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The most Hip-Hop father and son combo in the world goes to Will and Jayden Smith, and here’s the proof. While the appearing on the BBC’s The Graham Norton Show, a full blown DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince reunion, featuring Alfonso Ribeiro aka “Carlton Banks,” went down.

Before we start this story we gotta ask; who has granted Amanda Bynes this much country (media attention)? Anyway, the struggle actress, and Kid Cudi’s alleged ex, took to her Twitter account today to try and slander Rihanna. However, the Bajan returned fired with a succinct and fierce retort.

Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Sports isn’t even six months old and it already may be in trouble with a pro sports league. The NFL is investigating whether the rapper/mogul didn’t follow proper protocol when it came to signing New York Jets rookie QB Geno Smith to his sports representation company.

UPDATE: Mac Miller provides the official tracklist for his sophomore effort. Guest appearances include Earl Sweatshirt, Ab-Soul, ScHoolboy Q, Tyler, The Creator, and most surprisingly, Jay Electronica. Yep, that guy. Fans can see the full listing on the following page, along with the controversial cover.

Sleep on him if you’d like to, but Blu can rap a majority of your favorite artists out of house and home. The Cali representer lets the music do the talking yet again on another sampling from his collaborative LP with producer Bombay, Good To B Home.

The Game releases an emotional track called “Til We Meet Again (R.I.P. Frogg)” to honor the death of a close friend he loss to gun violence. Clocking in at just over seven minutes, the song proves to be therapeutic for the Compton rapper and the victim’s family, some of whom also speak their peace on the matter.

For weeks, Meek Mill flooded his Twitter timeline with a hashtag that read “#itslevels2dissh*t.” Eventually, the “Ima Boss” rapper revealed that this was the working title for his forthcoming single, “Levels.”

The Source is washing its hands of the Tim Dog controversy. The increasingly bizarre story of his death was spearheaded by the publication, which has abandoned the report amid claims that the whole story is an elaborate scheme by the allegedly deceased to get out of paying back $2 million in debt. 

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s alleged crack smoking scandal doesn’t appear to be going anywhere anytime soon, which may point to why he released a statement denying the claims Friday (May 24). Ford asserts that he’s not addicted to crack coke, nor does he smoke the drug.

With the overwhelming amount of Molly references currently infiltrating Hip-Hop music, Kendrick Lamar has had enough. The Compton rapper attached a visual addendum to his latest video, “B-tch Don’t Kill My Vibe,” respectfully requesting a “death to Molly.”

Signature sneakers used to be a rare breed. For example, Dr. J and Kareem Abdul Jabbar had their own Converse and adidas, respectively, but the name on your own shoe’s club (shout out to Walt Frazier’s Puma “Clyde,” too) was pretty exclusive. But then Michael Jordan and his Air Jordan line made Nike a ridiculous […]

Rappers drop new tunes everyday. Because of this, records tend to have a short shelf life on the Internets and can be easily missed. We also understand that trying to consume the amount of music that releases in the course of 24 hours, let alone the entire week, can be a bit flustering.