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Houston rapper Travi$ Scott is next up out of the 2013 Freshman class to step up for a freestyle. Check the 20-year old rapper as he spits a few a capella bars.
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Summer's travels inspire new perspectives…
To mark the introduction of the Summer '13 collection, we trekked to the So. Cal high desert region with a pack of young visionaries: skate team riders Felipe Gustavo and Trent McClung, Compton-based rapper Problem, and Roc Nation super-producer Jahlil Beats. This collection features an assortment of indigenous-inspired prints, patterned tank tops, and sublimated natural camouflage - balanced with classic primaries, color-blocked poplin and earth toned twill. Creative youth stay elevated - at l-r-g, we are the children of vision.
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Houston rapper Kirko Bangz doesn't lack in the confidence department. After finding success with the hits "Drank In My Cup" and "What Yo Name Iz?" the 23-year old was rewarded by being named to the 2013 XXL Freshman class.
Next up for the young emcee is his debut album, Bigger Than Me. If he's feeling any pressure, he's not showing it.
Kirko chops it up with Gowhere Hip Hop to talk about the XXL cover, predicts his debut album will go platinum in a week. speaks on what the project means for his future and more.
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2013 XXL Freshman Joey Bada$$ is one of the fastest rising emcees in the game. He's also a member of the Pro Era crew. The 18-year old Brooklyn, New Yorker steps up to the plate to spit a freestyle for XXL's freshman series.
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Black Hippy rapper and 2013 XXL Freshman class member Ab-Soul gets his turn to spit some a capella bars in the latest freestyle from a member of the class offered up by XXL.
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XXL has rolled out it's 2013 Freshman Class. Their choices will be heavily scrutinzed by hip hop fans. Some choices will be universally praised, while others will be questioned.
Two Black Hippy members (Ab-Soul and Schoolboy Q) made the list. And Chief Keef was chosen as the 11th Freshman in a class that usually only has 10.
XXL promises to reveal why Keef was added soon. Check out the full list and let us know what you think.
XXL Freshman Class 2013
Schoolboy Q
Trinidad Jame$
Joey Bada$$
Ab-Soul
Logic
Action Bronson
Kirko Bangz
Travi$ Scott
Dizzy Wright – 10 Spot People’s Champion Winner
Angel Haze
Chief Keef – “The 11th Freshman”
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After unveiling their 2013 Freshman Class list, XXL teams up with Monster Energy to present the behind the scenes video shoot for the cover featuring Logic, Dizzy Wright, Action Bronson, Schoolboy Q, Travis Scott, Trinidad James, Ab-Soul, Joey Bada$$, Kirko Bangz and Angel Haze.
Go behind the scenes and get a sneak peak of the rap cyphers, freestyles, roundtable interview and magazine cover shoot. Stay tuned for an announcement of the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour Presents: XXL Freshmen Live 2013, coming to a city near you.
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Kidd Kidd was in Austin, Texas to perform & promote at this year's annual SXSW 2013 music festival.
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There's no stopping Yo Gotti's grind. In his last vlog the Memphis rapper was taking over Houston for NBA All-Star weekend. In this new vlog, Gotti is in Charlotte getting turned up for CIAA week.
Documented By: Breezy TV x Marco Ruiz From LightWorks
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Machine Gun Kelly is promoting his Lace Up Tour the old fashioned way, by hitting the streets to drum up interest. Check out the Bad Boy artist's technique below.
For show date information head over to www.mgklaceup.com
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A fall on the steps on her way to the podium couldn't dampen Jennifer Lawrence's mood as she accepted the award for Best Actress for her performance in "Silver Linings Playbook" at the 85th annual Academy Award show in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Other big winners on the night included "Argo" for Best Picture, Christoph Waltz won Best Supporting Actor for "Django Unchained," and Anne Hathaway walked away with Best Supporting Actress for "Les Miserables."
Daniel Day-Lewis took home the award for Best Actor for "Lincoln." The actor made history by becoming the first person ever to win three best actor Oscars
Check out the list of the 85th annual Academy Award winners
1. Best Picture: "Argo."
2. Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln."
3. Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook."
4. Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained."
5. Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, "Les Miserables."
