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Carmelo Anthony’s day just got worse. The NBA has suspended the Knicks forward for one game without pay for “confronting” Kevin Garnett in Madison Square Garden after Monday night’s (January 7) game against the Boston Celtics. 

Talib Kweli is making sure his forthcoming album, Prisoner Of Conscious, doesn’t get the Detox treatment. The Brooklyn MC’s new project will be dropping in April but those hoping for a new Black Star LP probably shouldn’t hold their breath. 

A$AP Rocky’s new album, Long. Live. A$AP has been (unfortunately) on the Internet earlier than expected. 

Nicki Minaj is bringing a new line to Kmart, according to an announcement made on her website, earlier today. The rapper, and Maroon 5 front man Adam Levine, inked a long-term deal with Kmart parent company,  Sears Holdings, to launch a multi-department lifestyle brand. 

The hard-hitting drums and hi-hats ring off on this new Rockie Fresh track featuring Lunice of TNGHT, titled “Superman OG.” The 21-year old MC’s collaboration with the Montreal based producer follows the mold set by earlier connections with Good Charlotte’s Madden Brothers and Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump.

Nas catapulted himself back into the forefront of Hip-Hop adoration after dropping the stellar Life Is Good album in 2012. Now the Queens rap veteran is already working on his latest opus, and gave props to some of last year’s best albums, too. 

A federal judge ruled that stop-and-frisk practices in the Bronx are unconstitutional Tuesday (Jan. 8). The New York Police Department introduced the policy allotting them the right to search people deemed suspicious, a move which has been met with opposition due to potential racial profiling. Known as “Operation Clean Halls” the Bronx program is centered […]

Yesterday, a photo of Beyoncé’s forthcoming GQ magazine cover hit the Internets. While the culprit who leaked the pic is probably out of a job, the publication unveiled the official cover today, featuring Jay-Z’s scantily clad wife and a lot of underb00b.

Beyonce is going to be pissed. Machine Gun Kelly rounds up his band of merry men for his new joint called (sigh) “Ratchet.”

Proud ATLien Big Boi visited the set of ESPN’s First Take to talk about the upcoming playoff showdown between the Atlanta Falcons and the Seattle Seahawks this coming Sunday. The confident Outkast rapper says his squad is ready to take it all, provided the players stay free of Atlanta’s nightlife before the big game. 

Now this is what we should be talking about when it comes to Carmelo Anthony. The ‘Playing For The City That Made Me‘ campaign, courtesy of Jordan Brand, drops its first episode of a wed-doc series that looks at the New York Knicks’ superstar player, and MVP candidate.

No living players will be inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame this year. Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and Sammy Sosa were all denied the honor (likely due to their reported steroid use), the Hall and the Baseball Writers’ Association of America announced today.