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The sneaker game is cold-blooded, more so when it comes to major brands than regular consumers. Nike has won a temporary injunction against adidas to stop using what the Swoosh brand feels is a copy of its Flyknit Technology. Although adidas was working on its own knit technology, found in the adidas adiZero Primeknit that dropped in […]

Ludacris is back with the second single off of his upcoming album, Ludaversal. This single features the lovely and talented Kelly Rowland and it is called “Representin.” This record is produced by hitmakers Jim Jonsin and Rico Love and follows Luda’s last single off of Ludaversal called “Jingalin.” This record sounds like a mix of Kelly’s older collaboration with […]

Face it, rappers enjoy being in the spotlight. Being lucky enough to reach stadium status and, having tens of thousands of people rapping your lyrics, is more than likely an intoxicating feeling, therefore releasing a more intimate performance to the public isn’t that far fetched an idea. Last week, Kanye West became the victim of […]

No your eyes haven’t deceived you. Master P is making a return to the rap game with a forthcoming mixtape titled Al Capone. While fans haven’t seen an album from the original No Limit Soldier since 2005’s Ghetto Bill, he shows that the “it ain’t tricking if you got it” mentality doesn’t deplete with age […]

Fresh off of releasing his new mixtape, Winter’s Coming, a few days ago; Ransom drops a remix of “Don King” featuring Pusha T. Starting off with a speech about “change” by the man whose song bares his namesake, Ransom boats about being both a Don and a King. Pusha T does his usual high jacking of the […]

No matter what you may think of Nicki Minaj and her music, she has definitely come a long way. Literally going from The Come Up DVD’s to being on The View , Nicki Minaj spoke with the ladies of the daytime talk show and spoke about how the rapping phenomenon was discovered. With Olympic Gold Medal winning gymnast, Gabby […]

The beautiful Lola Monroe of the Taylor Gang recently stopped by the Hip-Hop Wired batcave to talk about all things Hip-Hop. The vixen-turned-rapper spoke to us about how Amber Rose initially introduced Lola to her soon to be husband, Wiz Khalifa. The first lady of the Taylor Gang also spoke about trying to shake the […]

While just about everyone in the free world has been clamoring to get their hands on the precious iPhone 5, the people who make the very product are fed up with job conditions. In the midst of selling a record-breaking 5 million iPhones in three days, comes news of a riot  started  at a plant […]

G.O.O.D. Music affiliates Big Sean, Pusha-T, CyHi The Prynce, Teyana Taylor, and Common played the “who’s most likely to” game with the good folks at FUSE during their press run for Cruel Summer. Funny enough, the topic of strip club food came up, to which the crew made reference to Common’s unintentionally hilarious anecdote on Big Sean’s Detroit mixtape.

Pittsburgh is in here heavy as Rostrum Records’ Boaz and Wiz Khalifa link up for this new record, “Gettin After That Money.” Wiz Khalifa, who just had his album pushed back by Atlantic Records after an original announced date of October 2nd, joins Boaz who is dropping his new project this Friday. Bases Loaded will hit […]

The immensely talented Phonte drops a new video for “Gonna Be A Beautiful Night,” off of his solo album, Charity Starts At Home. He grabs up songbird Carlitta Durand, whom he has collaborated with as a part of Little Brother a number of times, to enhance the smooth  S1& Caleb-produced record. Directed by Kenneth Price, the video follows […]

Oakland OG E-A-Ski literally went all out for the cinematics for his new track, “Cruise Control.” With Ski casted as the young boss, the Bay Area MC shares his screen time with Danny Glover and Ice Cube, who provide him guidance for how to maneuver throughout the streets.