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Eastbay, I appreciate your company allowing me the opportunity to waste my hard-earned money on my frivolous sneaker purchases. What I don’t appreciate is getting a mangled box tossed at [...]

Like KRS-One once said, “You must learn.” That’s why for the third consecutive year* now, we’re using up valuable page space to break some bad news to a few rappers [...]

For those of us who watched Roots in school, there’s one truth about America and its race relations. Slavery will always serve as the country’s blackest of black eyes. Once [...]

Now that I’m older and able to put it all in perspective, my indoctrination into the shoe game occurred early in life. And, in a lot of ways, I have [...]

For February, Nike prepares for their annual Black History Month releases across the board. Here, we catch an early glimpse of Nike Sportswear’s BHM collection which features both footwear – [...]

According to TMZ, Soul Train creator Don Cornelius, 75, was found dead in his Sherman Oaks, California home. Early reports indicate he suffered from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the [...]

Yahoo: “Did Snoop Dogg (born Calvin Cordozar Broadus) endorse GOP candidate Ron Paul for president? “Well, sort of. The rapper posted a photo of Paul on his Facebook page Sunday [...]

Don’t get Fox News started on the media. They continuously accused liberal hippies of using various tactics to execute a smear campaign against the Grand Ol’ Party for decades now. [...]

Election time means one important thing: crazy ass campaign videos. Here I’ve been lamenting over the loss of Herman Cain and all those ideas “swirrrrlin’” around his head while forgetting [...]

Students of the game remember this clip of Eazy-E on The Arsenio Hall Show* for the Hip-Hop history it rightfully represents. Showcasing Eric Wright in all of his controversial, charismatic [...]

We all know the saying, “Men lie, women lie, numbers don’t…” which has become the modus operandi on how the music industry deems it should cater to when measuring an [...]

As most have heard by now, Apple’s next ambitious goal is to take over the textbook industry. But in case you missed yesterday’s big announcement, it’s pretty self-explanatory: Apple plans [...]

Gizmodo: “There are plenty of players in the no-questions-asked online storage game: HulkShare, MediaFire, YouSendIt. They’re all staples of web sharing—and they’re all still up and running today. Partly because [...]

Here’s a quick exercise. Log on to Megaupload. Can’t get on, huh? Ars Technica reports the site has been shut down by federal prosecutors in Virginia. The same group of [...]

During his show’s two-year run (many of us don’t count the third season), Dave Chappelle used his clout in the entertainment industry to reel in rap’s A-listers for weekly musical [...]

At some point, everyone we know moves on. Many times their passing is from drawn-out, casually crippling causes like cancer or diabetes. Other times whimsical outliers like heart attacks, natural [...]

To have your support reciprocated by the President is an honor that comes along once in a lifetime. Janelle Monáe captured lightning in a bottle recently during a re-election rally [...]

Last week, we laughed at the thought of Trina posing as the spokeswoman for Tax USA but she’s neither the first, nor will she be the last rapper to appear [...]

There’s not much else to be said about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that has yet to be mentioned in documentaries, books and news reports. However, if a personal, intimate [...]

On Monday, Lupe Fiasco announced that he and Pharrell will be releasing an album together soon. Fantastic news for fans…but all it did was remind us of that now-forgotten Child [...]

Photo: Brock Fetch The good folks over at Home Grown Radio sat down with TDE’s ScHoolboy Q a couple days ago to chop up the details surrounding his upcoming joint, [...]

Ask people what they know about Marilyn Monroe and most answers revolve around her sexual icon image, the short lived marriage to Joe DiMaggio, the most legendary “Happy Birthday” performance [...]

Forget grinding until the gears need grease or selling tapes out of your trunk to get exposure. Apparently, all that’s needed these days to get a hit is being birthed [...]

Gotty™ already told you the new Kobe VII System is way more than a pair of shoes. But, if G-Money wasn’t convincing enough of their ability to leave you leaping [...]

“Microsoft has been granted a patent for its “avoid ghetto” feature for GPS devices. A GPS device is used to find shortcuts and avoid traffic, but Microsoft’s patent states that [...]

“Rihanna’s run at the record books continues unabated, as the “We Found Love” singer has been named by Nielsen SoundScan as the top-selling digital artist ever. “The Talk That Talk [...]

Intro: Gotty™ Tinsley’s Holy Trinity consists of Cam’ron Giles, LeBron James and America’s Team, the Dallas Cowboys. Seeking to pay homage to one of his deities, he ended up having [...]

SpaceGhostPurrp delivers one of his signature shermed out beats for ASAP Rocky's latest single "Pretty Flacko."

Teamwork makes the dreamwork. At least, that’s how the say goes. And in an industry such as fashion – which changes even quicker than Hip-Hop – a second opinion could [...]

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9 More MCs That Desperately Need A Name Change

Forgive But Never Forget: Former Slave Pens Letter To Former Plantation Owner

Memory Lane: Vintage Nike Ads

First Look: Nike Sportswear’s Black History Month Collection

Obits: “Soul Train” Pioneer Don Cornelius Dies At Age 75

Snoop Dogg Supports Ron Paul?

The Muppets Take On Fox News

Breaking News: Obama’s Presidency Is One Big Child Labor Slave Ship

Hip-Hop History: Eazy-E Disses Death Row On The Arsenio Hall Show

RIAA-Ruined Rap: The 20 Worst Platinum Hip-Hop Albums Of All Time

Apple Takes On Textbooks With iBooks 2 For iPad

Why Did The Feds Take Down Megaupload?

Megaupload Indicted For Piracy, Anonymous Strikes Back

My 5 Favorite Rapper Cameos On “Chappelle’s Show”

Pump The Brakes: Peter Rosenberg’s Drunk Driving PSA For Rappers

Pump The Brakes: Peter Rosenberg’s Drunk Driving PSA For Rappers

President Obama Is A Big Fan Of Janelle Monae

7 WTF Endorsement Deals Featuring Rappers

On Martin Luther King, The Old Man & Ralph Waldo Emerson

Broken Promises: 12 Potential Collab Albums That Never Released

ScHoolboy Q Talks “Habits & Contradictions”

Marilyn Monroe, The Civil Rights Movement Supporter

Less Than A Week Old, Blue Ivy Is Already Breaking Billboard Records

“It’s A Lifestyle” – Kanye, Aziz Ansari, Jerry Rice & The New Carmen Use Kobe VII System

Microsoft Patents GPS Technology To “Avoid The Ghetto”

Rihanna Crowned Best-Selling Digital Artist Ever

A Depressed Fan Blogs The Cowboys’ Demise From A Harlem Applebee’s

[Singles] ASAP Rocky – “Pretty Flacko [Prod. SpaceGhostPurrp]“

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