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Big K.R.I.T., News, Video

Big K.R.I.T. rolled through Seattle, Washington for his stop on the Live From The Underground tour and chopped it up with Sermon after his show. He sat down in the trailer and talked about the remixes to his songs “Me and My Old School” and “Temptation.” K.R.I.T. also speaks on the oft-delayed collaborative mixtape with Yelawolf called Country […]

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In early February, Birdman’s Cash Money Records announced the signing of 90s-early 00s rock band, Limp Bizkit. After a single was promised but never came to fruition, six months later the group’s front man says the group is done. “In 2000, there were 35 million people who connected to this band. Twelve years later, lots […]

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The mother of a 26-year-old Chicago man shot by an off-duty cop after mistakenly running over his daughter, has spoken out about the tragic incident. Blanca Winters, is looking for answers in the shooting death of her son, Christopher Middleton, and is still digesting the loss. “I don’t understand why [the off-duty officer] actually shot […]

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Last night in New York City 2 Chainz walked into Amnesia and he turned up to celebrate the release of his new album, Based On A T.R.U. Story. He had plenty to celebrate as well, 2 Chainz’s Def Jam debut is projected to top the charts this week as the #1 album in the country after moving […]

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Established in 1996 by Bryan Brater and Jarret Meyer, Rawkus Records was once the prime outlet for underground Hip-Hop during a time when shiny suits, jewelry and large marketing budgets ran rampant in the music biz. No shots, of course. Many of your favorite rapper’s favorite rappers jumpstarted their careers with Rawkus. Besides a steady […]

Meek Mill, News, Video

Anybody who has grown up in the hood knows that a sign of love and respect is a good old fashioned snapping session. If you can take a good string of heated jokes on everything from your face to your outfit, you were okay. In this video log from Meek Mill’s Dreams And Nightmares tour, Kevin Hart […]

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Former Roc-A-Fella and State Property artist, Freeway, has signed a new deal to Babygrande Records. The bearded and well traveled artist out of Philadelphia will be releasing his latest LP, Diamond In The Ruff, on the label. This will be his first full length project he’s released since his Jake One produced album, The Stimulus Package.  “Freeway is […]

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It’s safe to say 2 Chainz is having a very G.O.O.D. week with the release of his long anticipated debut, Based On A T.R.U. Story. The Def Jam rapper took his promotional interview tour to Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club and he spoke on a number of topics including working with Kanye West, staying grounded, his […]

Juicy J, News, Video

Last night at the Paperbox lounge in Brooklyn, the Three Six Mafia legend and current Taylor Gang member, Juicy J, performed a slew of his current joints and old favorites. In this video courtesy of the Elite Money Empire, the Juiceman performs a ton of his old favorites from his Three Six Mafia days. The […]

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The Slaughterhouse boys of Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, Royce Da 5’9″ and Crooked I do what they do best when they get a dope instrumental, but it to bed. The fearsome foursome take on Rick Ross’ “Tears Of Joy” instrumental off of his breakout album, Teflon Don, and take every bit of 15 minutes for each member […]

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Last Sunday, Team USA’s Men’s Basketball squad of elite NBA players took home the gold at the London Olympics by beating Spain. Besides earning shiny gold medals, the players were also laced with custom gold Beats By Dre headphones after their W. We saw LeBron James rocking his at afterparty that featured Swizz Beatz and […]

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Y.G. ran into trouble with a group of angry concertgoers during his performance in Arizona earlier in the week, and the rapper’s prouder DJ Mustard is explaining what went down. In an exclusive interview with Hip-Hop Wired, Mustard revealed that guys in the crowd started trouble due to Y.G.’s gang affiliation. “I mean it was […]