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Spike Lee talking about basketball and the New York Knicks will always be entertaining. For the latest spot in the NBA’s BIG campaign, the renowned director stars and directs a commercial called “The King Of New York” that praises NBA great Bernard King.

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With the ink barely dry on his deal with Loyalty Digital Corp., Maffew Ragazino dropped a new track for fans yesterday, titled “Friday.” This record is so Brooklyn, and listeners will hear the infamous borough in Ragazino’s bravado. The production is equally noteworthy thanks to beatsmith !llmind, who also created a jewel with Cruel Summer standout “The Morning.”

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Earlier today, reports that Earth Wind & Fire founder and vocalist Maurice White died surfaced after A Tribe Called Quest frontman Q-Tip posted a tweet heard around the virtual world. After White’s rabid fanbase chimed in via the social media network, it appears the Abstract Poetic was duped by a false Wikipedia entry, and the […]

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Maybach Music Group foot soldier Gunplay is already dealing with legal troubles due to gun violence, so it should be expected that the Def Jam artist would choose his words carefully at all times. However, Mr. 601 & Snort took to Twitter this morning to chime in on the Newtown tragedy, saying the events at […]

Joey Bad@$$, News, Wired Tracks

Joey Bada$$ and Pro Era (aka Progressive Era) brethren Capital STEEZ and CJ Fly add another quality jam to their short, but potent list of tracks with “Like Water.” The soothing piano and boom-bap drums set the tone for the trio’s take on 90s styled bars. Certified beat maestro Statik Selektah produced the track, which […]

Kendrick Lamar, News, PHOTO OPS

Kendrick Lamar is easily the hottest MC in the Hip-Hop game right now. Mainstream media is taking note of the Compton rapper’s talents, and he recently sat down for a candid Q&A with GQ magazine. Kendrick talked everything from those dominoes in good kid/m.A.A.d. city’s narrative, dealing with the pressures of working with Dr. Dre, going […]

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If Ice-T was upset about his wife Coco posing too close to an aspiring rapper, he’s definitely not going to be happy about this development. AP.9, the Bay Area artist who posed for the intimate flicks alongside Coco and claimed that they slept together, is now allegeding to have nude photos of her in his […]

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J.R. Smith of the New York Knicks is one of the most avid tweeters in sports. Known to respond to any and all tweets, his feud with Charlamagne The God yesterday was something you could see coming a mile away.  

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We do not like Serena Williams’ French tennis coach/adviser maybe boyfriend off G.P. Why? Because he was spotted rubbing all up on the star tennis pro’s cakes and we have no qualms saying that we are insanely jealous.

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Indiana man Randolph Linn, charged with setting fire to the largest mosque in the Toledo area of Ohio in September, pleaded guilty Wednesday (December 19) while at the town’s U.S. District Court.  Linn said that after downing 45 beers while watching Fox News and its continual criticism of Muslims and Islam, the broadcast got him “riled […]

busta rhymes, News, WIRED MIXTAPE

Busta Rhymes and his young homies on The Conglomerate are back with their new mixtape, Catastrophic, hosted by Shaheem Reid. 

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YMCMB rapper Busta Rhymes and G.O.O.D. Music rapper Q-Tip decide to sling bars over Kendrick Lamar’s “Poetic Justice” instrumental. The interesting part is that Busta uses it to recount shooting his OG “What’s It Gonna Be” video with Janet Jackson while the Abstract waxes lyrical about shooting a scene with her for the actual Poetic Justice film, […]