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The year of the zombie is far from over. After a brief hiatus from the news circuit, another story of cannibalism has emerged. 26-year-old Charles Baker of Palmetto, Fl. faces criminal charges, stemming  from a drug-induced flesh-eating incident, Wednesday (June 20) night. His story runs eerily similar to that of another Florida resident who was killed […]

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The Chicago area’s most talked about new rapper, Chief Keef, is back with a remix for his Back From The Dead track “Designer.” He links up with Memphis, Tennessee’s finest, Yo Gotti, and speak on their affinity for the finer things in life. Interscope’s newest acquisition has been making a lot of noise this past […]

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Lil Scrappy doesn’t mince his words for anybody. The Atlanta rapper, and now reality star thanks to VH1’s Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, is aware of all the slander that went down when the show premiered this past Monday; mainly over its portrayal of Black women. “They know that’s how it go,” Scrappy tells Hip-Hop Wired. […]

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Pusha T, who made some noise earlier this week with an appearance on Funkmaster Flex’s show, continued his Hot 97 run on Real Late with Peter Rosenberg. The conversation starts with Pusha saying he’s replacing his trademark “Eyuck” for Ric Flair‘s famous “Wooo,” just like he started off with on the “I Don’t Like (Remix).” […]

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Iggy Azalea stopped through The Breakfast Club and talked about a variety of topics including where she is exactly signed. Charlamagne Da God, Angela Yee and DJ Envy grilled the 22 year-old about creating “adult video tapes,” her rift with Azealia Banks and her relationship with A$AP Rocky. Apparently, Iggy aligning with T.I.’s Grand Hustle […]

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LeBron James finally got the monkey off of his back when he put on a dominating performance and led his Miami Heat to their second NBA Championship. For LeBron, it was his first ever NBA Championship victory, buying a few thousand of his haters a couple of seats for the time being. After they won […]

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Tony Parker is suing W.i.P., the club were the infamous Drake vs. Chris Brown altercation went down, for $20 million after sustaining an injury to his eye during the melee. The NBA All-Star’s reasoning; the club should have never let Drizzy and Breezy in the club at the same damn time. 

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Nike wastes no time, huh? NBA, and Finals, MVP LeBron James just lead the Miami Heat to a Championship and the “Just Do It” gang immediately drops a commercial celebrating King James’ first ring (here’s our guide if you’re hating). Marvin Gaye’s “I Want You” serves as the soundtrack to the spot that’s dubbed “The […]

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It’s do or die for Dom Kennedy. With the release of his 6th project, adding to a solid catalog, the Cali MC proves he can live up to the hype earned with releases like 25th Hour and FutureStreet/DrugSound. Boasting star studded guest verses from Kendrick Lamar, Freddie Gibbs, Rick Ross, Too $hort and production from Chase […]

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For all those still holding out hope that Dr. Dre’s Detox album will see the light of day,  50 Cent has provided an update. The rapper stopped by the  Tony Sculfield and the Morning Riot show on  Chicago’s WGCI radio station, where he spoke on why the project has yet to be released. “He falls […]

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Queensbridge representing rapper Capone swipes the groove from Fun’s cheerful hit “We Are Young” to make his own version. At first you gotta think, “This is one one half Capone-N-Noreaga, the same grimey looking cats that met in prison and made The War Report, one of the grittiest street albums Hip-Hop has created, though.” But […]

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The on-going conflict between Israeli and Palestine has caused unrest to citizens in both countries, but according to Russell Simmons the situation is just like “rap beef.” The Hip-Hop philanthropist traveled to Israel to encourage on cross-faith dialogue between, and says that ending the longstanding feud can be achieved by talking things out.