6. Directing: Ang Lee, "Life of Pi."
7. Foreign Language Film: "Amour."
8. Adapted Screenplay: Chris Terrio, "Argo."
9. Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, "Django Unchained."
10. Animated Feature Film: "Brave."
11. Production Design: "Lincoln."
12. Cinematography: "Life of Pi."
13. Sound Mixing: "Les Miserables."
14. Sound Editing (tie): "Skyfall," ''Zero Dark Thirty."
15. Original Score: "Life of Pi," Mychael Danna.
16. Original Song: "Skyfall" from "Skyfall," Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth.
17. Costume: "Anna Karenina."
18. Documentary Feature: "Searching for Sugar Man."
19. Documentary (short subject): "Inocente."
20. Film Editing: "Argo."
21. Makeup and Hairstyling: "Les Miserables."
22. Animated Short Film: "Paperman."
23. Live Action Short Film: "Curfew."
24. Visual Effects: "Life of Pi."
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Oscar winners previously presented this season:
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Jeffrey Katzenberg
Honorary Award: Hal Needham
Honorary Award: D.A. Pennebaker
Honorary Award: George Stevens Jr.
Award of Merit: Cooke Optics
Jennifer Lawrence trips and falls during best actress win
Daniel Day-Lewis makes Academy Awards history
Oscars 2013 Recap: The Fashion, Fun & Falls
Ben Affleck's 'Argo' Nabs Best Picture at Oscars
Adele on what's next after winning an Oscar
Pic Source: Washington Post
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Hot 97's J. Medina was at BillBoard's 2013 Relaunch party recently and had the chance to talk with Questlove of The Roots.
Quest talked about The Roots gig as Jimmy Fallon's house band, their input on the show's guests and D'Angelo's long awaited third solo album, which will be out later this year.
Medina also caught up with Ludacris who talked about Fast and Furious 6, his upcoming eighth solo album Ludaversal, what fans can expect from the project, Conjure Cognac and more.
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Late Night with Jimmy Fallon always has a lot of quirky surprises. An audience member asked Jimmy if someone could catch him up on some of this year's Oscar nominees in a rap song. It just so happens that Jimmy has The Roots as his house band.
Watch Black Thought put together a rhyme about the 2013 Oscar nominees for best picture.
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Fall Out Boy got some help from 2 Chainz then they performed their song "Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" at the 2013 Sprite NBA All-Star Dunk contest Saturday in Houston.
2 Chainz & Fall Out Boy Perform "Know What You Did In The Dark" 2013 NBA All-Star
Fall Out Boy talks about performing with 2 Chainz
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Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake will headline the 2013 Wireless Festival at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, England on July 12th and 13th.
The entertainers are just two on the star packed festival lineup.
Other performers include Snoop Dogg, Rita Ora, Frank Ocean, Miguel, Kendrick Lamar, Trey Songz and more.
Check out the full lineup below.
Friday July 12:
Justin Timberlake, Snoop Dogg, Trey Songz, John Legend, Miguel and Frank Ocean.
Saturday July 13:
Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Rita Ora, Miguel, Emile Sande, Calvin Harris and DJ Fresh-Live.
Other acts are expected to announced soon. For more information head over to the Wireless Festival official website.
Spotted at HHNM
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The 2013 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition is on newsstands this week. Kate Upton nabs the cover for the second year in a row.
S.I. has been kind enough to post pics of all of the lovely ladies featured in the issue on their website for you to check out. I suggest you head over there.
Kate and nine other S.I. swimsuit models appeared on David Letterman Monday to deliver his “Top Ten Questions on the Application to Become a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model.”
Check that out below, plus photos from Kate's shoot and behind the scenes footage.
S.I. swimsuit models on David Letterman
Kate Upton behind the scenes of S.I. swimsuit photo shoot.
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2013 Teaser
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2013, Katherine Webb
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The 55th Annual Grammy Awards took place Sunday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. It was a big night for Jay-Z and Kanye West, together known as The Throne. They walked away with three awards. Their song "N*ggas In Paris" won Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song. The Dream and Frank Ocean shared the award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration with The Throne for "No Church In the Wild."
