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A kindergarten teacher in Memphis, Tenn. has been suspended for distasteful comments that she made about her young students on Facebook. Tameka Gatewood of Rainshaven Elementary School went on the social networking site both to vent, and to respond to dealing with two young students throwing insults at each other. “How bout I blasted both of them,” she wrote.

Lil Wayne’s reported medical problems weren’t enough to earn him sympathy from the judge in his case against Quincy Jones III. Weezy is suing Jones for what he saw to be a “scandalous portrayal” of him in the film, The Carter, but his failure to go to court isn’t going over too well.

With his directorial debut, The Man With the Iron Fist invading theaters this Friday (Nov. 2), RZA is already looking towards his next projects. The Wu-master is set to direct two forthcoming flicks, one of which will be  a biopic on ruler, Genghis Khan.

Fred The Godson drops a new track that’s sure to ring off in your local gentlemen’s club, titled “Work.” Not to be confused with “Put In Work” from the Bronx MC’s recently released mixtape Gordo Frederico, this track has an entirely different feel and purpose.

As Future gets ready to drop the re-release of his album Pluto, titled Pluto 3D, the Dungeon Family alum lets loose this new track aimed at the club called “Trance.” 

For more than 35 years Habitat for Humanity has been building houses for families in need all over the globe, among its most recent Global Village trip was sending a team of 13 to Kenya in late September through early October. In this exclusive story, Hip-Hop Wired tracks, our senior culture editor, Latifah Muhammad’s, journeys […]

Back in the summer, Fat Joe peaked our interest when he dropped “Pride & Joy,” but then had plenty of folks, particularly the ladies, confused and befuddled when he released “Instagram That H0e.” This new joint from Joe Crack, “Yellow Tape,” featuring Lil Wayne, A$AP Rocky and French Montana, gets the Bronx rapper back on the […]

Over the weekend, Eminem used perhaps the most unconventional method possible to announced his plans to release his eighth studio album in 2013. The announcement, of sorts, came in the form a of a snap back hat styled to commemorate the recent success of the Detroit Tigers and was debuted on Eminem’s official online store.

The release and recording of a Black Hippy album has been up in the air for a while now, and even though Ab-Soul told us that the project is “never coming out,” Kendrick Lamar tells a different story. While speaking to Lamar at the Samsung Galaxy Note II  launch party in Los Angeles, last week, he explained […]

Now this is a bright spot in a day filled with Hurricane Sandy news. MC Lyte comes through with an all-new cut called “Dope Style.” The song is the second single from the forthcoming DJ Mick Boogie hosted #brooklynoriginals mixtape that is being released in collaboration with adidas Originals, SLAM, and XXL. 

President Obama addressed the nation Monday (Oct. 29), making it clear that his first priority is making sure people on the East Coast are safe. “Obviously, everyone is aware at this point that this is going to be a big and powerful storm,” he said from the White House press briefing room.

Kendrick Lamar‘s debut album, good kid, m.A.A.d. city, has been getting high praise from rappers, critics, and celebrities alike. Some of the highest praise however may have came from the last West Coast heir to the throne.