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The photos dropped almost a month ago and now MTV lets loose a teaser of Drake’s new video for “Take Care,” featuring Rihanna. However, the homie Sway Calloway gets almost as much airtime as the preview of the black & white visual. MTV will drop the full video tomorrow at 7:56PM EST. Now if some producer took […]

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UPDATED: Clean version with no drops via Best of Both offices here, buy it on iTunes here. Power 105’s DJ Clue seems to have updated his e-mail password and managed to debut “Mercy,” featuring Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz, a day early. Radio rip provided by Miss Info, who reps Hot 97. […]

DJ OF THE WEEK, game, News, Wired Tracks

After a few days of letting go of some preview tracks, The Game releases California Republic in its entirety. Chock full of features ranging from Rick Ross, 2 Chainz,  Lil Wayne, Lupe Fiasco and much much more; Chuck Taylor almost makes you feel guilty for downloading this for free. Check out the full tracklist and […]

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A bit of shocking news came out today regarding a study that suggests African-Americans are more apt to blog than their White and Hispanic counterparts. The study was conducted by researchers from the University of California in Berkeley, and their stunning findings may spark off a number of debates for years to come. “Blacks consume […]

Nas, News

ESPN has announced that Nas, accompanied by Warner Bros. recording artist Gary Clark Jr., will provide the soundtrack to the 2012 NFL draft airing April 26th. The 3 day event will feature Nas‘ “The Don” and “Train” off his upcoming album Life Is Good, with Gary Clark contributing Bright Lights, potentially redone by Nas for […]

GALLERY, kanye west, News, PHOTO OPS

Kanye West and his quasi-new main squeeze Kim Kardashian were spotted dining at Serafina on the Upper East Side of NYC today. They left the restaurant separately, but that ain’t fooling nobody and someone snapped a shot inside anyway. PETA was nowhere in sight and the couple reportedly went shopping at FAO Schwartz afterwards. No […]

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Gil Noble, one of the most influential African-American journalists of all time, has died today at the age of 80. For over 40 years, Mr. Noble was host of the weekly public affairs program Like It Is, which still stands as the longest-running show of its kind in television history. Noble interviewed some of the […]

News, Politics

As the faces of the second most powerful privately held company in the world, Koch Industries, siblings David H. and Charles G. Koch have infamously funded a host of conservative and libertarian groups since the 1980s numbering into the billions. A new documentary from liberal filmmaker and producer Robert Greenwald investigates some of the murky business […]

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A Young Jeezy concert was abruptly cut short after violence broke out, leaving one person shot multiple times. The Snowman was set to hit the stage in Toronto early Thursday (April 5) morning, for the latest stop on his Hustlers Ambition tour, when gun shots erupted inside the Sound Academy venue in Polson Pier. Jeezy […]

50 cent, News

As reported by Variety, it has been reported that 50 Cent will be starring opposite of Arnold and Stallone for the movie “The Tomb“, about a man jailed behind the prison he designed. No word yet on what role 50 will have.

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As Chris Brown continues the finishing touches on his next album Fortune, the pop singer remixes one of the buzz singles released he released back in November with Kevin McCall.

DJ Khaled, Hit-Boy, kanye west, News, Wired Tracks

The CDQ, and “Dirty,” version of Kanye West’s “Theraflu,” featuring DJ Khaled and DJ Pharris and produced by Hit-Boy, is here. Listen and dissect this joint to your heart’s delight. With this and then “Mercy” scheduled to drop tomorrow, Yeezy is back like cooked coke crack.  Not like he really left, though. “Shut the f-ck […]