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Last night’s Brooklyn Nets’ overtime victory against the New York Knicks almost swept an earlier occurrence in the night under the rug. Luckily, it’s 2012 and basketball fans keep their cellular devices handy for moments like this. It all began with an halftime performance from legendary MC Slick Rick, meant to commemorate the battle of the boroughs. Unfortunately, things didn’t go so […]

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You may have seen this video just before coverage of last night’s Brooklyn Nets vs. New York Knicks game on TNT began. Spike Lee, a certified Knicks super-fan verbally battles it out with his Nets doppelgänger over whose team is the best.

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The gauntlet has been thrown. Although the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets have tried to downplay any rivalry, it looks like it is now out of their hands.

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A new day is upon us, which means that updated photos of Blue Ivy Carter are in order. Beyoncé answered the public’s silent prayers by posting more flicks of her No. 1 girl on her  Tumblr page, over the Thanksgiving holiday.

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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.

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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 […]

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With hometown pride beaming from every Brooklynite, Fabolous is not exempt as he drops this new freestyle for the new home team. In the first episode of NBA TV’s The Association: Brooklyn Nets, Fabolous walks the mean streets of the BK to spit an exclusive freestyle.

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When he’s not publicly gushing over his beautiful girlfriend Kaylin Garcia or rapping with his rappity rapper friends, Joe Budden is actually a pretty enthusiastic sports fan, as evident by the clothes he’s wearing in the video provided below.

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If you count on one thing from Princeton professor Dr. Cornel West, it most certainly would be the public intellectual’s propensity to be openly critical of anyone he sees fit. After his crusade against Barack Obama, and also his minor forays into Hip-Hop, West once again used his platform to hurl a few barbs in […]

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Last night (September 28th), was the grand opening of Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club in the Brooklyn Nets’ brand new arena, the Barclays Center.  Roc Nation clients Rihanna and J. Cole, as well as ?uestlove, Lyor Cohen, Deron Williams and more, were also on hand to celebrate the grand opening of 40/40’s new location, which looks out […]

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Today (September 21), after much anticipation, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn to serve as its official unveiling. Bruce Ratner (Forest City Ratner Companies Chairman and CEO), New Jersey Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov and plenty of civic officials including Mayor Michael Bloomberg were on hand to gush about what the new stadium will mean […]

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Executive, author and entrepreneur Steve Stoute has been a major player in the music world since the 90s. As an instrumental figure in the early careers of Nas, Mary J. Blige, Will Smith and others, the founder/CEO of ad agency Translation continues to forge new paths outside the music industry but never forgetting his Hip-Hop […]