Having recently signed a multi-million dollar deal with Pepsi, Nicki Minaj has now been revealed as a model in fashion designer Jeremy Scott's commercial campaign for Adidas. Get it.
Footage has surfaced of Harlem rapper G. Dep's 2010 murder confession. The guilt-ridden rapper turned himself in to police a
Harlem native A$AP Rocky, one of The BoomBox's 2012 Artists to Watch, has earned his first cover story of the year, gracing the front of Complex magazine's February/March issue alongside rebellious designer Jeremy Scott.
In the story, which hits newsstands Feb. 7, the 'Peso' creator and Riha
Looks like one of The BoomBox's Artists to Watch in 2012 has found a love interest that shares his penchant for rapping the spoken word.
Harlem representative A$AP Rocky, known for his intriguing hit 'Peso' as well as hi
As pop music continues to welcome tattooed and earlobe-stretched rappers and rock-influenced soul singers of all ages and backgrounds into its moneyed ranks, the criteria used to predict artists' viability has also shifted and changed, supplanting prior indicators like street visibility and mixtape buzz with Facebook "likes" and Twitter follower counts
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A$AP Rocky sees the absurdity of his current situation. Just how did a 23-year-old kid from Harlem -- who rhymes over smoked-out, dusty beats that sound like they were crafted in a shotgun house in Houston and looks like the East Coast, gold teeth-stunting cousin to Midwest rap giants Bone Thug-N-Harmony -- become the Big Apple's most prized newcomer since the days a young 50 Cent was sneering his way into the public's consciousness in the early 2000s? "I don't know, my dude," he laughs. "But I know I've been working hard."
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