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SpraygroundTV crashes the release of the Jordan Golden Moments Package at Champs Time Square, New York. Jack Thriller hosts the "Sneak Olympics" sneaker trivia, the winners get a Gold Brick deluxe backpack from Sprayground.
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Many people were caught off guard when Frank Ocean announced he was gay. Most of his peers and fans applauded his honesty and his debut Channel Orange has been called one of the best albums of 2012.
R&B legend Stevie Wonder was asked about Frank during an interview with The Guardian and he said he liked the Odd Future singer. When they met recently Wonder sang Frank's "No Church in the Wild" hook to him.
When asked about Frank's sexuality, Wonder said he thought Ocean might be confused.
"I think honestly, some people who think they're gay, they're confused," he says. "People can misconstrue closeness for love. People can feel connected, they bond. I'm not saying all [gay people are confused]. Some people have a desire to be with the same sex. But that's them."
What do you think of Wonder's comments?
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ATLANTA (CBS ATLANTA) A tribunal hired to hear the case of Shayla Smith, an Atlanta Public Schools teacher accused of giving students answers as they took standardized CRCTs in 2009, has decided to uphold Superintendent Erroll Davis' decision not to renew her contract.
Smith taught at Dobbs Elementary School during that time, along with another teacher, Schajuan Jones, who testified against Smith on Monday.
Jones said Smith administered the CRCT to teacher Danielle Blair's students, and that she heard Smith tell Blair she gave her students answers, and explained why.
"Ms. Smith told Ms. Blair that she gave her kids the answers because they were 'dumb as hell,'" Jones said.
Schajuan Jones
A student who was administered a re-test of the CRCT during summer school testified that Smith gave students answers.
The student, currently an 8th grader, wished to remain anonymous.
"She (Smith) would walk around and tell people the answer," the student said. "She would just come to our desks and read the question and say the answer."
APS spokesman Keith Bromery said that as of Monday, APS had 21 pending CRCT-related tribunal hearings and 16 APS educators who were named in the special state investigation report were reinstated. He said there are a total of 18 terminations resulting from tribunal hearings. And there are approximately 110 resignations/retirements.
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Gucci Mane drops another music video in support of his I'm Up mixtape. This track features Jeremih and was produced by Mike Will Made It.
Pick up a copy of I'm Up for free from Datpiff.
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Karma Loop's second episode of "That Life" showcases the life of Wiz Khalifa, Chevy Woods, Berner, and the rest of the Taylor gang on this year's Under the Influence of Music Tour. Titled "Taylor Life," viewers get to see rare footage of the guys just hanging out on tour. Wiz also speaks about a smacker that will be on his upcoming album O.N.I.F.C. Closing the video is a special message from Wiz and a preview of episode three with Mac Miller.
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Thisis50.com Presents Vol.2 "Get Sign Or Die Trying" Top 10 Unsign Acts I Can Make U Hot In The Streets Mixtape.Hosted by ItsyourboyJay-T G-Unit Records #SK Rep GO!On this Vol.2 u can tell Jay-T is getting the hang of the mixtape game.He actually sounding like a veteran at this,i was very impress.He starts the mixtape off with the intro like their is no way out.Either u get sign or die trying gives the unsign acts no second choice,i loved the intro.The first song off of the mixtape is New Day by 50cent ft,Dr.Dre and Alicia Keys.He tied it in with the intro u can tell he put alot of thought in that process.Over all he accomplished his goal on this mixtape to give G-Unit Acts exposure in the south and give unsign acts exposure to b heard.Outstanding job done again by Jay-T,After hearing this mixtape u will b yelling itsyourboyjay-T,I can make u hot in the streets,GGG G-Unit!!!! After listening to this mixtape u will b hype on G Unit too.Count me in too im going on this big ass G-Unit Records movement, Jay-T has started down here in the south GGG G-Unit!!!!!
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Chicago's Chief Keef recently sat down with Fader to chop it up about several topics. The 17-year old rapper talked about still living with his grandmother, music he grew up listening to (G-Unit, Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel, Freeway, Lil Wayne), being a leader for the Chicago rap scene and more.
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Xzibit and director Matt Alonzo take us behind the scenes of the "Napalm" video shoot in Iraq.
