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Today, in Chi-Town, at the Chicago Illuminating Company, Derrick Rose and adidas Basketball debuted the ‘D Rose 3′ signature basketball shoe and its first apparel line. The NBA MVP point guard helped present the new shoe himself, even getting emotional and shedding tears when watching footage from his current “The Return Of D Rose” documentary series. The Chicago […]

Jay Pharoah is a skilled impressionist…who doesn’t happen to look anything like the people he plays. Be that as it may, his latest position will be taking over the role of President Obama, on Saturday Night Live. Fred Armisen (who actually looks a lot like our commander in chief), has played Obama since 2008, but […]

2 Chainz performed in the House Of Blues in New Orleans, Louisiana yestersday as a part of his Based On A T.R.U. Story tour which is going on now. Yesterday just also happened to be the 36th birthday of the one and only Tity Two Necklaces. While on stage, his hypeman Cap 1, granted 2 Chainz most […]

Gucci Mane may have pushed a woman out of a moving vehicle, but Webbie may be coming for his title. The rapper was arrested for battery and robbery after he allegedly kicked a woman down a flight of stairs, then jacked her for $340. Webbie has been accused of attacking the woman inside a Chase […]

Let’s face the facts. In the gadget geek world, Apple’s iPhone has been killing it in the smartphone arena for the last five years. Although some balk at the almost yearly update to the hardware—considering the iPhone 4s just came out last fall—the schedule never seems to slow down folks from snatching up the devices […]

Bath salts have resulted in more than a few bad decisions, but apparently swine also makes people do crazy things. A St. Louis man was slapped with  first-degree murder, and armed criminal action charges Monday (Sept. 10) for killing his uncle, over a pork chops debate that turned fatal. John Cunningham, 43, and his uncle, […]

Roc Nation’s Rita Ora and Shady Records’ Slaughterhouse cover the latest issue of Urban Ink magazine. Chocked full of fly females and rare ink, the artists that grace the cover of this tattoo-dedicated magazine are in demand as they’ve ever been. Rita Ora has just dropped her new album, ORA, which features appearances from J. Cole. While […]

Tupac Shakur was more than just a rapper, he was a movement. Born Tupac Amaru Shakur, in East Harlem, he would go on to become a staple on the West Coast rap scene. As a child, Pac was pre-disposed to a sociopolitical mindset as the son of active members in the Black Panther Party. Throughout […]

Kick back and relax to this new video from Cris Cab and Big Sean called “Good Girls Don’t Grow On Trees.” The blue eyed soul of Cris Cab is a breezy track that was co-written by Pharrell Williams and produced by Wyclef Jean. This is the first official single from Cris Cab, who will be […]

Many rappers claim they were superior athletes back in their day, but only some actually have the credentials to prove it. It’s one thing to say you had a wicked jump shot or that you were a heavy hitter on the football field (before you started selling crack, or course) but having the proof to back […]

The Kushed God returns in this new visual off of the highly touted collaborative LP from Harry Fraud and Smoke DZA called Rugby Thompson. On “Kenny Powers,” DZA channels his inner Seth Mcfarlane as he brings the epic matches between Peter Griffin and the giant chicken to life. DZA, who is a part of Cinematic Music Group […]

Things aren’t looking great for Coolio’s son, Grtis Ivey. Earlier in the year he and his father were locked up at the same Las Vegas jail, and now he’s been sentenced for robbing an apartment in Las Vegas alongside a female friend. TMZ is reporting that Ivey was sentenced for the crime but faces between […]