The Black Hippy crew is one of the hottest in the game right now. With the rise of Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul and Jay Rock, Top Dawg Entertainment has helped to bring the West Coast back to the forefront of the hip hop music scene.
The next album coming from one of the members is Schoolboy Q's, Oxymoron, due later in the year.
The team lands on the upcoming issue of Respect Magazine. You can pick up a copy on April 30th.
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Hopsin affiliate Dizzy Wright is putting on for his hometown of Las Vegas. He's the next 2013 XXL Freshman class member to release a new freestyle. Check that out below.
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STAR talks about the looting at The Boston Marathon explosion.. The instability of the domestic terrorist and acknowledges Love and Hip Hop's L'oreal's new mixtape.
Radio legend Troi Torain (STAR) always delivers hard-hitting objective truth. As a culture critic he is vicious, as a businessman he is relentless, as a luminary he is un-matched.
Considered radio pioneers by many, Star & Buc Wild have set precedents on the urban landscape and were recently inducted into News One's "Top 20 Black Radio Jockeys Of All Time."
Star & Buc Wild made the national stage on MTV (1999) but it was their radio show on New York's Hot 97 (2000 - 2003) that secured their place in Hip-Hop history.
Star & Buc Wild's resume includes The Source magazine, MTV Networks, Hot 97, Power 104.1, Power 105.1, Pulse 87, Hip-Hop Weekly magazine, Vladtv, Thisis50, 100.3 The Beat and shot97.com and VH1 (Reality Television).
This clip is from their LIVE show (12noon -- 2pm) on http://shot97.com.
Media relations contact Sarah O'Neil — thehater1964@yahoo.com
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Mississippi rapper Dirt is getting ready to shake things up with his upcoming mixtape titled #Six. The project will be released on April 22nd. Check out his latest vlog speaking on the tape.
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In an overzealous attempt to be the first news station to report an arrest in the Boston Marathon bombings, CNN mistakenly reported on Wednesday that a "dark skinned male" had been taken into custody. The Associated Press and Fox News quickly followed suit. The only problem was there had not been an arrest at the time, and as of this morning authorities are still looking for the person or persons responsible for the unthinkable act.
CNN reported that the breakthrough came from surveillance footage from Lord & Taylor's department store near the site of the second blast and additional footage from a Boston television station.
“I was told they have a breakthrough in the identification of the suspect, and I’m told — and I want to be very careful about this because people get very sensitive when you say these things — I was told by one of these sources who’s a law enforcement official that this was a dark-skinned male,” King reported. “The official used some other words, I’m going to repeat them until we get more information because of the sensitivities. There are some people who will take offense even in saying that.”
CNN's Fran Townsend backed up King's report.
“What was perfectly clear to me, according to this official, an arrest has been made,” Townsend said.
45 minutes later, Townsend backtracked on her initial report.
“There’s not somebody in custody or arrested,” she stuttered. “The situation is very fluid… There was a misunderstanding. That was said to me, not so much that we had misunderstood, but that there has been a misunderstanding and lots of cross communication.”
PBS anchor Gwen Ifill criticized the station on Twitter for their report.
CNN later gave a statement to The Huffington Post regarding their error.
"CNN had three credible sources on both local and federal levels," the spokesperson said. "Based on this information we reported our findings. As soon as our sources came to us with new information we adjusted our reporting."
Watch footage below.
CNN's on air mistake
The Young Turks report
Information from Raw Story was used in this report.
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Thisis50 & Young Jack Thriller recently caught up with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis on the Red Carpet at the MTV Movie Awards!
Macklemore talks about "Thrift Shop" being more than 5 times platinum and tries onJack's new blue "Beat It" jacket!
Follow @macklemore @jackthriller @thisis50
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Hammerstein Ballroom was the place for an epic night of music and fun as Power 105.1's DJ Prostyle celebrated his birthday on Tuesday, April 16th.
Performers on the night included Chris Brown, Fabolous, Fat Joe, Ciara, Future and Wale.
"I'm Ready (Shes Ready)" - Fabolous Feat. Chris Brown
"Another Round" - Fat Joe Feat. Chris Brown
"Tonight (Let Me Love You"" - Ne-Yo
"Stay With Me" x "Leave You Alone" - Ne-Yo
"M.I.A" x "Lotus Flower Bomb" x "Bad" - Wale
"No Hands" - Wale (Waka Flaka)
Future "Bugatti" x "Karate Chop" x "Good Kush & Alcohol"
Ciara "Promise"
Ciara "Oh"
Ciara "Ride"
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Bobby Ray a.k.a. B.o.B links up with 2 Chainz a.k.a. Tity Boi for his next single titled "Headband." The track is produced by hot beat maker of the moment DJ Mustard. Full song coming soon.
