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Now this is a pleasant surprise for any true school rap fan. TheDJ Premier Blog points out that this previously unheard track,“It’s Gettin Hectic,” was originally supposed to appear onKRS-One’s Return of the Boom Bap album back in 1993. The collaborative project with DJ Premier was the Bronx rapper’s first proper solo LP without Boogie Down Productions. The song finds the […]

There is no country for James Eagan Holmes. More details are emergeing about the 24 year-old, former PhD student who allegedly dressed like the Joker during a midnight screening ofThe Dark Knight Rises and opened fire in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado; shooting and killing 12 while injuring dozens of others. Reuters reports that Holmes lived a generally nondescript life, even having to work […]

A Philadelphia woman known as the “Black Madam”  is facing murder charges for performing illegal butt injection procedures, one of which killed a woman from London, police announced Tuesday (July 24). Padge Windslowe was arrested Monday (July 23) stemming from the death of 20-year-old, Claudia Aderotimi, in February of last year. Aderotimi, a student who worked as a dancer, […]

Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday Tour hit Atlanta’s Fox Theatre last night (July 22nd), so it goes without saying that special guests were in store. Of course, Urban Ink coverboy 2 Chainz, who is officially part of the tour, was in the spot. Numerous ATL Hip-Hop locals also touched the staged including Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta’s Lil Scrappy. T.I., Waka […]

Although Wu-Tang Clan‘s Ghostface Killa famously said on the classic track “Criminology” that he “revolve around sciences,” it would seem that his fellow swordsman the GZA has literally taken those bars to heart. The Brooklyn native has immersed himself in working alongside MIT professors for research and mixing his potent bars with scientifically-influenced facts. Just a month shy of his […]

Jay-Z and the Barclay’s Center snagged another feat just ahead of their September opening. American Express just announced a multi-tiered alliance with the sports arena which will be home to the Brooklyn Nets. Amex has also become the official credit card of the center, and is now the presenting sponsor of the Barclay’s Center restaurant and box office. In addition […]

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg called for President Obama and Mitt Romney to offer up a national policy to put a dent in gun violence, during  his public address, Friday (July 20). Bloomberg spoke on the matter via his weekly appearance on WOR Radio, hours after a dozen people were killed when a gunman in Colorado opened fire at a movie theater. […]

The biggest sports fan that you seen thus far recently spoke with Philly’s Power 99 radio station and chimed in on the controversy surrounding Penn State University. Rick Ross didn’t mince words when he was a guest on Eddie F.’s Streetz Sports Report. Rozay also spoke on the ongoing debate between the 1992 Dream Team and the 2012 US Olympic […]

Last weekend at the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival, Busta Rhymes reunited withLeaders Of The New School and was joined by A Tribe Called Quest to perform the all-time great posse cut “Scenario.” As pointed out by my boy Meka of 2DopeBoyz, “This is quite possibly the first time all of them have done this song since that appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show damn near two decades […]

George Zimmerman doesn’t want to be painted as a racist, so he has decided to play up his Hispanic side. The accused killer is biracial (half-Peruvian and half-White), and noted during his first television interview that he learned English as a second language. Clearly under the impression that a person must be white to be racist, the 28-year-old […]

  A few weeks back, a tentative list of guest appearances hit the net of 2 Chainz Def Jam debut album, Based On A T.R.U. Story. Later that day, two necklaces chopped it up with VIBE and said that the guest appearances aren’t confirmed yet. Well it seems as though this one was right on the money. 2 Chainze follow-up single […]

Warner Bros. Pictures, the company behind The Dark Knight Rises, has released a statement about the shooting that occurred at the Century 16  Theater in Aurora, Colorado Friday (July 20). As previously reported, 12 people were killed when gunman, James Holmes, opened fire during a midnight screening of the highly anticipated film. “Warner Bros. is deeply saddened to learn about this shocking incident. We extend […]