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Shaquille O'Neal was destined to be a great basketball player. Since college the dominant presence in the paint played the game with a ferocious attitude that was appropriate of the team's tiger mascot. Now the Bayou Bengal has been reborn into a pair of Reebok Classic Shaq Attaqs...

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When Drake tweets something related to new music, you should pay attention. Drizzy made us jump up a bit when he tweeted “Carter V” earlier this evening. Although there weren’t any other specifics, it confirms that the wheels are in motion for Wayne’s next studio album. Until we know for sure...

Posted on Kevin Hart's Instagram page, the comedian will be in a movie starring alongside Will Ferrell and T.I. The film is being produced by Ferrell and long time partner Adam Mckay, who have previously connected in films like Anchorman and Step Brothers...

Scott Storch's struggle with drug addiction has been well documented, but the former hit maker has spent the last couple of years mending broken relationships and trying to get back to his top spot musically. Recently, Storch has been seen working with Pusha T...

Like it or not, Miley Cyrus' rump shaking exploits, however unfavorable, have made her synonymous with twerking. Here, Magazeen dedicates his latest tune to the pop star's booty popping skills on his latest dance track, "Twerkin' Cyrus...

Surprise, surprise. Today, Nike threw a curveball to the entire sneaker community releasing the long-awaited Nike Air Yeezy 2 "Red October" on a moments notice online via the Nike store. At noon, CST the coveted, thought to be cancelled signature sneaker, became active by notice of a tweet sent out by the Nike...

From Nicki Minaj rocking her natural locks to Jay Z and Beyoncé locking lips on stage, Instagram once again did the trick this week. Also check out Rick Ross' new album track-list and Cam'ron showing off his new cape line in XXL's "Best Hip-Hop Instagrams Of The Week."...

Rick Ross continues to gain momentum for the release of his new album Mastermind. Spearheaded by the singles "The Devil Is Lie" featuring Jay Z and "War Ready" featuring Jeezy, the album hits stores March 4. Today, Rozay authorizes RevoltTV to leak the LP's "Intro...

After revealing the track list and features a few days ago, Rick Ross continues unveiling details about his forthcoming album Mastermind. Today, we get the production credits for Rozay's sixth studio album. The LP boasts instrumentals from Kanye West, Mike Will Made It, Jake One, J...

Homophobia in hip-hop has been a hot topic for a while now. T-Pain is the latest urban artist to speak out on the topic, recently doing so in a sit-down interview with VladTV. Though a number of rappers have come forward with preaching acceptance, Pain says homophobia in urban music circles is still a big deal...

Family, friends and fans of incarcerated rapper Lil Boosie had intel and high hopes that the rapper would be released on February 13, but it looks like Bad Azz may have to stay imprisoned a little while longer, now possibly until March. LA Weekly's Jeff Weiss, one of the only reporters who've had access to the rapper during his prison stint, recently reported the news via his Twitter account sayi