Feb 10th
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| For the upcoming Spring issue of Paper magazine, Nicki goes green for the front cover. In the excerpt from her story below, Ms. Minaj weighs on the sound of her next album. So emotional. “The album is like a collage of all my emotions. I am not sticking to any particular style. I am doing what [...] |
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9 hours, 23 minutes ago. Jan 30th
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| Nearly 48 hours after Cory Gunz was bagged in the Bronx for packing a gun, he spoke with the NY Daily News on his arrest. If convicted, he faces three years in prison. “This was a big mistake on my part. I didn’t have any intentions of harming anyone or committing a criminal activity. So many [...] |
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| 11 days ago. Jan 27th
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| Atlanta area singer / songwriter Myko drops his new single, "Okay Okay" featuring Future and and production from Cool & Dre. |
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| 14 days ago. Jan 23rd
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| To commemorate the 15th anniversary of B.I.G.’s passing (March 9th), the late Frank White returns to the cover of XXL. Rare photo. Issue hits newsstands on February 7. The XXL team spoke to some of those closest to Big for an in-depth look into his life and death. From his kids T’Yanna Wallace and Christopher “CJ” Wallace and their mamas, [...] |
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| 18 days ago. Jan 23rd
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| A$AP Rocky along with designer Jeremy Scott, make their cover debut on Complex. Written by Joe La Puma, the issue hits newsstands February 7th. But why wait? Read it here. Complex: Why do you think hip-hop is so fascinated with fashion and vice versa? A$AP ROCKY: As black people it was our thing to show that we’re not [...] |
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| 18 days ago. Jan 18th
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| This song actually only has about five words that French keeps repeating. |
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| 23 days ago. Jan 15th
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| Power moves from the back of the Phantom. Brrr. Mr. X on the premiere. |
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| 26 days ago. Jan 12th
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| Tunechi will soon be adding author to his resume. AP reports he has signed with Grand Central Publishing to release Gone Til November, which will feature diary entries from his stint at Rikers Island. The pub is set for a November 28 release. Back in November of 2010, Dwayne Carter was released after serving 8 months for his [...] |
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| 29 days ago. Jan 5th
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| Yowie and Funk Volume enlist producer the likes of Hopsin, Teddy Roxpin and HipHopDX for their first Internet Hip Hop conference. |
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| 1 month, 6 days ago. Jan 2nd
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| Ess Vee is gonna be a lot of things in 2012. |
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| 1 month, 9 days ago. Dec 28th
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| Esco’s It Was Written turned 15 years old back in July. And in a recent interview with XXL, he reflects on his sophomore album. What was your inspiration for “I Gave You Power?” A Premier beat. Just a beat from Premier… in the studio. Back then I was around a lot more guns and my reality was [...] |
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| 1 month, 14 days ago. Dec 28th
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| The Floridian rapper takes to Twitter to reveal the new project. |
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| 1 month, 14 days ago. Dec 26th
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| For The Source‘s upcoming end of year issue, the Man Of The Year bundles up on the issue’s front cover. Below is an excerpt of the Bawse speaking on his near fatal health condition written by Kim Osorio. “I went and seen an actual neurologist to tell me what was really going on. My condition was basically [...] |
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| 1 month, 16 days ago. Dec 21st
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| Here's a little something you can't find on yU's "The Earn." |
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| 1 month, 21 days ago. Dec 20th
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| XXL gives us an exclusive behind the scenes look at Curtis and Money’s photo shoot for their December/January cover. Pick up a copy or 5 at your local newsstands now. thisis50 |
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| 1 month, 22 days ago. Dec 15th
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| Hip-Hop’s Cheech and Chong take the cover of this week’s Rolling Out issue. In the excerpt below, Snoop and Wiz respond to the public’s take of the pair promoting marijuana. Snoop: We push having a good time with ourselves and not pushing it on you. We celebrate marijuana because of the joy it brings us. Our relationship [...] |
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| 1 month, 27 days ago. Dec 15th
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| Max B has a story to tell. Despite being behind bars, Max will add author to his resume with his upcoming memoir. The project will also be released on Blu-ray. Max Biggaveli is currently serving a 75 year sentence for orchestrating a murder and robbery back in 2006. In March of 2010, the rapper was granted an [...] |
