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Up and coming band out of Chicago, Kids these Days, made their national television debut on Conan last night. We caught the troop opening up for Dom Kennedy in New York not to long ago and it is safe to say that they have come a mighty long way since then. If you aren’t hip […]

President Obama will head back to Ohio Thursday (June 14) where he will offer potential voters the first major speech regarding his economic plan. Republican presidential hopeful, Mitt Romney, will also be in the state to offer a conflicting alternative to pulling the country out of a financial rut.

Notorious for his low profile, Nas has broken out of his shell with a bevy of media appearances of late. With his current single “Daughters” making headlines and putting a lot of fathers on notice on the heels of Father’s Day this weekend,  Nas visited the set of CNN for host Soledad O’Brien’s ‘Starting Point’ to […]

Last night at Sin City Gentlemen’s Club in the Bronx, NY, Rick Ross and Maybach Music Group held a listening session for their new album Self Made Vol. 2. Ross was joined by Wale, Meek Mill, Stalley, Drake, French Montana, DJ Khaled, Omarion, Busta Rhymes, and plenty more. The Hip-Hop Wired crew was also in […]

You’re losing if you’re snoozing on ANTHM. The German born, northern VA raised, Ethiopian MC just dropped a new EP titled Joy & Pain. The project features production from Blu, who also drops a verse on “Polaris,” as well as guest drops from Freddie Gibbs and Janelle Kroll. 

Waka Flocka, who dropped his new album Triple F Life: Family, Friends and Fans on Tuesday, visited Angela Yee, DJ Envy and Charlamagne to talk about the work on his new album. He also spoke about the alleged issues he took with Rick Ross and Wiz Khalifa and more. In case you missed it yesterday, […]

Def Jam’s Jeremih and Fabolous team up for the R&B artist’s new single “Ahh Shhh…“, set to live on his new “Late Nights” mixtape.

#NoLineGang representor and CTE’s own, Scrilla teams up with Tone Trump and Freddie Gibbs for his latest single ‘A Movie On’. 

D. Block’s Sheek Louch spits some new bars over Rick Ross’ “So Sophisticated” instrumental. The Wu-Block album featuring members of the Wu-Tang clan is still coming soon, but until then hit the jump to listen and download.

The beautiful and lovely Rita Ora held a private concert last night under the bright lights of New York City. During her performance, she covered Gotye’s immensely popular indie song “Somebody That I Used To Know.”

If you missed last nights phenomenal documentary on the infamous “Dream Team” that dominated basketball in 1992’s Olympics and brought U.S.A. the much deserved Gold medal. Consisting of such Hall of Famers like Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Clyde Drexler, John Stockton, Karl Malone, Chris Mullin, Christian Laettner […]

Drake and Chris Brown’s respective crews got into an altercation in the early a.m., reports TMZ. Allegedly, Chris Breezy and Drizzy’s entourages got into a confrontation at WIP nightclub in NYC. The Sun reports that Brown sent Drake a bottle of champagne as a peace offering only to have it returned with a note that […]