Spotted at HHNM
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Funkmaster Flex went all out on his new mixtape, Who You Mad At? Me Or Yourself? The popular Hot 97 DJ recruited some of the hottest rappers in the game for this project.
Lloyd Banks, Slaughterhouse, Fabolous, The Lox, Uncle Murda, Childish Gambino, Action Bronson, A$AP Rocky, Busta Rhymes, Future, J. Cole, Cam'Ron, Lil Wayne, Maino, Troy Ave, Mac Miller, Joey Bada$$, Young Jeezy, 2 Chainz, Juicy J, Lil Reese, Ne-Yo, Swizz Beatz and many more contributed songs
Lloyd Banks a.k.a. The Punch Line King contributes one of the hottest tracks to Funkmaster Flex's new mixtape, Who You Mad At? Me Or Yourself? The G-Unit emcee teams with producer Stoopid Beats for "Get Involved"
Jay-Z is honored by Time magazine as he lands on the cover of their annual issue of The 100 Most Inlfuetial People In the World issue. The 42-year old rapper/business mogul continues to raise the bar by making one power move after the other.
Jay Z embodies so much of what makes New York New York. A kid from a tough neighborhood who grows up in public housing, overcomes lots of bad influences on the street, never lets go of his dream, makes it to the top — and then keeps going, pursuing new outlets for his creativity and ambition. When no one would sign him to a record contract, he created his own label and built a music empire — before going on to design clothing lines, open sports bars and, most recently, represent professional athletes. He’s an artist-entrepreneur who stands at the center of culture and commerce in 21st century America, and his influence stretches across races, religions and regions. He’s never forgotten his roots — “Empire State of Mind” was a love song to our city — and as a co-owner of the NBA Nets, he helped bring a major league sports team back to Brooklyn, not far from his old neighborhood. In nearly everything he’s tried, he’s found success. (He even put a ring on Beyoncé.) And in doing so, he’s proved that the American Dream is alive and well.
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Dipset Capo Jim Jones is back with another one of his slick Revamp music videos. This time Jim remixes "Hello Love" by newly signed Cash Money Records artist, T.Rone.
Directed by Dj Drewski
Tweet or Instagram at @JimJonesCapo or @SoDrewski
Download full song: http://www47.zippyshare.com/v/29453969/file.html
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Rita Ora is living out her dreams. The Kosovo born, British raised singer is signed to Jay-Z's Roc Nation label and is getting ready to release her self-titled debut album in the U.S. soon.
She looks lovely on the cover of Elle Magazine's "Women In Music" issue. Check out an excerpt from her cover story as well as photos from her shoot with Thomas Whiteside.
On never allowing her record label to dictate her style: "That should never be allowed! It’s like somebody telling you what to sing."
On scoring that red Marchesa gown she wore to the 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards: "I went up to [Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman] and said, 'Hi, I'm Rita. Nice to meet you. I need to wear your dress.' She was like, 'What dress?' They've got 10 million dresses. I said, 'Look, I have your dress as the screen saver on my phone. This red dress needs to be on my body.'"
On her childhood idols, the Spice Girls: "I just remember watching them – not even meeting them – and I was completely mesmerized. It feels great to meet someone who is not human, but is."
On her 2009 "big break" with artist Jay-Z who signed her to his label: "I didn't think in a million years that I'd fly to New York to meet one of the biggest music moguls of our time."
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With a new album on the way and a couple of hit records already under his belt, things are looking up for Houston emcee Kirko Bangz. Today he's next up to the mic for his 2013 XXL Freshman freestyle. Check him out below.
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Duffle Bag Ransom is gearing up to release a brand new mixtape titled The Alternative. Before it drops he's released a new music video for "His Shoes." You have to check it out. It's a deep song, with real meaning.
Directed by SmokeStack {Pace Media}
New music video from Cali rapper YG featuring Will Claye
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XXL Freshman Class member Logic is looking to make 2013 the year he makes his mark. The Baltimore, Maryland emcee just signed a deal with Def Jam Records.
Before his major label debut drops, Logic will be releasing a new mixtape titled Young Sinatra: Welcome To Forever’ on May 7th.
Check out his freestyle over Outlast's "Ms Jackson" instrumental
Follow Logic on Twitter @Logic301
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Kendrick Lamar has finally found time to shoot an official music video for "B*tch, Don't Kill My Vibe," off his his stellar album, good kid, m.A.A.d city.
K. Dot was joined on the set by comedian/actor Mike Epps and Juicy J.
The video should hit the airwaves soon.
Spotted at Rap-Up
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