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| 1 month, 27 days ago. Dec 12th
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| 50 is back to hitting the books. Curtis is preparing his next publication, Formula 50: A 6-Week Total Body Transformation Plan which will focus on metabolic resistance training (MRT) and will include a nutrition guide. Last month, the rapper just released Playground focusing on bullying and tackled the keys to success on The 50th Law in 2009. Formula 50 is scheduled [...] |
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| 2 months, 0 days ago. Dec 12th
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| 50 is back to hitting the books. Curtis is preparing his next publication, Formula 50: A 6-Week Total Body Transformation Plan which will focus on metabolic resistance training (MRT) and will include a nutrition guide. Last month, the rapper just released Playground focusing on bullying and tackled the keys to success on The 50th Law in 2009. Formula 50 is scheduled [...] |
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| 2 months, 0 days ago. Dec 9th
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| Drake recently erected a billboard in his Toronto hometown to promote his new album, Take Care. The ad features the city’s population and utilizes the font as the official Welcoming Sign. City spokeswoman Francine Antoino-Forte told local newspaper, The Star: “We would suggest that the treatment of the word Toronto used on the billboard is very [...] |
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| 2 months, 3 days ago. Dec 6th
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| For their #77 issue, FADER looks towards the future (no pun) for their NOW issue. Sharing the cover with Rock star Cass McCombs is none other than Mr. Tony Montana (no Al Pacino). |
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| 2 months, 6 days ago. Dec 6th
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| FADER looks towards the future (no pun) for their NOW issue. Sharing the cover with Rock star Cass McCombs is Mr. Tony Montana himself (no Al Pacino). |
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| 2 months, 6 days ago. Dec 4th
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| It’s still a Cole World. And the Grammy Best New Artist nominee takes the cover of YRB’s latest cover. You can read the cover story here. Below is an excerpt on his project with Kendrick Lamar. Another project that he’s keeping quiet on is his joint studio album with Kendrick Lamar, which originated as a mixtape. [...] |
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| 2 months, 8 days ago. Nov 30th
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| While B.I.G.’s Versace shades watched ya, Donatella was clocking him. In an interview with FADER, Gianni’s younger sister discussed Biggie’s influence on the brand. I think Biggie was amazing. He came to my shows in Paris many times, and we’d see each other often. He always used to talk so nicely about my family. I think [...] |
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| 2 months, 12 days ago. Nov 28th
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| GQ takes us on the set of the “Rookie Of The Year“‘s photo shoot where he shares advice from The Throne, touches on Adele’s 21, Tyler, The Creator’s Goblin, and Martial Arts on Saturdays. Better watch out, Jackie. |
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| 2 months, 14 days ago. Nov 28th
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| The online division of RESPECT. caught up with Mr. Machine Gun Kelly. He spoke on his recent session with DMX and joining Drake on stage. Longevity’s everything. And you’ve worked with some pretty crazy artists lately. You were in the studio with DMX and then you performed with Drake. DMX’s voice is crazy when you hear him just [...] |
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| 2 months, 14 days ago. Nov 27th
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| Off "Watching The Throne" presented by Fly Society, Amalgam Digital & DJBooth. |
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| 2 months, 15 days ago. Nov 25th
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| For the year-end issue, T.I. returns and splits the cover of VIBE. Mag hits newsstands on December 6th, but below you can take a look at an excerpt from the cover story below. T.I. on people criticizing Tiny for not taking the drug charge I’ma tell you, 50 Cent and anybody else, we not gonn’a have no [...] |
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| 2 months, 17 days ago. Nov 25th
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| For the year end issue of Vibe, T.I. returns to the cover of VIBE. Issue hits newsstands on December 6th, but below you can take a look at an excerpt from the cover story below. T.I. on people criticizing Tiny for not taking the drug charge “I’ma tell you, 50 Cent and anybody else, we not gonn’a [...] |
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| 2 months, 17 days ago. Nov 25th
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| For this week’s issue of Billboard, Ricky Rozay and Wale make their cover debut. Below is an excerpt from the cover story in which Rozay speaks on the success of MMG/WB this past year. Full cover story here. “I understand why New York’s a huge fan of Derek Jeter — because in the playoffs he always [...] |
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