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The Walking Dead: Season 2 – Ep. 1: All That Remains Review
The first season of Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead were made up of five episodes that told a gripping, emotionally charged story. Despite a few technical flaws the game was widely hailed as one that breathed life into the dormant adventure genre. Arme...
Today In Hip-Hop: Snoop Dogg Drops “Gin and Juice”
On this day, January 15, in hip-hop history...
1994: Twenty years ago today, Snoop Dogg (then known as Snoop Doggy Dogg) released "Gin and Juice," his second single off his iconic debut album, Doggystyle. During the days Death Row Records reign supreme, Snoop got his big shot in 1993 after being heavily featured on Dr. Dre's classic The Chron...
Kid Ink Says He Smokes An Ounce A Day
Kid Ink visited DJ Whoo Kid’s Whoolywood and for a little over twenty minutes, the two discussed a number of topics from his album, My Own Lane, to a couple of artists he worked with such as Pharrell, Kendrick Lamar, and DJ Mustard. He g...
Action Bronson Adds Shows, Will Tour With Eminem
Last month, Action Bronson announced his tour dates in support of his recent mixtape project with Party Supplies, Blue Chips 2. Well a few days after he shutdown Irving Plaza in NYC, Bam Bam is adding a couple of days to the tour. With the help of Donnell Rawling doing his best Thamsanqa Jantjie impersonation, Action releases an infomercial to make the announcement. He also snuck in t...
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29 Throwback Photos Of LL Cool J And Slick Rick
Today is hip-hop legends, LL Cool J and Slick Rick, birthday. They have been in the game for over two decades and have provided hip-hop fans with plenty of classic material. To honor these two giants, let's take a look at some cool throwback photo's that should have you feeling nostalgic...
Coalition DJs Atlanta’s Official Statement On The Death Of DJ Nando
Earlier today it was reported that Atlanta's DJ Nando was killed outside his Clayton County home. Born William Barnes, DJ Nando was a Virginia native who relocated to Atlanta 10+ years ago. Nando DJ'd at Atlanta's hottest spots such as Magic City, Kamal's 21, and Onyx. He ...
Bodega Bamz’s Top 10 Hottest Women
Bodega Bamz recently sat down with Bootleg Kev to announce details on a forthcoming project, an EP tentatively titled Dear Nonbelievers. The Spanish Harlem rapper also shared with us what ladies is in his top ten. Check out the gallery above....
Future And Ciara Are Having A Kid
Ciara went on The View today to make the announcement that she and her fiancé Future are expecting a baby. The View is currently live on TV right now. The couple have been going out for quite sometime. Back in October, Future proposed to the R&B singer while celebrating her 28th birthday in New York. Around th...
TDE Is Dropping New Music Tomorrow
Last year back in December, TDE's CEO Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith took to Twitter to announce that every artist on TDE (Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, SZA and Isaiah Rashad) is dropping an album in 2014. Today, Top Dawg made another announcement on Twitter that the camp will be coming out with new music tomorrow.
NEW MUSIC 2MOR...
Behind The Scenes Of Drake’s Video Shoot For “Wu-Tang Forever” WIth A$AP Rocky
While the world was either tuned in to watch the Golden Globes, or watch Girls premiere on HBO, or throwing up the ROC at the kickoff of Jay Z's world tour, Drake visited Harlem to film the video for "Wu-Tang Forever." A writer at Noisey snuck onto the set of the video shoot and snapped some photos. Present in th...
DJ Khaled Tells Charlamagne How His Bus Blew Up
Last week, XXL shared the news that this Wednesday (Jan. 15) Charlamagne Tha God and Lil Duval will be hosting consecutive shows on MTV 2.
Ain’t That America with Lil Duval has the channel’s 11PM slot while Charlamagne and Friends airing at 11:30. The talk-show featur...
31 Sexy Girls In Yoga Pants
Girls In Yoga Pants is Instagram's best kept secret. Trust me, the beauties they have are pretty amazing. Check out the gallery above.