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As news arrived this past weekend that DJ Drama and Lil Wayne were reuniting for the fourth installment of the Dedication series, fans were intrigued and excited. After Sorry 4 The Wait was lacking a little something and Tha Carter 4 was met with a critical yawn despite massive commercial success, fans and critics alike were yearning for the “Mixtape Weezy.” […]

The new daddy to be (?) Tyga will be heading out on the road in the fall for the Closer To My Dreams tour with Iggy Azalea, Ca$h Out, Kirko Bangz, and Sterling Simms. Although he hasn’t officially announced that he is going to be a father, he has announced that this tour will span 15 dates and will […]

Early Saturday (July 21) Usher’s 11-year-old stepson was taken off life support after sustaining critical injuries from a Jet Ski accident, and according to the Huffington Post, the singer is “standing strong,” after the tragedy. The website caught up with Usher’s godfather, Ben Vereen, on the set of his Broadway show New York Live, who […]

The second single for 2 Chainz summer release, Based On A T.R.U. Story , is here featuring Kanye West. “Birthday Song,” which is produced by Sonny Digital and Kanye himself is the second consecutive collaboration with the two since the hit single “Mercy.” If your birthday is coming up soon and you are a heteros-xual male, you […]

Although Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killa famously said on the classic track “Criminology” that he “revolve around sciences,” it would seem that his fellow swordsman the GZA has literally taken those bars to heart. The Brooklyn native has immersed himself in working alongside MIT professors for research and mixing his potent bars with scientifically-influenced facts. Just a […]

Fabolous is inexplicably still releasing videos from his mixtape There Is No Competition 3: Death Comes In 3’s. Aristotle continues his impressive run of directorial efforts as Fabolous gathers the homies together for a friendly game of cards. One of the guys at the table get a little out of pocket and Paul Cain has him sleep […]

Jay-Z and the Barclay’s Center snagged another feat just ahead of their September opening. American Express just announced a multi-tiered alliance with the sports arena which will be home to the Brooklyn Nets. Amex has also become the official credit card of the center, and is now the presenting sponsor of the Barclay’s Center restaurant and […]

If you didn’t already know, President Barack Obama was a big time fan of late HBO series The Wire. Obama has even gone on record to say that his favorite character in the Baltimore based drama/crime series was “Omar Little,” as portrayed by Michael K. Williams. So it shouldn’t be too much of a surprise […]

Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday Tour hit Atlanta’s Fox Theatre last night (July 22nd), so it goes without saying that special guests were in store. Of course, Urban Ink coverboy 2 Chainz, who is officially part of the tour, was in the spot. Numerous ATL Hip-Hop locals also touched the staged including Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta’s […]

Two days after New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg called for a more concrete plan to combat gun violence in America, another youngster has lost their life in a senseless shooting. A 4-year-old boy from the Bronx was shot and killed during a basketball game at the Morrisania public housing unit Sunday (July 22) night. The child […]

If last year you had said that 2 Chainz would be arguably the hottest member of the well stocked G.O.O.D. Music family, not a soul would have believed you. The Atlanta rapper continues his current winning streak by landing on the cover of the latest issue of Urban Ink magazine. Urban Ink, which “chronicles the […]

The family of Tonya Reaves is demanding answers after she died following an abortion Friday (July 20). The 24-year-old   went to a Planned Parenthood facility in Chicago to have her second trimester pregnancy eliminated. According to her autopsy, Reaves suffered a fatal hemorrhage, during the dilation of evacuation procedure (also known as D&E), which surgically […]