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You think you’ve seen everything there is to see at the controversial Hot 97’s Summer Jam this past weekend? Think again. Hip-Hop Wired and our homie, Ernest Estime takes you behind the scenes of all the sights that only a select few got to see this past Sunday at the Metlife Stadium. Check out exclusive […]

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50 Cent drops a video for “Get Busy,” featuring Kidd Kidd, off his The Lost Tape project. Ferrari rapping while stuntin’ with a pair of Mercedes-Benz SLS’s. Also, for the record, those are “gullwing” doors, not “suicide” doors. Curtis will be seen kicking it with Oprah Winfrey on an episode of her Oprah’s Next Chapter series […]

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In this outtake of Ice T’s new documentary, Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap, Kanye West talks about the pressure he put on himself to make his latest solo album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. If you recall, Kanye West was public enemy number 1 during the making of that album when he famously […]

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NBA TV’s The Dream Team is a documentary that takes a look at the 1992 Olympic men’s basketball team that assembled some of the greatest NBA players to ever play the game. From the looks of this extended trailer this will be must see TV for basketball fans and anyone with a pulse.

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Oprah Winfrey is done beefing with Hip-Hop. The talk show Queen has had a tumultuous relationship with the culture, which has cooled since she and Jay-Z became best friends. In an interesting show of solidarity, Winfrey snagged 50 Cent to appear on the newest episode of her Oprah’s Next Chapter series, which will be taped form his […]

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While most artists would jump at the chance to go commercial, Rakim is breaking down why he wanted to stay under the radar. In an interview with UBATT.Tv, the legendary MC  spoke on why other artists are willing to change their music to reach a larger audience, and what he sees as his greatest career accomplishment.

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Radio show host and Hip-Hop intellect Jay Smooth eloquently relays how Gwyneth Paltrow should have handled shortsighted decision to tweet the N-word. “Why do you care enough about this word to even bother having an argument about,” says Smooth about Jay-Z’s acting buddy’s faux pas, if she were to keep trying to debate her use of […]

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Just when you thought the Hot 97 Summer Jam war of words regarding Nicki Minaj was over, Peter Rosenberg added more fuel to the fire. Since Minaj opted not to speak with him directly, and go to Funkmaster Flex , she may have  left him no choice but to speak on the matter. During his morning […]

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It was only a matter of time before this dropped. Outside of YMCMB, MMG may have the strongest viral campaign in the game. Respect to those Final Cut Pro users in both camps.The self-proclaimed Untouchable Maybach Empire releases their official recap of their experience at the “Wrestlemania” of rap.

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The drug conspiracy case of Hip-Hop executive and former manager of several prominent music and entertainment stars, James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond, has come to an expected close today after jurors found the Czar Entertainment mogul guilty on 13 counts of drug charges. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn Federal Court built a case alleging that Rosemond headed a […]

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With enough fur on his brow to upset PETA, Kool Keith bids adieu to the game on “Goodbye Rap.” The track appears on the Bronx MC’s 13th album Love & Danger, out today via Junkadelic Music. Check out the wizardry, and “healthy” women, in the ICU Lab directed video after the jump. This may be the […]

Kendrick Lamar, News, Video

XXL caught up with Kendrick Lamar where he spoke on why he chose “The Recipe,” as the lead single of his highly anticipated Good Kid In A Mad City debut.  According to Lamar, the visual interpretation of the Dr. Dre-assisted single is currently in the editing process, and will drop within the next couple of […]