GALLERY, News, PHOTO OPS

Beyoncé has a treat for everyone who didn’t get to see her shows in Atlantic City over Memorial Day weekend. The new mom posted exclusive photos from the series of shows held that the Revel Resort & Casino, via her official Tumblr page Tuesday (May 29). Garnering praise from the likes of Michelle Obama, The Dream, […]

Kendrick Lamar, News, Video

Kendrick Lamar has become the latest rapper to speak on the controversial issue of gay marriage. Like Jay-Z before him, the Compton, Calif. rapper steered clear of judging people based on their sexual preference. In an interview with DJ Drama, Lamar showed his support for a person’s right to live their life as they fit. […]

News, Politics, Video

First President Obama stood behind same-sex marriage, then Jay-Z gave his approval, and now Colin Powell is following suit. The former secretary of state said that he has “no problem” with gay marriage, in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Wednesday (May 23).

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There is no doubt to some most that if Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace were alive today, his crisp baritone flow would still be intact and potent as ever. In honor of Biggie’s 40th birthday today, Hip-Hop Wired has compiled a list of so-called “old fogies” age 40 and over in the young man’s sport of […]

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The family of Tupac Shakur is blasting allegations that he hated gay people. The rumor stems from a Howard Stern interview where Suge Knight  stated that the slain rapper didn’t like homos-xuals, citing Dr. Dre as an example. “Tupac stood up and said, I’m tired of this.  Dre, you’s a fa**ot. You’re a homos-xual,” Knight told […]

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Are you ready to feel old? This August, Scarface’s landmark album The Fix, will be turning a decade old. The Fix was Face Mob’s first solo album under Def Jam Records as the president of Def Jam South. The classic album featured a young and hungry Kanye West behind the boards, and records with Nas […]

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Rita Ora is primed for success thanks to a Jay-Z co-sign, good looks and a hit single, “How We Do (Party),” that happens to sample to the Notorious B.I.G. Our peeps over at Style Blazer caught up with the British songstress and spoke on a number of topics including when she feels the most beautiful, […]

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Super producer and RocNation in-house producer, Jahlil Beats, chopped it up with Jigga’s website, Life + Times. This episode of Streets Is Watching is a day in the life of the young producer as he talks about his biggest hits and how he landed under the RocNation umbrella. 

News, Wired Tracks

Just Blaze is one of the greatest Hip-Hop producers of all-time. Save your opinions, but in celebration of Gasface‘s 6th year anniversary, DJ Green Giant compiles some of his memorable hits. Hosted by Just Blaze himself, hit the jump for the download link and tracklist including classic records from Jay-Z, Kanye West, Fabolous, The Diplomats, and […]

ASAP Rocky, News, Video

Rappers are notorious for giving shine to brands names, sometimes the move results in endorsements deals—but that’s usually not the case. A$AP Rocky has been known to drop brand names in his records, but the “Goldie” rapper has decided to stop giving out unsolicited publicity. “I’m putting to [many] people on the game when I […]

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The Occupy Wall St. movement has been relatively quiet in recent months, but they are still very much fighting for the cause. Supporters of the global movement are holding “May Day” rallies in New York City and other cities across the nation, today. In accordance with the original motivation behind their discrepancies, protestors in Manhattan […]

Diddy, News

Records sales aren’t what they used to be, and one of his former artists just caught a murder charge, but make no mistake, Diddy is still doing well for himself. Forbes has named the mogul the wealthiest hip-hop artist of 2012. For the second year in a row Mr. Combs topped the list above the […]