Ego Trip or Stress are reminiscing. 

The Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa divorce is going to get ugly. Sources says Amber believes her soon to be a ex-husband was a “serial cheater” while the “We Dem Boys” rapper says she was the one getting some on the side, probably with Nick Cannon, who has denied such claims. 

The NFL continues to soil their reputation with a questionable press conference recently held by commissioner Roger Goodell. Nevertheless this weekend’s games gave us enough action to push the league’s legal issues to the side.

Rah Digga’s recent in-depth conversation with ThisIs50 delved into an array of topics, including her relationship with Busta Rhymes and her thoughts on Iggy Azalea.

Ahead of OutKast’s three-day tour stint in Atlanta, GA, André 3000 stopped by The Ellen DeGeneres Show to promote the Jimi Hendrix biopic All Is By My Side.

Grantland boss and ESPN analyst Bill Simmons has been one of Roger Goodell’s biggest critics in the wake of the NFL’s domestic violence issues. (“I don’t trust him to organize a fast-food order at this point.”)

MMG’s Rockie Fresh is back with a new record titled “Hesitate” for fans listening pleasure.

Apple’s intended 2014 takeover has experienced far too many bumps in the road than their technological highway would have liked to allow.

Omari Hardwick’s celebrity has been thriving thanks to his standout performance in Starz’ Power. Unfortunately diehard fans (Black women viewers in this instance) blurred the lines between reality and fiction and have started a trending topic on Twitter by calling his wife, Jennifer Pfautch, the u-word.

This past Sunday, police arrested a Black Canadian woman at the JFK Airport in New York for concealing two handguns, ammo, and a 58 bricks of marijuana en route to Barbados. The drugs and handguns were concealed in a series of containers fashioned to look like they were carrying other products.

Now that DJ Premier and Royce Da 5’9″‘s collaborative album effort has been unveiled, expect a chin-check all across the Hip-Hop atmosphere. Both veteran artists mentally feel like they are capable of making the best music of their life and PRhyme is the moniker to which they’re rocking under. “The bar has to be high. […]