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Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz stays trying to prove that he can kick a rhyme. Yesterday, while announcing BK’s annual Northside Festival in Borough Hall, alongside Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA, Markowitz decided to spit his own version of the opening lines of the rapper’s “Liquid Swords.” “Through cyclones or typhoons, I represent Brooklyn from midnight to […]

The Broad Street Bully, Beanie Sigel,  is back with a brand new effort, Broad Street Empire Volume 1: Lost Files. Young Chris, Freeway, Raekwon and more make special appearances on this tape. Hit the jump to get a look at the artwork, tracklist and a link for download.

The Decatur trio, Travis Porter, gets up with Wale for their new video “My Team Winning.” This song will be on the group’s major label debut From Day 1, which will be in stores May 29th.

Frank Ocean drops something new fresh off his Coachella set. The enormous talent has been quietly at putting together his debut album, but to hold you over till then, Frank gives you the visuals to Thinking About You. See below for the visuals.

Drake mixed tradition and sheer madness to create one of the most memorable videos of recent years. “HYFR” was the re-bar mitzvah we wish we were invited to. Derick G released the behind the scenes footage. Check the after the jump to meet the man in the green jersey.

Who says Drizzy doesn’t pay it forward? Young Money’s resident emo MC is giving aspiring rappers a shot at stardom, by allowing them to vie for a spot on the summer installment of his Club Paradise Tour. The newly announced Real Hip Hop Network “Rise” Competition, teams Drake with the 24-hour television network, and OurStage.com, […]

An explosive new deposition exposes claims of racial profiling, and bigotry all at the hands of top NYPD officials. According to testimony released in a federal discrimination lawsuit, high-ranking supervisors of the department’s gun unit, treated white suspects more fairly than their black counterparts. The sworn deposition, taken from the testimony of three members of […]

Angie Martinez of Hot 97 just announced moments ago that A$AP Rocky will be the headliner at Hot 97’s Summerjam preshow that will include Big K.R.I.T., Kendrick Lamar, and more. While on the phone, A$AP premiered the lead single off of his debut album Long.Live.A$AP entitled “Goldie.” This joint is produced by the incomparable Hit-Boy […]

The reigning sexiest woman alive, Rihanna, took in Coachella weekend much like the over 50,000 attendants of the event: very little clothes and some of the sweet cheeba. She surprised a lot of fans when she went to watch A$AP Rocky on Saturday night, and surprised even more fans when she took on Calvin Harris’ […]

Bill O’Reilly is no stranger to controversy, and his latest target appears to be the Trayvon Martin case. O’Reilly interviewed Martin’s mother, Sybrina Fulton on his show Thursday (April 12), and after offering his condolences, the political pundit launched into an attack on Rev. Al Sharpton. According to O’Reilly, Sharpton should apologize for injecting emotion […]

With black gloves and skully in tow, Gunplay releases the visuals for his “Stay Schemin'” freestyle . The track appears on Bogota Rich: The Prequel, a tape full of the brilliant ignorance we’ve come to know and love from the Dade County MC. Peep the video after the jump.

Another year means another issue of XXL with Lil Wayne on its cover. The “How To Love” rapper graces the front of the Hip-Hop magazine’ s March 2012 edition. The cover story is part of the issue’s special Hip-Hop Live package and features Weezy discussing the touring advice he gives his YMCMB brethren, among other […]