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Christmas will come early for one-time Cash Money artist, Turk. According to AllHipHop, the rapper will be released from an Arkansas prison, this fall. The New Orleans native has been locked up on federal gun possession charges since 2005, stemming from a shooting of a Memphis police officer, one year earlier.

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Maybach Music Group celebrated the 2012 BET Awards via an after party thrown by their record label, Warner Music Group, at Cecconi’s restaurant in West Hollywood, Calif. Sunday (July 1) night.  The rap collective had lots to be happy about last night, as Wale took home the Best Collaboration trophy for “Lotus Flower Bomb,” featuring Miguel. […]

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Rapper Tiye Phoenix took her skills to MTV’s Sucker Free, unleashing the furious flow that she’s become known for. The “Skybound” MC uses her knack for powerful wordplay and metaphors in the one-minute video. “When the ink from the pen is splattered I kill ‘em with versus that’s cinematic/Your logo should be the jacka–/ Democratic,”she […]

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The wheels on G.O.O.D. Music’s new album, Cruel Summer, keep turning as Pusha T and Kanye West put a stamp on the season with this new joint entitled “New God Flow.” A Ghostface Killah vocal sample (or maybe Sir Ibu), drums from the classic “Synthetic Substitution” break and some moody keys make this worthy of the […]

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A$AP Mob, Flatbush Zombies, and World’s Fair show that it’s a changing of the guard in New York City on their collaborative effort, “3FLIPS6.” The visuals come courtesy of Karmaloop TV, and were directed by seasoned vets Shomi Patwary and Thuan Tran. “3FLIPS6” shows a day in the life of Remy Banks, Juice of the Flatbush Zombies, […]

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The family of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. will not stop until they get justice. The 68-year-old was gunned down in his White Plains, N.Y. apartment last year, after NYPD officers barged into his unit. Although an investigation was opened, a grand jury opted not to go forward with charges , prompting Chamberlain’s son—Kenneth Chamberlain Jr.—to file a […]

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Jim Jones brings us another installment of theatrical visuals with the two part video for “Air Force Ones” and “Don Juan.” In the visuals, viewers are taken into Harlem’s underworld, where botched robberies and money laundering commonly take place. The Rich Lou and AblazeDaArchitek-produced tracks appear on Capo’s latest tape Vampire Life 2: F.E.A.S.T, which is currently available.

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Close your eyes and listen to this record and this song will take you directly to New York City, especially in the 1990’s. Nas, and featured guest Large Professor on the hook, come through with this record, “Loco-Motive,” off of Nas’ forthcoming tenth album, Life Is Good. 

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French Montana has a lot more work to do. Even with a record deal, an anticipated debut, and co-signs from just about everybody in the game, Montana has no intentions of basking in the fruits of his labor—yet. The 28-year-old told Hip-Hop Wired that the hard work he’s put in long before he became popular […]

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Brooklyn’s own Troy Ave is the latest rapper to jump all over Chief Keef’s “I Don’t Like.” The rapper has been riding the wave of success since his critically acclaimed street album, Bricks In My Backpack 3 hit the streets over a month ago. If you haven’t got that project yet cop that right here, and also […]

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The 2012 BET Awards was one of the best in years. But things didn’t start off looking that way thanks to host Samuel L. Jackson’s and Spike Lee’s opening struggle rap performance of “Negroes In Paris,” their take on The Throne’ s “Ni**as In Paris.”  Our peeps over at the Urban Daily are in agreement that […]

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The buzz behind Kendrick Lamar’s debut album has been bubbling over for a while now, and since we’ll have to wait until the fall to take a full listen, the rapper refuses to give away too many details. Late last week, rather than let the chatter behind the album persist, Lamar took to Twitter to […]