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Nas is having a very good year, word to Frank Sinatra. Last night (September 20th), the Queensbridge rapper held a party in Atlanta at a spot called Vanquish Nightclub. Sporting a crispy pair of white cement Air Jordan IIIs, also spotted in the place were producer Jazze Pha and Bleu Davinci of BMF. Kelis was […]
Mitt Romney’s words took a break from the headlines late Wednesday (Sept. 19) just as his skin color took center stage. Romney was accused of darkening his skin to appeal to Latino voters, during an appearance on Univision. As the conspiracy theories (which we highlighted) swirled through the news cypher, Romney kept quiet on the whole […]
Today (September 21), after much anticipation, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn to serve as its official unveiling. Bruce Ratner (Forest City Ratner Companies Chairman and CEO), New Jersey Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov and plenty of civic officials including Mayor Michael Bloomberg were on hand to gush about what the new stadium will mean […]
The G.O.O. D. Music family celebrated the Cruel Summer release with Hennessy V.S and JL nights at Blok nightclub in Hollywood. Ibn Jasper made a rare appearance at the club. Pusha T chilled in the DJ booth and gave club goers a mini concert, spitting old and new lyrics from the G.O.O.D. Music compilation. Teyana […]
Wiz Khalifa is a wealthy man now, but he wasn’t always living in the lap of luxury. The 23-year-old’s breakout hit “Black and Yellow” ejected him from the underground to the mainstream, and the checks have been rolling in ever since. Khalifa revealed to Complex Magazine, the first big-ticket item he bought once he came […]
The 1999 club shooting that ended with Shyne being sent to jail for 10-year bid, also spared the precious life of Jennifer Lopez—so says the former Bad Boy rapper. Speaking to Charlotte’s WGIV 103.3, the 33-year-old explained that had things happened differently, Lopez wouldn’t be here. “I was thugging and bugging that night, ya dig? […]
Last night, your favorite Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta struggle couple hit up the Diamond Club in Atlanta (a “gentleman’s club” that we’ve never been to, but hear is a fine establishment). Despite Joseline Hernandez’s insistence that she would never go back to the strip club (as a worker, we’re guessing), there she was alongside […]
After dropping his new song “F**k The World” off of his new mixtape, Trap God, it looks like it is getting the real single treatment with a new video. 57th Ave gathered up some of the photos via Instagram and a couple of tweets of the behind the scenes of the video with Gucci Mane and the […]
Jesse Jackson Jr. has completed his in-patient treatment for bipolar disorder, but the medical bills are more than he can afford. The congressman quietly put his four-bedroom Victorian-style home on the market for $2.5 million nearly two weeks ago, and one day after returning back to Washington D.C. A rep for Jackson released a statement […]
After the success of Slaughterhouse’s On The House mixtape and their Shady Records debut album, welcome to: OUR HOUSE, Joe Budden is getting ready to drop a new solo mixtape titled A Loose Quarter. Get it? Slaughterhouse is four people. Joe Budden is one quarter of Slaughterhouse? Loose…quarter? That Budden sure is a clever one. “My ‘mean verse streak’ I’m […]
Famed photographer to the Hip-Hop stars Jonathan Mannion recently linked up with Japanese streetwear brand Lafayette for a couple of collaborations. The first was a t-shirt and the second is this skate deck emblazoned with an image of the late Notorious B.I.G. on the bottom.
As promised, Jay-Z and Beyoncé, hosted President Obama for a $40,000 a ticket fundraiser at the 40/40 club in New York City, Tuesday (Sept. 18). Fresh off his trip to the Late Show with David Letterman, Obama gushed over Beyoncé, calling her great role model for his two daughters “because she carries herself with such […]