Straight out of Springfield, Massachusetts comes fast rising Road Running Records artist Rico Kartel with an official music video for "Spinning," off of his new album titled "No Way Out, Vol. 1."
Triple R Records artist and Springfield, Massachusetts native, Rico Kartel, links up with Dutchy to drop an official music video for their collaboration titled "Kobe."
This is off of Rico's "No Way Out, Vol. 1" album. Available now on all streaming platforms:
DJ Absolut recently locked in with acclaimed battle rapper Goodz.
Goodz talked about how he got into battle rapping, the importance of being original, names his top 3 battle rappers, says he's undefeated, names his top 3 DOA industry rappers,talks upcoming album, movie appearance, Trump or Biden, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.
RJ Payne pays tribute to basketball legend Kobe Bryant who tragically died in a helicopter crash today, along with his 13-year old daughter, Gianna "Gigi" Bryant.
If Chicago rapper G Herbo doesn't land on XXL's 2016 Freshman Class list it would be a damn shame because this man has both the talent and work ethic. Check out his "Izzo Freestyle" up top.
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Chicago rapper G Herbo a.k.a. Lil Herb delivers his highly anticipated "Ballin Like Im Kobe" mixtape. Features include Lil Durk, Lil Bibby, Sonta and J Tsunami.
Production credits go to Southside, C-Sick, DJ L and more.
Waka Flocka Flame's lyrical ability has improved greatly as witnessed on his mixtape, I Can't Rap Volume 1. The Brick Squad Monopoly boss is back with more proof on his new single entitled "Get Money" featuring Kobe.
NEW YORK -- NBA owners and players reached a tentative agreement early Saturday to end the 149-day lockout and hope to begin the delayed season on Christmas Day.
Neither side provided many specifics but said the only words players and fans wanted to hear.
"We want to play basketball," NBA commissioner David Stern said.
Billy Hunter and David Stern
After a secret meeting earlier this week, the sides met for more than 15 hours Friday, working to try to save the season. This handshake deal, however, still must be ratified by both owners and players.
Stern said it was "subject to a variety of approvals and very complex machinations, but we're optimistic that will all come to pass and that the NBA season will begin Dec. 25."
Barring a change in scheduling, the 2011-12 season will open with the Boston Celtics at New York Knicks, followed by Miami at Dallas in an NBA finals rematch before MVP Derrick Rose and Chicago close the tripleheader against Kobe Bryant and the Lakers.
The league plans a 66-game season and aims to open training camps Dec. 9. Stern has said it would take about 30 days from an agreement to playing the first game.
"All I feel right now is 'finally,'" Dwyane Wade told The Associated Press.
Just 12 days after talks broke down and Stern declared the NBA could be headed to a "nuclear winter," he sat next to union executive director Billy Hunter to announce the deal.
"We thought it was in both of our interest to try to reach a resolution and save the game and to be able to provide the mind of superb entertainment the NBA historically has provided," Hunter said.
A majority on each side is needed to approve the agreement. The NBA needs votes from 15 of 29 owners. (The league owns the New Orleans Hornets.)
Stern said the labor committee plans to discuss the agreement later Saturday and expects them to endorse it and recommend to the full board.
The union needs a simple majority of its 430-plus members. That process is a bit more complicated after the players dissolved the union Nov. 14. Now, they must drop their antitrust lawsuit in Minnesota and reform the union before voting on the deal.
Because the union disbanded, a new collective bargaining agreement can only be completed once the union has reformed. Drug testing and other issues still must be negotiated between the league and the players.
"We're very pleased we've come this far," Stern said. "There's still a lot of work to be done."
The settlement first was reported by CBSSports.com.
Participating in the talks for the league were Stern, deputy commissioner Adam Silver, Spurs owner Peter Holt, the chairman of the labor relations committee, and attorneys Rick Buchanan and Dan Rube.
The players were represented by executive director Billy Hunter, president Derek Fisher, vice president Maurice Evans, attorney Ron Klempner and economist Kevin Murphy.
Owners locked out the players July 1 and the sides spent most of the summer and fall battling over the division of revenues and other changes owners wanted in a new collective bargaining agreement. They said they lost hundreds of millions of dollars in each year of the former deal, ratified in 2005, and they wanted a system where the big-market teams wouldn't have the ability to outspend their smaller counterparts.
Players fought against those changes, not wanting to see any teams taken out of the market when they became free agents.
"This was not an easy agreement for anyone. The owners came in having suffered substantial losses and feeling the system wasn't working fairly across all teams," Silver said. "I certainly know the players had strong views about expectations in terms of what they should be getting from the system. It required a lot of compromise from both parties' part, and I think that's what we saw today."
