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The first lady knows how to get the job done. Michelle Obama closed day one of the Democratic National Convention with a rousing, partly emotional, speech igniting the crowd for the November election. During her address, the FLOTUS reminded the nation of the progress that President Obama has made over the last four years, and assured […]

Big Sean, News, Video

G.O.O.D. Music delegate Big Sean’s new mixtape, Detroit, will be out tomorrow, September 5th. But before then, the MC that reps the D lets loose a video for “RWT” off the aforementioned project.  Sean goes for the urban lumber jack look, with the occasional ride in a Jeep, look in this clip for this Southside produced […]

Nas, News, Video

While a lot of the North East coasts’ rap fanbase was up in Philadelphia for the Made In America festival, the other chunk of hip-hop heads were in New Jersey for Rock The Bells. Artists such as the Wu-Tang Clan, Curren$y, Murs & Fashawn, and plenty of others touched the stage, it was Nas’ set that stole the show. Nas, […]

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The jig is up for a group of factory workers making heroin at two drug mills based in the Bronx, N.Y. Last Wednesday (Aug. 26), investigators arrested 11 assembly line workers, making approximately three kilograms of heroin every week, bringing in as much as $6 million a month. “This was a significant operation,” said Kati […]

Kendrick Lamar, News, Wired Tracks

Colin Munroe just dropped his new mixtape, Unsung Hero on these here internet streets and it features Black Hippy favorites, Kendrick Lamar and Ab-Soul. The Canadian crooner has been putting on for the Great North for a long time and “Scars and Stars” is another example of such. Colin broke out a couple of years ago when […]

lil wayne, News, nicki minaj, Video

At first, the 2012 Video Music Awards were looking pretty slim on the rap side of things. That’s changed pretty fast. MTV just announced that Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, A$AP Rocky and 2 Chainz are all set to hit the stage at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards. Lil Wayne, who just dropped his new […]

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If you’re a Chuck Norris fan and a President Obama fan, a conflict of interest may have just emerged. In short Walker Texas Ranger can’t stand the POTUS, so much so that he and his wife, Gena O’Kelley have offered up a tag-team public service announcement, alerting the free world of what else might happen if Obama […]

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You knew the lawyers were going to get involved sooner or later. Mickey “Memphitz” Wright, Jr. intends to file a lawsuit against the creators of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta for defamation of character. According to a press release, the music exec intends to specifically sue Viacom International, Inc.; NFGTV, Inc. and Monami Entertainment, LLC, […]

ASAP Rocky, News, rihanna, Wired Tracks

A$AP Rocky continues his barrage of free music by putting his own spin on Rihanna‘s hit about, um, oral activities. If you remember back in the beginning of the summer, Rihanna was a special guest at A$AP Rocky’s show as a spectator. According to reports the two hit it off pretty well after the show, […]

GALLERY, News, PHOTO OPS

It’s official, the ratchet train that is Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta has pulled out of the station. Once the public was nice and full of Labor Day barbecue and other good eats, VH1 swooped in with dessert, by way of the second edition of their reunion. Once again, producer Mona Scott-Young steered the ship (or […]

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In the fall of 2010, several popular Hip-Hop sites and blogs were shuttered by the aggressive “Operation In Our Sites v. 2.0” program helmed under a group effort by the U.S. Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Of particular note were the sites that the Recording Industry […]

Lil Scrappy, News, Wired Tracks

Now who really did not see this coming? The day after the reunion show for Love And Hip-Hop: Atlanta aired on VH-1, Lil Scrappy lets this new song out of his own “Paws.” After “put the paws on him,” became a hilarious catchphrase during the shows inaugural season in Atlanta, Scrap hopped on the wave and rode […]