Feb 6th
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| It’s the list that you love to hate. As MTV prepares for their annual Hottest MCs List of last year, they have just announced a list of nominees. The top 10-6 will each be revealed next week and the remaining 5 on Sunday, February 19th at 10:30 p.m. on MTV2. Your 25 nominees are after [...] |
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3 hours, 24 minutes ago. Feb 2nd
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| 2 Chainz was yesterday’s guest on Rap Fix Live. After speaking on his recent deal with Def Jam, Dos rocked the mic with a few of his raps. We see you Devi Dev . |
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| 4 days, 20 hours ago. Jan 26th
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| After Bow Wow stepped up to the plate, Saigon gave the cameras a few of his own raps before ending his slot on RapFix Live. If you havent yet, get Warning Shots 3 here. |
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| 11 days ago. Jan 25th
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| After letting it rip on Sway’s Shade 45 show earlier in the day, Wizzle dropped a verse before ending his RapFix Live chat. Shad kicked it up another notch—and even cut Sway off during the introduction. Ha! |
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| 11 days ago. Jan 23rd
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| It’s that time of year again. MTV will be airing their annual Hottest MC’s List for 2011. Make sure, you tune in on Sunday, February 19th at 10:30 p.m. on MTV2. |
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| 14 days ago. Jan 4th
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| Maino and Skillz opened up MTV‘s first RapFix Live in 2012. Before wrapping up the show, Sway persuaded them each to kick a few of their rhymes for the viewers at home. |
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| 1 month, 2 days ago. Jan 4th
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| MTV watched the ball drop during their NYE In NYC 2012 at Times Square. Above J.Cole brings the “Work Out” to the stage while Mac Miller rolled through with his own “Party On Fifth Ave.” |
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| 1 month, 3 days ago. Dec 28th
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| The rapper formerly known as Easy Mac earns his first plaque. |
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| 1 month, 10 days ago. Dec 8th
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| The Low End Professionals repped the Chi during yesterday’s session on RapFix Live. After their chat with Sway, Count and Moonie did their one-two thing before exiting the MTV premises. Quiet please. Sidebar: L.E.P. Bogus Boys On Combat Jack Show |
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| 2 months, 0 days ago. Dec 5th
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| From LIV at the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach, MTV2’s first annual ‘Sucker Free Awards’ was televised last night. Filmed several weeks ago, we heard a few details about Weezy and YMCMB performing but not much else until this past Sunday evening. Despite not being in attendance, Jay-Z and Kanye won two awards for Album and [...] |
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| 2 months, 3 days ago. Dec 5th
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| Talk to the hand. Earlier this morning, K.R.I.T. swung through Shade 45′s Sway In The Morning and let loose his country grammar over DJ Wonder’s “5 Fingers of Death”. |
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| 2 months, 3 days ago. Dec 5th
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| Last night, MTV2 aired the Sucker Free Awards, which took place a few weeks back at the Fontainebleau’s LIV in Miami. Above, Dade County’s finest accepts his “Artist Of The Year” award. Full winners after the jump. Like a Boss: The Artist That Ran 2011 » Jay-Z and Kanye West » Lil Wayne » Rick Ross » Nicki Minaj » Chris Brown Certified Classic: [...] |
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| 2 months, 3 days ago. Dec 1st
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| Before Sway closed out yesterday’s RapFix Live, A$AP and K.R.I.T. each laid out a few of their lyrics for the MTV cameras. They make it look so easy huh? |
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| 2 months, 7 days ago. Nov 20th
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| MTV takes us to 1990 where a young Lonnie was a playa who balled on the court and opened up for N.W.A. Meanwhile, in 2002, Faheem was homeless, almost got robbed and met his fiance. |
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| 2 months, 18 days ago. Nov 16th
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| MTV2 premiered their new show Guy Code last night. It stars NY’s Power 105.1 Charlamagne Tha God and breaks down the unspoken rules amongst us men. If you sissies missed out, here’s the full episode. |
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| 2 months, 22 days ago. Nov 12th
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| MTV takes us back to ’02-’03 where a young Jermaine maintained a 4.2 GPA, played ball, and of course was popular with the gals. Nice work costume Roller Roo. Ha! yardie |
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| 2 months, 26 days ago. Oct 25th
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| Their bellies are bare and the hunger is overwhelming. The Killlaz need to eat. Taking NYC by storm this past week, the Bogus Boys of Chicago linked with their co-host DJ Drama to send shivers through the atmosphere and remind the world that Don’t Feed Da Killaz Vol. 3 will be a live action horror [...] |