But it was never easy. The day required multiple calls with the owners' labor relations committee, all the while knowing another breakdown in talks would mean not only the loss of the Christmas schedule but also throw the entire season in jeopardy.
Stern said that despite some "bumps" Friday evening, "the greater good required us to knock ourselves out and come to this tentative understanding."
He denied the litigation was a factor in accelerating a deal, but things happened relatively quickly after the players filed a suit that could have won them some $6 billion in damages if the court ruled the lockout was illegal.
"For us the litigation is something that just has to be dealt with," Stern said. "It was not the reason for the settlement. The reason for the settlement was we've got fans, we've got players who would like to play and we've got others who are dependent on us. And it's always been our goal to reach a deal that was fair to both sides and get us playing as soon as possible, but that took a little time."
And led to the second shortened season in NBA history, joining the 1998-99 lockout that reduced the schedule to 50 games. This time the league will miss 16 games off the normal schedule.
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I think it's safe to say that the love affair Lebron James once had with the city of Cleveland is 100% over.
James bolted from the Cleveland Cavaliers in July to join the Miami Heat in the biggest free agent move the NBA has ever seen.
Since then, the fans in Cleveland, who once cheered his every move have turned on him with a vengeance. From burning his jerseys to making videos on youtube ripping his decision, the Cavalier faithful let it be known, they now despise King James.
Now, James has struck back with a not so subtle jab of his own.
According to Cleveland.com, Lebron took out an ad in his hometown newspaper, the Akron Beacon Journal, thanking the city for all of its support.
He talks about his love for the city of Akron, but doesn't once mention Cleveland, the city he spent spent seven years playing pro ball in.....OUCH!
Here is the full text from the ad:
"To My Family, Friends and Fans in Akron:
"For all my life, I have lived in Akron -- and for that, I am truly a lucky man.
"It was here where I first learned how to play basketball, and where I met the people who would become my lifelong friends and mentors. Their guidance, encouragement and support will always be with me.
"Akron is my home, and the central focus of my life. It's where I started, and it's where I will always come back to. You can be sure that I will continue to do everything I can for this city, which is so important to my family and me. Thank you for your love and support. You mean everything to me."
At least one former Cavalier, turned Heat did show the city of Cleveland some respect. Two days ago, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, who like James had played seven years for the Cavaliers, took out an ad in the Cleveland Plain Dealer thanking the fans for their support during his time there.
Ice Cube took to his blog to update fans on the status of his new album, 'I Am The West' and take a shot at the Miami Heat.
Also a song that caused quite a stir when it first leaked because it sounds like Cube is going in a damn near everyone will be getting a video.
"Mark it on your calender. Sept. 28th is the new release date for I AM THE WEST. But I'm still droppin' song after song so look for "Drink the Kool-Aid" later this month. I want to give you the song wit visuals," Cube wrote.
And being a big sports fan and L.A. Laker supporter you knew Cube was going to throw a jab at the Miami Heat with their new additions of Chris Bosh and Lebron James to go along with Dwayne Wade.
After getting off stage at a Seattle, Washington concert that also featured Snoop Dogg, Cube had a chance to chop it up with The Doggfather.
"Kurupt is one of my favorite MC's. He's got complicated metaphors that's still gangsta.
15 minutes after he left the room in came Snoop. We talked about the Lakers kickin' the Celtics ass in the Finals. We laughed about LeBron joining The Heat. It won't work, Lakers are still the team to beat."
Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian hit up the Jimmy Kimmel Show last night [June 10].
The sisters are out promoting season two of their reality show 'Kourtney & Khloé Take Miami' which premiers Sunday June 13.
Khloe shot down rumors that she is pregnant and talked about her husband Lamar Odom playing in the NBA Championship for the Los Angeles Lakers against the Boston Celtics.
Neither sister seemed to know a whole lot about the game of basketball, but what they lack in knowledge they seem to make up in in enthusiasm as Kourtney yells out things "it's not St Patrick's Day!" during the games, lol.
Kourtney said one of the Celtic's players whose name she couldn't remember tried to intimidate the pair by "mad dogging" them during one of the games, but it didn't work.
The musical guest was Taio Cruz who performed "Dynamite"
Kobe Bryant scored 35 points to lead the L.A. Lakers past the Denver Nuggets to advance to the NBA Finals.
The game was a complete route for the Lakers with a final score of 119 to 92.
The Lakers now wait to see who their opponent will be from the Eastern Conference.
The Orlando Magic lead in their series with the Cleveland Cavaliers 3 games to 2.
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