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It’s Official: Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city Is the Longest-Running Hip-Hop Studio Album in Billboard 200 History
Kendrick Lamar has made hip-hop history. His 2012 studio album, good kid, m.A.A.d city, has appeared on the Billboard 200 chart for the most weeks of any hip-hop studio album ever, pushing Eminem out of that No. 1 spot. As of Sunday, good kid, m.A.A.d city has sat on the Billboard 200 chart for 358…
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Ja-Rule Called Himself the LeBron James of Rap. Let's Help Him Find Some More Appropriate Analogies
Well, we’ve come to that once-a-year-event where Ja-Rule manages to sneak himself into a headline. This time, it’s over a claim he made that he is the LeBron James of rap, raising questions that Ja may not actually know who LeBron James is and what he does. Ja-Rule (birth name: Jeffrey Atkins) gave himself the…
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So Black Thought, Phonte and Rhymefest Are Forming a SuperGroup. I Really Hope This Ends Up Dope
The rap world was enraptured for various reasons with the out-of-the-blue release of Eminem’s latest coaster, Kamikaze, for most of this past week. I gave it a few listens and deleted it from my phone library. Eminem is one of those rappers who on technical merits alone is one of the best, if not the…
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The Problematic Playlist: Songs With Questionable Lyrics That We Can’t Let Go Of
Have you ever been singing along to a song and then suddenly realize it has lyrics that would get you dragged if you said them aloud on Twitter? I’m talking about songs that could be classified as rape-culture anthems, or that advocate violence against women or sex with underage girls, or all of the above.…
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Jay-Z Knocks Harvey Weinstein’s Hustle, Sues Weinstein Co. for Big Pimpin’
I know what you’re thinking, but one of Jay-Z’s 99 problems is not that he was touched inappropriately by Harvey Weinstein. The Weinstein Co., founded by the rotund creep accused of sexual misconduct, is well-known in Hollywood for being less than forthright in its royalty accounting. According to documents obtained by the Blast, Jay-Z is…
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Jay-Z Passes Diddy on Forbes List of Wealthiest Hip-Hop Artists. Soulja Boy Snubbed Again
Boosted by his ownership stake in Roc Nation, Tidal, and Champagne and cognac that neither you nor I can afford, hip-hop artist and mogul Jay-Z has leapfrogged entrepreneur and white-suit aficionado Sean “Puffy, Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Diddy, Brother Love” Combs to claim the top spot on Forbes magazine’s list of the wealthiest people in…
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Beloved, You See Eminem on Your Dating App, WYD?
In his interview with Vulture, Marshall Mathers, more commonly known as Eminem, unloads a lot. Like, how much he hates Donald Trump (“I get almost flustered thinking about him”); how, despite being from Detroit, he “didn’t really believe that cops could be planting evidence or shooting unarmed black people” until seeing all the evidence fairly…
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Eminem Got on National TV and Snatched Donald Trump’s Edges at the BET #HipHopAwards
Eminem proved once again that he is a real MC with real bars when he gave voice to the frustration we are all feeling right now with racist-enabler Donald Trump in the White House. On Tuesday night’s presentation of the BET Hip-Hop Awards, a prerecorded video from Oct. 6 showing Em flowing for four-and-a-half minutes…
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#Flint: Eminem Surprises High School Graduates in the Class of 2017 With a Special Gift
Rap superstar and Michigan native Eminem surprised more than 230 graduates of Flint Community Schools at their commencement ceremony Tuesday by presenting them with a special gift: a new set of Beats by Dre headphones for each one of them. MLive reports that as the graduates prepared to cross the stage and receive their diplomas,…