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Remy Ma is about her sh*t. Following her homecoming and first offering on DJ Khaled’s “They Don’t Love You No More (Remix),” Reminisce Smith is at it again with a guest verse on French Montana’s “MegaDeath.”

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You can’t say Landon Donovan doesn’t have a sense of humor. The soccer great, along with NBA star James Harden, makes light of his questionable absence from the U.S. national soccer team in the latest “Short Memory” commercial from Foot Locker. 

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GS9 were active at ALIFE’s location in the Low East Side of New York City last night (August 11). Get familiar with the clique, the East Flatbush, Brooklyn collective that houses virally popular rapper Bobby Shmurda.

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A week shy of Blacc Hollywood‘s release, Wiz Khalifa lets another cat out of the bag from his album. Titled “True Colors,” the track features Nicki Minaj.

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Dade County’s Pitbull has come a long way from his days of gangsta rap, á la M.I.A.M.I. The man born to Cuban expatriates went from being a Lil Chico signed to Luther Campbell’s Luke Records to international brand Mr. Worldwide.

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We foresee big things for Long Beach, Calif. lyricist Vince Staples. After delivering his criminally slept on mixtape, Shyne Coldchain Vol. 2, he appeared Common’s “Kingdom” and another track on his Nobody’s Smiling album.

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Four new female graduates from the academy on Randall’s Island now help make up a grand total of 41 women who work for the New York City Fire Department.

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The N.W.A biopic has already gotten a little too close to reality. Last week, a drive-by shooting went down near the set of the film in Compton.

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On Monday evening (August 11), it was reported that legendary comic and award-winning actor Robin Williams died of an apparent suicide. The public erupted in shock before the viral universe filled with grief and social media walls were plastered with famous movie quotes and nostalgic flicks.

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Rap fans, prepare to get very familiar with the phrase, “Got the club going up on a Tuesday / Got your girl in the club and she choosing,” thanks to Drake, who blessed ILOVEMAKONNEN’s underground hit “Tuesday” with a guest verse.

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It’s very hard to avoid DJ Khaled and with good reason. On the road to release his eighth, yes we said eighth, album, he stopped by The Breakfast Club to detail his come up and address some much needed updates.

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On Aug. 11, 1965, the people of Watts, Calif. took their frustrations with police and the overall conditions in the city straight to the streets. At an estimated $50 to $100  million in property damage, the Watts Riots was L.A.’s most expensive rebellion, prior to the L.A. Riots.