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Samsung Mobile USA reached five million Facebook “likes” and rewarded it fans by throwing a free Santigold concert in NYC. Last night (May 14th), the “L.E.S. Artistes” singer, and her two swagged out dancers, rocked Irving Plaza performing past hits and new joints from her latest album, Master of My Make-Believe. The 1000 or so deep mix of […]

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After dropping the clip to his own version of Rihanna’s “Cake,” Rick Ross presents his latest single, “Touch’N You,” featuring Usher. The track is off his forthcoming, fifth album, God Forgive, I Don’t, which is due in stores July 31. Plenty of “Ruh’s” still heard as Rozay offers up a slow jam laced with “Ur-sher’s” crooning. […]

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Earlier this morning in a not so sunny day in Philadelphia, Jay-Z held a press conference announcing his two day musical festival on Labor Day Weekend entitled Made In America. It started out all good at first, and even the biggest rap snobs were ecstatic to see former Roc-A-Fella artist and Philly native, Freeway, on […]

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Waka Flocka Flame, and a seriously stacked chick named Wankaego (expect a Bangin Candy, shortly), covers the fifth anniversary issue of Urban Ink magazine. The “No Hands” rapper is featured in the special “Year In Ink” issue of the tattoo friendly publication. Waka’s sophomore album, Triple F Life: Friends, Fans and Family, is out June 12th. […]

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Besides announcing a mixtape, this weekend LeBron James was named the NBA’s MVP. Nike in turn named King James their “Employee of the Year” and dropped a new colorway of his signature shoe, the Nike LeBron 9. James wore this special “MVP Edition” colorway during yesterday’s first game defeat of the Indiana Pacers. The shoe’s white […]

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Kanye West and his boo thang Kim Kardashian were spotted courtside at the Lakers vs Nuggets playoff game on Saturday night (May 12th). Yeah yeah, you might not care but plenty of other people do. Peep how the rapper/producer puts down the couture kicks, or his own Nike Air Yeezy 2s, in favor of  a […]

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Try as she might to keep the focus on her music, Lil Kim just keeps getting dragged into rap beef. Sure the Queen Bee is known to clap back at just about any other female rapper who steps to her, but now that she’s older she’s trying to keep it professional. After putting her issues […]

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Allen Iverson may be persona non grata in the NBA, but his sneakers are still highly coveted by fans. Especially A.I.’s first signature shoe, the Reebok Question Mid, which is getting a retro release on May 25th. The shoes first dropped in 1996, featured Hexalite cushioning and thanks to a white leather upper and a […]

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You may be familiar with SpaceGhostPurrp via his work with A$AP Rocky and LA Weekly has gone as far as calling him “Odd Future’s Cosmic Cousin.” The Miami producer/rapper definitely has talent and showcases it (hyper confidence, brooding production) on this bottom heavy joint called “The Black God.” The song will appear on Purrp’s forthcoming Mysterious […]

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Even though Chris Brown has been going through it today due to some freestyles and subtweeting beef with Rihanna, the show must go on. Today he’s on set with Big Sean and Wiz Khalifa shooting a video for the single off of his new album Fortune entitled “Til I Die.” Check it out after the jump. 

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Curren$y drops the video for “Fast Cars, Faster Women,” featuring Dogg Pound delegate Daz. The song is off Spitta’s new album, The Stone Immaculate, which is dropping June 5th. The New Orleans rapper, the West Coast vet and a bunch of their homies hang out, smoke a gang of weed, or course, and watch some burlesque […]

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Usain Bolt is not only the world’s fastest man, but he’s been one of the world’s most eligible bachelors for a while. News broke out yesterday courtesy of Bossip that his relationship with Slovakian fashion designer Lubica Slovak had sputtered recently. While Slovak is no slouch in the looks department, Bolt’s ex, Taneish Simpson, is a […]