Drake (Best Rap Album: "Take Care"), the Robert Glasper Experiment (Best R&B Album: "Black Radio"), Miguel: (Best R&B Song "Adorn"), Usher (Best R&B Performance: "Climax"), Frank Ocean (Best Urban Contemporary Album: "Channel Orange") and Beyonce (Best Traditional R&B Performance: "Love on Top") took home individual trophies.
The show also featured performances from Rihanna, Bruno Mars, Sting, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Miguel, Wiz Khalifa, Frank Ocean, Taylor Swift and more.
Full List Of Winners Below
Record of the Year: "Somebody That I Used to Know," Gotye featuring Kimbra
Album of the Year: Babel, Mumford & Sons
Song of the Year: "We Are Young," fun. featuring Janelle Monáe
Best New Artist: fun
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Best Pop Solo Performance: "Set Fire to the Rain," Adele
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: "Somebody That I Used to Know," Gotye featuring Kimbra
Best Pop Instrumental Album: Impressions, Chris Botti
Best Pop Vocal Album: Stronger, Kelly Clarkson
Best Dance Recording: Bangarang, Skrillex featuring Sirah
Best Dance/Electronica Album: Bangarang, Skrillex
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Kisses on the Bottom, Paul McCartney
Best Rock Performance: Lonely Boy, The Black Keys
Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance: "Love Bites (So Do I)," Halestrom
Best Rock Song: "Lonely Boy," The Black Keys
Best Rock Album: El Camino, The Black Keys
Best Alternative Music Album: Making Mirrors, Gotye
Best R&B Performance: "Climax," Usher
Best Traditional R&B Performance: "Love on Top," Beyoncé
Best R&B Song: "Adorn," Miguel
Best Urban Contemporary Album: Channel Orange, Frank Ocean
Best R&B Album: Black Radio, Robert Glasper Experiment
Best Rap Performance: "N****s in Paris," Jay-Z and Kayne West
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "No Church In The Wild," Jay-Z and Kanye West featuring Frank Ocean and The Dream
Best Rap Song: "N****s in Paris," Jay-Z and Kayne West
Best Rap Album: Take Care, Drake
Best Country Solo Performance: "Blown Away," Carrie Underwood
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: Pontoon, Little Big Town
Best Country Song: "Blown Away," Carrie Underwood
Best Country Album: Uncaged, Zac Brown Band
Best New Age Album: Echoes of Love, Omar Akram
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: "Hot House," Gary Burton and Chick Corea
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Radio Music Society, Esperanza Spalding
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Unity Band, Pat Metheny Unity Band
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You), Arturo Sandoval
Best Latin Jazz Album: ¡Ritmo!, The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band
Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance: "10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)," Matt Redman
Best Gospel Song: "Go Get It," Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell
Best Contemporary Christian Music Song: "10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)," Jonas Myrin & Matt Redman
Best Gospel Album: Gravity, Lecrae
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Eye on It, TobyMac
Kevork Djansezian/Getty ImagesBest Latin Pop Album: MTV Unplugged Deluxe Edition, Juanes
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: Imaginaries, Quetzal
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano): Pecados Y Milagros, Lila Downs
Best Tropical Latin Album: Retro, Marlow Rosado Y La Riqueña
Best Americana Album: Slipstream, Bonnie Raitt
Best Bluegrass Album: Nobody Knows You, Steep Canyon Rangers
Best Blues Album: Locked Down, Dr. John
Best Folk Album: "The Goat Rodeo Sessions," Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile
Best Regional Roots Music Album: The Band Courtbouillon, Wayne Toups, Steve Riley and Wilson Savoy
Best Reggae Album: Rebirth, Jimmy Cliff
Best World Music Album: The Living Room Sessions Part 1, Ravi Shankar
Best Children's Album: Can You Canoe?, The Okee Dokee Brothers
Best Spoken Word Album: Society's Child: My Autobiography, Janis Ian
Best Comedy Album: Blow Your Pants Off, Jimmy Fallon
Best Musical Theater Album: Once: A New Musical, Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Midnight in Paris
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Best Song Written For Visual Media: "Safe & Sound" (from The Hunger Games), T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, The Civil Wars
Best Instrumental Composition: "Mozart Goes Dancing," Chick Corea
Kevork Djansezian/Getty ImagesBest Instrumental Arrangement: "How About You," Gil Evans
