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Common may have been spending a lot of time on his film career, but his lyrical flow is still up to par with his rap counterparts. The Chicago MC hit up Shade 45’s Sway in the Morning, and spit a freestyle— but it wasn’t your average flow. Rather than coming off the top on the […]

After crushing the competition at the London Olympics and pretty much jogging to a world record, Usain Bolt got his Muhammad Ali on and dropped eleven carefully placed word together in a single breathe that is sure to get everybody talking about the fastest man in the world. “I’m now a legend. I’m also the […]

A Georgia man misunderstood the purpose of 911 when he dialed the number to complain about his drug dealer. Freddie Jerome Brown, called the emergency line requesting that police head over to an apartment complex in Athens-Clarke to arrest his dealer for stealing his money. Once they made it out to the unit at around […]

Let’s preface this story by saying that this is a mixtape. A mixtape! As in, Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y will not be making a single penny from this free music that they are giving away (thanks a lot, Lord Finesse). In any case, the three year anniversary of Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y’s How Fly mixtape […]

In his new webisode series with VEVO, Kendrick Lamar opens the doors and invites us to Centennial High School and reflects on his early days in Compton. In this video he says Section .80 was a direct result of the things that happened at his high school. He also talks about his fear of summer school because […]

The Drake/ Aaliyah story just keeps getting more confusing. One day after Drizzy’s interview from the OVO Fest, explaining his decision to put together an album of new Aaliyah songs hit the ‘Net, came word that he may not have been telling the whole truth, and now the story has changed—again. According to Aaliyah’s cousin Jomo Hankerson […]

Would you be that surprised if this song just came to Mystikal as soon as he found out he had to spend 81 days for violating probation? We wouldn’t. The New Orleans veteran gets on some horns and raps about his most recent incarceration on “Bulls**t” Now that Mystikal is back from the big house, […]

DJ Khaled takes us behind the scenes of the making of one of the more anticipated songs on his new album, Kiss The Ring. In this video, Preemo, Nas, Shaheem Reid, Scarface, and Jadakiss all make cameos while crafting this song which sounds like it is going to turn a lot of heads and ears by the […]

Mitt Romney may be running out of bones to pick. The presidential candidate released a new campaign ad  Thursday (Aug. 9) continuing his attacks on Obama’s health care reform, by calling the plan a “war on religion.” The ad, which features footage of the presidential hopeful’s disastrous campaign trek to Poland, asserts that “Obamacare” forces […]

Gabby Douglas is the youngster that’s been garnering the brunt of headlines for her Olympic feats, but boxer Claressa Shields is another teen deserving of recognition. The Michigan native grabbed the gold medal Thursday (Aug. 9) in a 19-12 victory against Nadezda Torlopova of Russia. At just 17-year-old, Shields dominated her 33-year-old opponent during the bout.  […]

How’s that for some juice? VIBE takes it to the left by dropping the B-Side of their Juice issue with Azealia Banks and Diplo on the cover. The “Aquababe” and the biggest dance producer in the game cuddle up to show a different side of where urban music has gone in 2012. Miss Banks, who has shared her fair amount […]

America’s legal system has long been accused of racial bias, and with countless reports of police brutality, and racial profiling, the argument gets stronger by the day. Following reports that White federal prisoners receive more presidential pardons than their Black counterparts, the U.S. Justice Department is seeking further understanding of the claims. The department requested additional proposals […]