ESPN talking head Stephen A. Smith has been known to stir up controversy, most recently for alleging that Philadelphia Eagles Head Coach Chip Kelly is racist, and earlier today the sports media personality riled up a few rappers when he sent out a tweet with the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter
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Wiz Khalifa kicked off SportsCenter's newest segment, Center Stage, by performing a medley of his hits on the show's set. Backed by a live band and video highlights of last night's NBA Draft prospects playing on the big screen, Wiz reeled off "Work Hard, Play Hard," and "We Dem Boyz
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The NBA Playoffs are heating up as the NBA Finals draw near and Mobb Deep collabed with ESPN to drop a remix to their classic "Survival of the Fittest" for the network's NBA Countdown show. The song will play during the Eastern Conference and Western Conference Finals, both set to begin next week
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With the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight less than 36 hours away, ESPN is pulling out all the stops in service of promoting the highly anticipated bout. Of course, the natural choice for a guest panelist on First Take, then, is 50 Cent, the rapper with whom Floyd has had a long, tumultuous but ultimately close relationship. As ...
Lil Wayne's sports acumen is well documented. From his ode to his beloved Green Bay Packers to the famous scenes in the documentary that chronicled the making of Tha Carter 3, the New Orleans legend is one of the most knowledgable fans in the world of rap. So ...
The promotional run is a gamut for any major label rapper, full of interminable press dockets and the kind of phone interviews that make all parties involved reach for the Xanax. But Wale has a trick up his sleeve. As yesterday (April 7) showed, the D...
Ludacris making the switch from rapping to lounge singing? Based on his acoustic performance of his breakout hit "What's Your Fantasy" with The Roots on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, it may not be the worst idea. With a G0Pro camera capturing his every move, Ludacris sounds right at home over the stripped down production and kills his verses from his first smash
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