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): "City Of Roses," Thara Memory & Esperanza Spalding
Best Recording Package: Biophilia, Michael Amzalag and Mathias Augustyniak
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection, Fritz Klaetke
Best Album Notes: Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles, Billy Vera, album notes writer (Ray Charles)
Best Historical Album: The Smile Sessions (Deluxe Box Set), Alan Boyd, Mark Linett, Brian Wilson and Dennis Wolfe
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: The Goat Rodeo Sessions, Richard King
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical: Dan Auerbach
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: "Promises (Skrillex & Nero remix)," Skrillex
Best Surround Sound Album: Modern Cool, Jim Anderson
Best Engineered Album, Classical: Life & Breath, Tom Caulfield & John Newton
Producer of the Year, Classical: Blanton Alspaugh
Best Orchestral Performance: Adams: "Harmonielehre & Short Ride In A Fast Machine," Michael Tilson Thomas
Best Opera Recording: "Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen," James Levine & Fabio Luisi
Best Choral Performance: "Life & Breath - Choral Works By René Clausen," Charles Bruffy
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: "Meanwhile," Eighth Blackbird
Best Classical Instrumental Solo: "Kurtág & Ligeti: Music For Viola," Kim Kashkashian
Best Classical Vocal Solo: "Poèmes," Renée Fleming
Best Classical Compendium: "Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of Jacob; Anaklasis," Antoni Wit
Best Contemporary Classical Composition: "Hartke, Stephen: Meanwhile - Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays," Stephen Hartke
Best Short Form Music Video: "We Found Love," Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris
Best Long Form Music Video: "Big Easy Express," Mumford & Sons
Bob Marley Tribute
Justin Timberlake & Jay-Z
Rihanna
Frank Ocean
Miguel & Wiz Khalifa
Ll Cool J
Maroon 5 & Alicia Keys
fun.
Kelly Clarkson
Taylor Swift
Elton John & Ed Sheeran
Miranda Lambert & Dierks Bentley
Mumford & Sons
The Black Keys
The Lumineers & Jack White
Carrie Underwood
Grammys 2013: Fashion round-up featuring Adele, Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez and Rihanna
Rihanna and Chris Brown Cuddle at Grammys 2013
Bruno Mars, Sting and Rihanna honour Bob Marley
Sources: Pop Crush, MWP and EOnline
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The 2013 NBA All-Star game is being held in Houston this year. Last night Bun B and Kirko Bangz linked up to kick off the festivities with a show at Bambou. Other stars in the building included former NBA great Gary Payton and Houston Texans player Earl Mitchell.
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Shady Records is fully reloaded and ready to impact the music scene in a big way in 2013. In addition to 50 Cent's upcoming Street King Immortal album, the label will release a new CD from Yelawolf.
According to Billboard, Catfish Billy has already started recording the new project in Nashville.
Joe Budden just released his No Love Lost solo album via E1 Records. After Joell Ortiz, Royce Da 5'9 and Crooked I drop their next solo discs, Slaughterhouse will begin work on their follow up to 2012's welcome to: Our House.
And then there's the captain of the ship, Eminem. Shady Records president Paul Rosenberg tells Billboard that Slim will deliver his highly anticipated eighth solo album sometime after Memorial Day.
"We fully expect to be releasing a new Eminem album in 2013. He’s been working on it for some time," Rosenberg said. "It’s safe to say that it will be post-Memorial Day at some point, but we’re not exactly sure when. We’ve got some dates locked in for him to perform live in Europe in August, so we’re trying to see what else lines up."
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The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2013 lineup has been announced, and like in year's past there are artists from almost every genre of music scheduled to perform.
The event will take place at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, with identical lineups scheduled to play on April 12, 13 and 14. Then again on April 19, 20 and 21.
Notable acts scheduled to play include the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Wu Tang Clan, Blur, El-P, Danny Brown, Jurassic 5, Vampire Weekend, Social Distortion, Earl Sweatshirt, Pusha T, La Roux, Action Bronson and many more.
Check out the complete lineup below. For more information go to www.coachella.com.
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