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Mitt Romney is clearly grasping at straws. The Republican presidential hopeful has outraised President Obama in the last month, but isn’t a front-runner in the race for the White House, and has resorted to more silly mudslinging. Romney responded to allegations that he sent jobs overseas, during his time at Bain Capital, in Colorado Tuesday […]

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The infamous Charli Baltimore recently stopped by the Hip-Hop Wired offices and talked about most of the reasons behind her hiatus in the past years. The former Murder Inc. artist spoke about getting the career of her model daughter off of the ground and the effort that was put into making her successful. She also […]

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Last night, on episode four of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, Lil Scrappy attempted to bless Stevie J with the fade for disrespecting his baby momma (Erica). The key word here is “attempted.” The fight end up being more jawing, wrestling and falling than actual swinging and connecting. Our peeps at The Urban Daily believe […]

News, PHOTO OPS, Wired Tracks

I’m not even going to lie, this s**t is a little weird. With Azealia Banks‘ new mixtape Fantasea dropping tomorrow, she decides to drop this new record featuring British rapper, Shystie called “Neptune.” If you were into the euro-pop ish sound of Azealia’s last work, this should be right up your alley, as should Fantasea. The 18-track mixtape will include […]

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Some people haven’t learned from Michael Vick’s mistakes. Detroit rapper, Young Calicoe, is the focus of an investigation as of Monday (July 9) for recording a tour of his home, and displaying the animals he keeps for dog and rooster fights. Doing his best impression of an episode of MTV’s Cribs, Calicoe shows off his […]

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Danny Brown and aarabMUZIK, who have inexplicably never made a song together, linked up with Yours Truly and adidas Originals to watch them create a track entitled “Molly Ringwold.” The Start From Scratch series has the duo take us behind the scenes of what actually goes into the making of a new record. We watch as the […]

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This past year and change, Hip-Hop became acquainted with a diverse group of West Coast MCs who with their powers combined are known as Black Hippy. XXL Magazine recently caught up with the crew, which is comprised of  Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, ScHoolboy Q and Ab-Soul for a photo shoot. Luckily for us, XXL provided us with some behind the scenes […]

Baes & Baddies, GALLERY, News, PHOTO OPS, Rosa Acosta

The Dominican bombshell, Rosa Acosta recently paid a visit to the Hip-Hop Wired headquarters while shooting the newest episode of #AskAVixen. The lovely lady, who is one of the of the s-xiest vixen’s in Hip-Hop history is now the official face of 9Five Eyewear. Rosa, who has been seen in the pages of Maxim, Straight Stuntin, […]

kanye west, News, Video

Kanye West is rarely at a loss for words, but for some reason, when he appeared on Keeping Up With the Kardashians Monday night (July 9),  he was uncharacteristically quiet. West’s then budding relationship with Kardashian was the focus of the episode, which showed the G.O.O.D. Music front man in a lightning fast awkward cameo.

News, Sean Price, Video

Back in 1988, Big Daddy Kane rhymed about potentially opening a school of MC’ing (“Ain’t No Half-Steppin.” Unfamiliar? Look it up]. In 2012, Duck Down rapper Sean Price has opened a clinic where the Brooklyn representative gets to train would be MCs in the art of rhyme. However, it seems like Sean P doesn’t exactly have […]

GALLERY, News, PHOTO OPS

The Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney is apologizing for posting photos of himself in several compromising settings on Facebook., including wearing blackface. Rather than release a public statement—which one would commit to if they were truly remorseful—Justin Marrus only apologized to his boss, District Attorney Charles Hynes. “He admits it was childish and inappropriate,”  said DA […]

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Officials in Sanford, Florida have moved a shrine in honor of Trayvon Martin from a street corner to a local museum, angering his family and members of the community, reports The Grio. In a statement released Monday (July 9), the city explained their decision to relocate the memorial which includes photos of the 17-year-old, stuffed […]