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| 1 year, 3 months ago. Oct 24th
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| MTV once again got together it’s Hip-Hop Brain Trust to list this year’s Hottest MCs In The Game. The criteria is based on a combination of rhyme skill, flow, buzz, commercial success, business ventures, Web presence and cultural influence. I can’t argue too much about this year’s list. Rappers gone from last year’s list are: 50 Cent, [...] |
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| 1 year, 3 months ago. Oct 24th
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| Eminem got the number one spot this year, which was kinda predictable after last year’s outrage and fan outcry against MTV. 1. Eminem 2. Jay-Z 3. Kanye West 4. Drake 5. Rick Ross 6. Nicki Minaj 7. Lil Wayne 8. Waka Flocka 9. B.o.B 10. Ludacris Hit the jump for the last two segments where they debate Kanye vs. Drake’s placement, and discuss whether Jay-Z or [...] |
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| 1 year, 3 months ago. Oct 21st
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| Jail can’t stop Lil Wayne. Even from Rikers Island, Tunechi managed to grab the #7 spot on MTV’s Hottest MCs list. Surely, he would have made a higher rank had he not been behind bars the majority of the year, but to make the list without even being free man says something. Previously: Waka Flocka is [...] |
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| 1 year, 3 months ago. Oct 20th
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| The rapper that doesn’t care about lyrics has made his way onto MTV’s highly debated Hottest MCs List. Coming in at number #8, Waka Flocka Flame’s undeniable energy and passion have helped him stake his place in Hip-Hop this year. Previously: B.o.B. takes the #9 spot on MTV’s Hottest MCs list Ludacris ranked #10 on MTV’s Hottest [...] |
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| 1 year, 3 months ago. Oct 19th
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| Proving that he has the ability to showcase crossover appeal without sacrificing his musical integrity, MTV has placed B.o.B. at the number 9 spot on their Hottest Mcs of the year list. In the past year, the Grand Hustle signed rapper was able to score a number hit with several others lingering around at the [...] |
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| 1 year, 3 months ago. Oct 18th
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| In a effort to promote her job as host for MTV’s European Music Awards, Eva Longoria Parker spits a couple bars to help tell story. BTW, watching on mute is perfectly acceptable. The awards show will run on Nov 7th at 7pm in the U.S. (Thanks Erika via People) |
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| 1 year, 3 months ago. Oct 12th
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| Following last year’s list that included an Eminem snub and Jay-Z being named #1 for 2009, MTV returns with it’s Hottest MC’s list starting on October 18th. The list is based on MC’s who have released music and been active in 2010 plus follows a criteria of: artistic execution (lyrical ability, flow), commercial success (charting [...] |
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| 1 year, 3 months ago. Oct 11th
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| (I snapped this photo on set of Clipse x Kanye “Kinda Like A Big Deal” video shoot in BK) Mr. West granted Vanity Fair a couple minutes of face time for a quick interiew where they touch on Kanye’s MTV/Taylor Swift stage crash, the direction of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and carrying on his [...] |
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| 1 year, 3 months ago. Sep 28th
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| (this photo from the red carpet of the MTV Video Music Awards was actually from 2006, when the awards came back to New York City after almost getting shut down by a hurricane in Miami during 2005. But I also did a series of “bling reports” for MTV’s 2006 VMA’s as well.) After writing a book [...] |
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| 1 year, 4 months ago. Sep 10th
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| There are times when I really hate hip hop. Not particularly the art form itself, rather the politics behind it all. As a hip hop blogger, there are even more politics involved. One of the many... * Summary only. Visit the site for full article! |
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| 1 year, 4 months ago. Sep 10th
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| Snoop Dogg joins Tim Westwood on the latest episode of his new UK TV Spot. After being allowed back in the UK after being banned for nearly 5 years, The Doggfather spoke on wanting to help unite UK gangs, being banned from the UK, performing at Glastonbury and more. Snoop and DPGC reminisce about Doggystyle with [...] |
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| 1 year, 4 months ago. Sep 9th
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| You may or probably won’t remember MTV2′s 8-show series, Buzzin,’ which featured rapper Shwayze and his producer counterpart Cisco Adler parading around Malibu acting like Entourage was real life. Well, since you have to put in work before you see success, this short-lived show never took off and the artists were left with a MTV [...] |
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| 1 year, 5 months ago. 