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Wiz Khalifa, Fabolous & Keri Hilson ‘Rip the Runway’ With BET
Wiz Khalifa, Fabolous, Keri Hilson, Lloyd and other artists will show off their talents at merging high fashion and music on an upcoming BET special entitled 'Rip the Runway.' A fashion show with buzzed-about performances by some of today's biggest hip-hop and R&B artists, the program was recently filmed at New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom. It...
Jay-Z Accidentally Gave U2’s Bono the Fear of Failure
Jay-Z has hobnobbed with music's big players for years, but a recent interview revealed just how much sway he has when it comes to one of the industry's most successful veterans. Jay, real name Shawn Carter, explained how stray interview comments about a U2 record prompted Bono, the band's singer, to return to the studio and try harder...
Lil Wayne to Rap on New Limp Bizkit Record
Lil Wayne isn't totally over his rock phase. The gravelly-voiced rapper has apparently recorded a verse for an upcoming record by nu-metal mainstays Limp Bizkit. The band hopes to bolster its credibility with hip-hop fans by including Wayne and other rap collaborations on its in-progress album, 'Gold Cobra...
Jean Grae Returns With New Songs Feat. Talib Kweli & Lil B
"Jean Grae is one of the best female MCs around" is a sentiment that rings through the hip-hop scene. Really, it should be that Grae is one of the best, most careful and versatile rappers around. While active on Twitter and guest verses, Grae has mostly kept quiet on the solo front since 2008's excellent 'Jeanius...
Fab 5 Freddy Artwork Shines on Walls of Las Vegas Hotel
Hip-hop historian, OG graffiti artist and industry veteran Fab 5 Freddy is getting some recognition in the art world for his mixed media pieces. The former 'YO! MTV Raps' host was recently honored as the first artist-in-residence at the Cosmopolitan Hotel's P3 Studio in Las Vegas...
Kanye West, Katy Perry ‘E.T.’ Video Leaks
Kanye West received mixed reviews when he recently dropped a video for the track 'All of the Lights' which used strobe lighting to such an effect that it was temporarily removed from YouTube in order to attach an epilepsy warning. Simultaneously, he was criticized for ripping off the title sequence to Gaspar Noé's psychedelic melodrama 'Enter the Void.' Well...
Skylar Grey Inks Interscope Deal, Preps Album
Skylar Grey has capitalized on her role as the day's most successful supplier of rap hooks by inking a new record deal with Interscope and announcing that her debut solo album is on the way.
The partnership with Interscope is unsurprising as Grey's biggest collaborations thus far have come with two of the label's flagship artists: Dr...
Lil B Graces NY Times Magazine, Drops ‘Illusions of Grandeur’
New York Times Magazine, a beacon of original journalism and high culture, has revealed a new feature on hip-hop's resident eccentric, Lil B, that will run this weekend. Still a long way from acceptance in the rap world, B is praised for going against the grain in the feature -- a major cultural cosign, if not a hip-hop one...
Guru Celebrated With T-Shirt Line to Benefit His Son
With nearly a year since the passing of legendary Gang Starr MC Guru, his family has just announced that it's creating a new t-shirt line and subsequent benefit to raise money in support of the rapper's son. Family members have inked a partnership with streetwear brand X Label for the shirts, of which there are two designs thus far...
Eminem Pens Open Letter to Detroit
Eminem has long been admired for how he reps his hometown of Detroit through the city's thick and thin. He just dropped a video clip that he's calling "an open letter" that serves to honor the Motor City's working class residents. The clip features narration from Em and a lot of pictures that show Detroit citizens hard at work amongst the city's more well-known landmarks and locales...
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