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What a difference a year makes. Last year, while Odd Future were blowing up, core member Earl Sweatshirt was mysteriously away at a Samoan boarding school, the Coral Reef Academy, with most people having no idea what he was up to. Now in 2012, the rhyme prodigy is back in the States and quickly locked […]
Mitt Romney announced his vice presidential running mate, Paul Ryan, over the weekend, and the Wisconsin congressman wasted no time attacking President Obama. Ryan said Saturday (Aug. 11) that the country is in the worst economic situation in 70 years, and blamed the POTUS for it all, stating that he has a “record of failure.”
Beyoncé was in the mood to share more of her life with fans, and posted candid photos of Blue Ivy Carter, Jay-Z, Solange, Rita Ora and more on Tumblr. Queen Bey has been taking things slow as of late, but has been more open than usual about showing off her adventures.
Chad Ochocinco is still in jail for allegedly head-butting his new bride, Evelyn Lozada, and is being held on $2,500 bond. The football star reportedly screamed “I don’t give a f-ck about my career!” before being taken into custody for domestic violence. Ochocinco was booked into Florida’s Broward County Jail, and faced a judge early […]
Sure 2 Chainz’s debut, Based On a T.R.U. Story, sprung a leak, but so does everybody’s. 2 Necklaces keeps it moving by dropping a video for “I Luv Dem Strippers,” featuring Nicki Minaj. Lots of quivering booty cheeks, raining ones, pole gymnastics and the Harajaku Barbie looking for a b-tch named Blac Chyna in this […]
During Team USA basketball’s Gold medal winning defeat of Spain today (August 12th), LeBron James rocked his latest signature sneaker, the LeBron X. We’d seen previous images, but this makes for the official debut of King James’ tenth shoe. It is actually about the 10th anniversary of James signing on the dotted line with Team […]
To call Riff Raff a polarizing figure in Hip-Hop is an understatement. The Houston rapper, formerly known as Kokayne Dawkinz was first seen by many on the second season of reality TV show From G’s to Gents in 2009. Fast forward to 2012 and Riff Raff is now signed to the Mad Decent record label and prepping to […]
DJ Khaled may be “the best,” but maybe not at paying his bills. According to TMZ, Khaled owes his landlord over $50,000 in unpaid rent, and has yet to settle his debt, which means that an eviction is imminent. Last September, Khaled rented a Miami apartment from Misci LLC. The agreement was that he would […]
After releasing her Fantasea mixtape a few weeks ago, Miss Banks is back with another new joint entitled “Succubi.” In this record, Azealia Banks takes a few jabs at fellow Harlemite, Jim Jones. A few days ago on twitter, the two went back and forth on who was responsible for the “vamp” slang and lifestyle. Why many […]
Cruel Summer, which is ironically dropping around the beginning of Fall, is about to hit the streets very soon and the involved parties are beginning to talk it up. Common Sense talked to Sway on his Shade 45 radio show and talked about the recording process of the new album. After a quick freestyle, the Common […]
Last weekend, Toronto was the happiest place in the world. Not only did it host Drake’s annual OVOFest, but the Caribana festival was also in town to tear up the Great White North. The island vibes and musics biggest stars were all in attendance and Power 105.1’s DJ Self and Waka Flocka took the town over. In […]
Elijah Blake‘s star is starting to turn in 2012. After signing a deal with Def Jam as a singer/songwriter and scoring a big feature on Rick Ross‘ God Forgives, I Don’t on “Presidential” many people are starting to take notice of the kid’s talent. Blake also penned Keyshia Cole’s comeback single “Enough Of No Love” and now […]