"You see what you see on tv, and you hear the bits and pieces of information that they decide to give us. But when you get here on the ground and you see it for yourself it's awe inspiring," Xzibit says.
We also get to see some concert footage as X, Young De aka Demrick and DJ Fingaz rock out for the soldiers.
The Napalm album drops October 9th on iTunes.
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Dominican beauty Rosa Acosta was recently named XXL's Hottest Eye Candy of All Time, beating out other lovely ladies such as Angel Lola Luv, Esther Baxter, Gloria Velez and Buffie the Body.
She is featured in a photo shoot in this month's edition of the magazine which went on sale August 14th. Yesterday, XXL.com released a behind the scenes video of the shoot.
Check that out below.
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Keyshia Cole and her husband Daniel Gibson stopped by Power 105.1's The Breakfast Club. Keyshia talks about her marriage, how she met Daniel, recording an album while she was pregnant, being told she wasn't an MTV artist. her being in rehab and more.
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West Coast legends Too $hort and E-40 have teamed up to record a double disc album. The duo have revealed a November 6, 2012 drop date for the project.
The two plan on releasing The History Channel: Function Music, catering to the new fans &The History Channel: Mob Music, which will cater to the more old school fans of the Bay Area veterans.
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During a recent visit to Invasion Radio on Hip Hop Nation with DJ Green Lantern and Boss Lady, veteran Chicago MC Twista drops an "On Da Spot" freestyle.
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Tay Devito - High Roller Dreaming
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Check out the latest mixtape from @taydevito71 - High Roller Dreaming. Follow Tay Devito - https://twitter.com/taydevito71
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Tracklist
1. High Roller Dreaming
2. InterLude
3.P.M.U.G
4. Ballin
5. TMF
6. Scream
7. Me Against The World
8. greenLight Flow
9. In it
10. Bad Bitch Alert
11.Get In
12. Money and The Power
13. No Sleep
14. Po ME Up
15. Ride
16. MMI
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Outkast member Big Boi is making the most of his time in between hopefully another album with his partner in rhyme Andre 3000. He teams up with Theophilus London for "She Said Ok." The track will be featured on Big Boi's upcoming project Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, dropping November 13th.
New Official Video with nice women, strippers, and a whole lot of drugs.
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Kendrick Lamar has been extremely busy touring and recording lately. He and his Black Hippy crew members Ab-Soul, Schoolboy Q and Jay Rock have done a great job bring the West Coast back to the forefront of the hip hop scene.
The crew recently sat down with Nessa of Bay Area radio station WiLD 94.9 to talk about Rock The Bells, Dr. Dre's work ethic and dream collaborations. Kendrick revealed he would like to collaborate with Erykah Badu, D'Angelo and Sade.
The Compton MC also revealed that he just recorded a collaboration with one of his favorite artists.
"I just recently did a Kid Cudi collabo. I like Kid Cudi a lot. He got a crazy unique style about him," Kendrick said. "But I just really fulfilled that opportunity to knock that out on this upcoming album.”
Kendrick's debut album good kid, m.A.A.d city is coming soon, although it's been pushed back a couple of weeks from October 2nd to October 22nd. Be on the lookout for that.
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Brandy has unveiled the cover art for her long awaited sixth studio album titled Two Eleven. The project is due out December 16th and boasts features from Chris Brown, Frank Oceanand more.
“It’s just an R&B album, a rhythm and blues album,” Brandy told Rap-Up.com of her first record since 2008’s Human. “No gimmicks, real R&B music.”
Peep the deluxe cover below.
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Lil Wayne fans will have to wait a while longer to get their hands on the 4th installment of his Dedication mixtape series.
The tape was scheduled to drop today, but has been pushed back. Some websites are reporting it will be released on September 3rd. The website Dedication4.com has a message that says it's coming soon. It's the second time the tape has been pushed back. It was originally scheduled to come out on August 15th, but was moved to the 30th by Wayne to allow his friend 2 Chainz new album room to breathe.
At this point who knows when it will actually drop.
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Troy Ave aka Harry Powder drops off some new heat. Produced by Lando Beats. Make sure you pick up his latest mixtape Bricks In My Backpack 3: The Harry Powder Trilogy from Datpiff.
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