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The South is still being plagued by the zombie apocalypse, but the latest case only involves an attempted attack. Karl Laventure, began to display erratic behavior at a golf course in Alpharetta, Ga. earlier this week, prompting patrons to call police. Laventure chose his 21st birthday to head to the course, strip half-naked, threaten guests, […]

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Honestly, there is a good portion of people that don’t know Shawty Lo is signed to G-Unit, so this comes as somewhat of a surprise. Courtesy of D4L/G-Unit comes the new mixtape entitled Million Dollar Man. Hosted by DJ Holiday, Million Dollar Man includes features from 50 Cent, 2 Chainz, Gucci Mane, Jim Jones, Lil Wayne and more. Shawty […]

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Attorney General Eric Holder is responding to being placed in contempt by announcing himself as a “proxy” for Republicans, in their tireless attack against President Obama. The House Oversight Committee voted to hold Holder in contempt stemming from his refusal to turn over documents from the failed Operation Fast and Furious mission. In an interview with […]

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Donald Glover, also known as Childish Gambino, starts off Independence Day with his new mixtape Royalty. This fourteen track project includes guest appearances from ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Nipsey Hussle, Bun B, Ghostface Killah, Danny Brown and many more. Royalty is Childish Gambino’s first offering since dropping Camp late in 2011 and h has come on strong in 2012 with a […]

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Kanye West is definitely not cheap when it comes to giving gifts, but he may be suffering from a lack of creativity. West gifted his girlfriend, Kim Kardashian, with a skull statue, similar to the one he gave to Jay-Z for Father’s Day, reports Hip Hollywood.

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UPDATE: CDQ added. More evidence supporting why a certain Queensbridge rapper’s new album will be one of the year’s best has arrived. Nas is currently on tour in Europe and gave the UK’s BBC Radio 1 the greenlight to premiere “Cherry Wine,” featuring the late Amy Winehouse. The soulfully lush, Salaam Remi produced number finds […]

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Frank Ocean is a brave soul. Last night in the early a.m. (on the east coast anyway), the Odd Future crooner took to his Tumblr to clear up the rumors about his s-xual preferences. It started with a post titled “BASEDGOD WAS RIGHT,” which contained the following message: we’re all a bunch of golden million […]

Nas, News, Wired Tracks

Hip-Hop fans in the know will agree that Nas has been on an undeniable roll lately. Having blessed our ears with leaks from Life Is Good with perfect timing and an obvious new fire, the Queens MC has proved that he’s still amongst Hip-Hop’s lyrical elite with tracks like “Nasty,” “The Don” and most recently “Loco-Motive.” It appears […]

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Nicki Minaj gets the brunt of the shine, but Shanell has been Young Money’s other leading lady for several years. While making her rounds on the 2012 BET Awards carpet, the Cali native opened up about her forthcoming mixtape, and her album. Rather than open the flood gates for the YMCMB fam, she only snagged […]

50 cent, News, Wired Tracks

Fans will have to wait a little while longer (until the end of the work week) for 50 Cent’s free album, 5:Murder By Numbers, and to make up for the delay he’s dropped some new music. Reebok’s $80 million man just released “Leave the Lights On.” The G-Unit  founder starts talking about s*xual relations, veers […]

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Bow Wow flexes his lyrical muscle tackling  A$AP Rocky’s “Goldie” track for his very own Wizzle Mix. The Cash Money signee hasn’t yet revealed the release date for his Underrated label debut, but has no qualms about reminding his haters just how much he’s done over the years. “N—-s hate when you make it when you […]

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Last week, Rhymefest called Chief Keef the representative of “senseless savagery,” and now he’s explaining his words. Speaking to WGCI’s The Morning Riot in Chicago, Rhymefest didn’t back down from his criticism of the teenager, but reiterated the root of his disdain. “I meant to say what I said. It’s really not about Chief Keef […]