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DJ Mick Boogie and the good people over at Adidas drop this brand new mixtape in celebration of the (now postponed) debut of the Brooklyn Nets. Along with SLAM and XXL, Talib Kweli, Tanya Morgan, Skyzoo, Troy Ave, Mr. MF’n eXquire and Nitty Scott, MC all appear on this project.

Ice Cube and Kevin Hart’s police comedy Ride Along   has received a release date. The project will open over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, in 2014.

As Joey Bad@$$ continues to make a name for himself off of his latest mixtape, 1999, he drops another video from the tape. 

In another event proving that “it’s not just Twitter” Diamond releases a video for her latest single “The Thirst.” This song is featured on her mixtape, The Young Life.

The  East Coast is slowly but surely pulling itself out of the soggy mess leftover by Sandy, but with billions of dollars in damage the efforts will be marathon, not a sprint. New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut felt the brunt of Sandy’s powerful surge, which has closed down public transportation, businesses, and schools. Sandy […]

In need for some new music from a new artist? Never fear, Help Is On The Way, in the form of Don Trip’s new mixtape.

UPDATE: The Knicks vs. Nets game will now be played on Monday, November 26th. The game will be televised on TNT starting at 7PM EST. Hurricane Sandy strikes again. Tomorrow’s (Thursday, Nov. 1st) scheduled game between the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets, the first regular season NBA basketball game in the latter’s new home […]

Happy Halloween, folks. Although most of us on the East coast may have bigger concerns than trick-or-treaters today; Hip-Hop Wired is still very much in the Halloween spirit. 

Kanye West has made up with the the female photographer he spazzed out on a couple of weeks back. After spotting the same paparazzi that asked Kim Kardashian indignant questions about her ex, NFL running back Reggie Bush, in his presence, he let the photographer know why he tried to grab her camera before the […]

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has changed the date of Halloween, in his state. Rather than celebrating the holiday today, Christie has postponed observance until Nov. 5, while the area recovers from the after effects of Sandy which hit the area as a tropical cyclone late Monday (Oct. 29).

We’ll admit it. We don’t know too much about Kathy Ferreiro. We do know our latest Bangin Candy is Cuban, resides somewhere in Miami, and is ridiculously stacked. 

Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan came up with a clever way to dismiss email about “Occupy” protests in the Bay Area: a spam filter. According to a federal court filing Monday (Oct. 29), Jordan missed emails from city officials and a federal court monitor overseeing disciplinary actions regarding potential police brutality.