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The lines of entertainment and education are blurred for this edutaining batch of visuals with The Wrap Up: Hip-Hop Wired’s Top 10 Videos Of The Week. Watch carefully to nearly one as they contain hidden messages that are embodied through the lyrics. It’s rare that potency like this all comes at once so, enjoy. — […]

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Let’s conclude this Friday the proper way via The Wrap Up: Hip-Hop Wired’s Top 10 Songs Of The Week.

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Before rap, it was acting that earned Drake his chips. The world knew the rapper as “Jimmy” from Degrassi, but sometime after the show wrapped up and the So Far Gone, he and his compadres filmed a short film called Us & Them.

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Kanye West and Amber Rose collectively put the Internet on its ass today, February 20, and they haven’t been together for years.

Bobby Shmurda is in good spirits even though his prison stay has worn out its welcome like two months ago. To think, is rise to prominence began with a raw street record that had his name in everybody’s mouths. Before he had a chance to improve on his one-hit wonder status, his freedom was snatched […]

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Yesterday’s NBA trade deadline had basketball fans checking their favorite team’s roster and their pulse at the same damn time. In doing so, yours truly was reminded of an interesting fact — once prominent players in the league have become afterthoughts.

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The 8th annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon happened yesterday (February 19) and it was nothing but beautiful smiles all across the blue carpet and beyond. And there’s more where that came from.

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Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio apologized to students and faculty after its dining services division launched a Black History Month menu. The menu featured fried chicken, collard greens, and other southern foods and was placed on a billboard featuring the photos of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other Black leaders.

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We all knew this was coming. Amber Rose finally got wind of Kanye West’s now famed “30 showers” comment, and decided to clap back on Twitter.

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A popular Instagram model who went by the name Mizz DR was arrested by NYPD in connection with the murder of a Fort Lee, NJ man whose body was found in the trunk of a car. 

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An audible blessing of a collaborative variety arrives today. Toronto Jazz trio BADBADNOTGOOD and Wu-Tang Clan’s own Ghostface Killah are streaming their Sour Soul album, guilt-free.

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Dr. Dre is an elder statesmen in Hip-Hop in every sense of the term. That said, the famed producer celebrated his 50th birthday (February 18) on a special cover of AARP magazine.