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This week's Custom Fridays feature is on the very talented Van Taylor Monroe. The Cleveland native has been blessing the canvases of several sneakers with his impeccable artwork. For Monroe, customizing a sneaker is a way of storytelling and putting a meaning behind his designs...

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Jordan Brand is gearing up to release the Air Jordan XX9. A silhouette that will continue the tradition of Jordans iconic signature footwear line. The shoe will see a release in the fall, and will debut in two colorways, a black/white-gym red as well as a black/team orange-dark grey...

The 2014 Hard Summer Festival is a two day music experience in California featuring an eclectic mix of talented musicians showcasing their talents. This year's line up features some big names like A$AP Mob, Pusha T, Disclosure, DJ Mustard, A-Trak, Tiësto and more. ...

The "0-100" remixes are finally dying down, but that doesn't mean Drake songs — or any songs affiliated with Drake — aren't still prone to them. At least this time it's coming from Juicy J, who's hits the e-streets with a remix of "Believe" after dropping one over the "0-100" beat. Juicy J...

According to a recent TMZ report, numerous websites based in China has been making some serious money selling knock off Beats By Dre headphones. The website has reportedly made more than $135 billion off of the "poorly made" counterfeit headphones.  Th...

Emeritus was originally slated to be Scarface's final album, but fortunately that's not the case. The Houston legend's Deeply Rooted is on the way, and its latest song — "The Exit Plan" featuring Akon — has hit the Internet. The new single takes t...

Back in 2013 Russell Simmons, Steve Rifkind and film director/producer Brian Robbins (director of Varsity Blues, Good Burger, Hardball) partnered with Universal Music Group to create All Def Music—a record label whose goal is to promote and develop artists through the medium of YouTube—and came up with ADD Management. Simmons...

After debuting a more colorful and chunkier look at this year's BET Awards, rapper Busta Rhymes was the butt of numerous social media jokes, including one that compared his interesting wardrobe choice to The Cheesecake Factory food packaging...

Scheduled to drop tomorrow, 1017 Records decided to let loose some new/old songs from Young Thug a little earlier than expected. 1017 Thug 2 features "Lifestyle," as well as guest appearances from Quavo of Migos and MPA Wicced. It'll be interesting to see when will get some official new material from Thugger...

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Savage Squad's own Gino Marley is preparing to release his second mixtape, Greater Than Great, sometime this summer. For his new single, produced by Dirty Vans, Gino taps his homie Fredo Santana for a grimy verse on "Ya Boi." Sticking with your crew is the trend in hip-hop nowadays (hence the "We Dem Boyz" reference) and the duo raps about how they are the plug for everything.