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Billboards posted in cities around Texas are causing controversy for calling Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. a Republican, and urging Black people (who do not belong to the party) to make the switch. Appearing in Dallas, Austin, and Houston, the political advertisements were put up by Black Republican group, Raging Elephants, and reads  “Martin Luther King, Jr. was […]

Ludacris comes through with the video for “Representin” featuring everyone’s favorite chocolate R&B crooner Kelly Rowland. The song, the follow up to “Jingalin’,” will be appearing on the Atlanta rapper’s forthcoming Ludaversal album.

A$AP Rocky stopped by  L.A.’s Power 106 radio station last week, and gave an interesting comparison for Kendrick Lamar and the Top Dawg Entertainment crew. During an interview with on-air personality Yesi Ortiz, Rocky declared that— null of dropping a collaborative album (but it’s coming)— TDE is the new version of N.W.A. “They are the new […]

In times of distress, people tend to turn to comedy to make them feel better. That’s why it should come as no surprise that Hurricane Sandy has already opened a Twitter account. The storm, pegged to cause tons of damage to the East Coast, after wreaking havoc on Caribbean countries, joined the social networking site […]

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.