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If Jay-Z is anything, he is ambitious. The rapper/mogul is opening a sports representation agency called Roc Nation Sports and his first client is New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano.

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Outside of his most recent groove “Fine China,” Chris Brown has been very adamant about rapping as of late. So much so that he kicked a quick 16 at the forum of bars, better known as the Funkmaster Flex Show on Hot 97. Ironically or not, Flex spun Drake’s “Started From the Bottom” instrumental, and […]

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Vanilla Ice was and still is the butt of many a Hip-Hop joke. But, did the alleged culture vulture born Robert Van Winkle birth the fashion styles of some of today’s Hip-Hop stars?

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Sunday, March 31, onlookers of the nationally televised Elite Eight game between Coach Rick Pitino’s Louisville Cardinals and Coach K’s Duke Blue Devils bared witness to one of the my most gruesome sports injuries of recent memory when sophomore guard and sixth man Kevin Ware snapped his lower right leg in a routine defensive maneuver […]

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After plenty of hoopla, behind the scenes trailers and a hospital stay from one of its main players, Nicki Minaj finally drops the video for “High School,” featuring Lil Wayne.

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This is news so good you had to question whether or not it was an elaborate April Fool’s day joke. Beyoncé and the elusive Andre 3000 will be covering an Amy Winehouse song for the forthcoming The Great Gatsby soundtrack.

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Today (April 2), First Lady Michelle Obama will host 80 high school and college students from around the country as part of a workshop focused on the upcoming Jackie Robinson biopic, 42. The event will take place at the White House inside the State Dining Room, featuring Robinson’s widow Rachel Robinson and cast members who […]

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Only two singles so far this year and you don’t need a list to tell you Drake is once again one of the hottest rappers in the game. The YMCMB rapper drops the video for “5AM In Toronto.”

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Having already declared his forthcoming album INDICUD great, KiD CuDi is letting the music speak for itself from here forward. With that said, we receive the third leak from his project with “Girls,” featuring Too $hort.

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As March Madness comes to a close, it marks the end of the college basketball season. But for high school hoop junkies it means a number of all-star games, including the annual McDonald’s All American games. adidas Basketball has unveiled a special edition of the Crazyquick sneaker that the elite ball players that were chosen […]

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The comedic parody duo ItsTheReal, comprised of Eric and Jeff Rosenthal, have been a fixture in Hip-Hop since 2007, so it’s a wonder that it would take them this long to release an actual musical project. Better late than never, we receive a mixtape from our favorite Jewish sketch comedy outfit, titled Urbane Outfitters Volume 1.

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T-Pain has lost his crown, sort of. The master of Auto-Tune and croon decided to cut his dreadlocks and in keeping with modern day protocol, he shared the event via Instagram and video.