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JAMLA‘s leading lady, Rapsody gives us a preview of things to come with her new single, “NonFiction.” The North Carolina MC stuck to the formula of success by keeping her sound in-house, as 9th Wonder blessed the track with his patented boom-bap production. Raheem Devaughn inner crooner is on full display on the chorus, and TDE‘s own Ab-Soul […]

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Gunplay doesn’t come off as the kind of person who cares what anyone thinks of his lyrics, his “Human L.A. Riot” moniker, or his sometimes bizarre behavior— and the same rules apply for his tattoos. The Def Jam signee explained his decision to get a swastika inked on the back of his neck, but it […]

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The Egyptian athletes heading to London for the 2012 Summer Olympics recently got the shortest end of the struggle stick. In an effort to save money, the Egyptian Olympic Committee outfitted all 117 of its Olympians with knockoff Nike gear. Synchronized swimmer Yoman Khallaf put the embarrassing blunder on blast with a Twitter post revealing how […]

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Police have arrested two suspects in the shooting death of a 4-year-old Bronx boy during a basketball game last weekend, and one just happens to be a teenager. Rondell Pinkerton, 17, was taken into custody early Wednesday (July 25) and charged with murder, and criminal possession of a weapon. Pinkerton reportedly confessed to the shooting, […]

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It’s bee five months since Sybrina Fulton, and Tracy Martin lost their son, Trayvon, and the wounds still run deep. The parents of the 17-year-old, who was shot by George Zimmerman back in February, spoke about their son during a town hall on meeting on violence and racial healing, held at Cincinnati’s Duke Energy Convention Center, Wednesday (July 25). “He […]

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This is the first leak off of Slaughterhouse’s Gangsta Grillz mixtape coming soon, hosted by DJ Drama. On this record, Royce Da 5’9″, Crooked I, Joell Ortiz and Joe Budden get “Nasty” on this Nas’ record. If you are super politically correct, Joe Budden’s reference of the movie theater massacre might bother you. Other than […]

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Believe it or not, there are some sports fans that wouldn’t know a star athlete if they literally were staring them right in the face. In this video from the NOC, Michael Vick goes under the alias of “Victor” to become a sales associate at Modell’s for a day. In this video you can tell […]

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Rick Ross likes food. We know this. He even raps about it; “I’m into fine fish with a slight lime twist,” he raps on “Yacht Club.” No shots, but the “Diced Pineapples” rapper looks like he loves his meals. During the days of ancient royalty, the wealth of a man was determined by the size of […]

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Police brutality has long been a hot-button topic in communities across the nation, and is among the many issues that we here at Hip-Hop Wired cover, but according to a Texas police officer, it doesn’t happen very often. Officer Nicalle Edwards was profiled by News One for their “police brutality” series and opened up about the struggles […]

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This song is not that great, but the video is fantastic. Trina returns with “I’m Back (Back 2 Business)” off of her new album coming towards the end of 2012. The video premise, directed by Morocco Vaughn, is as simple as it gets. Trina and her band of physically blessed friends wash a car. That’s […]

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How can you fit your life into sixteen bars? You don’t. Over some fantastic production from the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Ricky Rozay and Andre 3000 dance all over “Sixteen.” This is the last song we will be posting from Rick Ross‘ new album God Forgives, I Don’t; which is in stores July 31st. Eight minutes of rapping with […]

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Wale gets poetic and Drake sings on the hook for this God Forgives, I Don’t track. Rick Ross recently explained the meaning of “Diced Pineapples” in a recent interview with MTV, that dates back to his well publicized health scare back in 2011. “When I got out of the hospital — you know, I had a seizure […]