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NBA owners and players reached a tentative agreement early Saturday to end the 149-day lockout.
T.I. have been a very busy man since being freed from prison this past September. He already recorded 45 tracks for his upcoming album Trouble Man, which will be released February 2012. His warm-up single “I’m Flexin’” proved that the king is back. The recently surfaced club track “Pyro,” and the title track, which features a sample of Marvin Gaye’s 1972 Motown hit “Trouble Man,” are in heavy rotation on urban radio stations across the country. Below are some excerpts of T.I.’s interview with Billboard.com The Juice:
Interscope rapper Vado recently released his new mixtape Slime Flu 2. The 18 tracks mixtape has collaborations with Fabolous, Young Chris, Raekwon and more. The artwork for the mixtape was done by Micheal Arguello and touched up by Marko Sejat. In the beginning of the year, this Harlem native who is also Cam’ron protege signed a deal with Interscope Records. Vado first released his debut mixtape Slime Flu last fall through E1 Music. Peep Swine Flu 2 tracklisting and download below:
Queensbrige’s legendary Hip-Hop duo Mobb Deep invaded BB King Blues Club & Grill, this past Tuesday (November 22), to promote their new EP, entitled Black Cocaine. Fans waited hours outside in the rain to get inside of BB King Blues to see Prodigy and Havoc perform. Mobb Deep hyped up the audience by performing their new track “Dead Man’s Shoes” as well as taking it back to perform some of their biggest hits such as “Drop A Gem On Em,” “Survival of the Fittest,” and “G.O.D. Pt. 3.”
Rapper T.I discusses homophobia (which seems to be a HOT topic in the hip hop community lately), wife Tiny and the death of Osama Bin Laden in the Dec/Jan issue of Vibe Magazine. Check out the cover plus excerpts when you read on.
Chelsea Lately never fails to keep her guests smiling and MR. OVO-XO was cheesing from ear to ear. He discussed the obvious, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj and drooling over his exes.
Well it looks like Roman will have his revenge Valentines Day 2012. Nicki Minaj announced via Twitter, her new album title and release date.
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Check out the music video for the first single “Freaky” off Ruff Ryders Past, Present, Future compilation album. Harlem’s own Murder Mook is the frontman featuring Jadakiss, Akon and Shella.
TV sitcom power couple Tracee Ellis Ross and Malcolm Jamal Warner are strutting their stuff together on the cover of the January issue of Upscale Magazine. Check out the gallery of the spread, plus what they have to say about their on-screen chemistry.
The new documentary Brooklyn Boheme,directed by Nelson George and Diane Paragas explains why Brooklyn is often coined “the livest borough.” More specially the Fort Greene and Clinton Hill area, which was once home and still is to some of the greatest black and Hispanic artists that we know today. The documentary has the capability of shifting anyone’s mind who thinks the borough is anything short of great. It paints a clear and celebratory picture of the artistic legacy that the neighborhood has while showcasing the inspirational impact that the residents took from their surroundings.
