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Earlier today, the Internets was in a huff when word came down that Beyoncé’s stunning rendition of “The Star Spangled” banner at yesterday’s inauguration was lip-synced. However, after Kristin DuBois allegedly confirmed that the R&B and Pop star actually lip-synced to her pre-recorded vocal track, the Marine Band she is a member of is now backtracking from her […]

Whether you want to admit it or not, a lot of you are watching Love & Hip Hop New York religiously every Monday night. That said, a lot of you had not the slightest idea who cast member Jen The Pen actually is. 

President Obama should have used another Bible, and not that of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to be sworn in for his second term, according to Dr. Cornel West. During a discussion on poverty in America, last week, Dr. West,who has called the president a “Republican in Blackface,” cited what he sees as vast discrepancies […]

Eight months ago, nobody knew that Trinidad James was a rapper. Come February the Def Jam artist will be going on tour.

Let’s be honest, after the success of  Waka Flocka’s debut album Flockavelli, it was hard to get jiggy with this sophomore effort Triple F Life: Fans, Friends & Family. 

What’s a bootlegger to a PMF? Not much if your name is A$AP Rocky. Despite the Harlem rapper’s debut album, Long.Live.A$AP, leaking almost a month before its release, the LP will debut at no. 1 tomorrow, selling over 140,000 copies its first week in stores.

 Russell Simmons and Rasheed Young have two very different accounts of what could have happened to millions upon millions of dollars. Young alleges that the Hip-Hop mogul and his brother, Rev Run, kept the money, and Uncle Rush has offered up an explanation.

DJ Kay Slay is dropping yet another mixtape tomorrow and this one will feature the likes of Bun B, Busta Rhymes, DJ Paul and Gunplay. 

The film Fruitvale, chronicling the life and death of Oscar Grant–a Bay Area man shot by police–has received a healthy amount of praise at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Helmed by 26-year-old Ryan Coogler, Fruitvale marks the USC grad’s directional debut. He also serves as writer of the film.

President Barack Obama delivered his tough measures on gun control just under a week ago. Today, a shooting at a Houston area college took place that sent three individuals to area hospitals for treatment. 

Consequence delivers a new track just a day after he and his baby’s mother Jen The Pen proceeded to go in on everybody mentioned in an interview with The Breakfast Club. Titled “Driving In Reverse,” Cons laments about the days he felt like his life was devoid of progress. 

No matter what you may think of his tastes personally, A$AP Rocky is one of Hip-Hop most’s influential style aficionados of the moment. The Harlem rapper recently got hooked up in fresh wears as part of oki-ni’s STYLED series.