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Dr. Dre Tops Jay-Z & Kanye West As Biggest Earner on Forbes’“Hip-Hop Cash...
*Dr. Dre has out-earned Sean “Diddy” Combs and Shawn “Jay Z Carter to land atop Forbes magazine’s Hip-Hop Cash Kings list, with earnings of $110 million in the past year. The financial haul, made...
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Kanye West Takes No. 1 Spot on Billboard 200; J. Cole Takes 2nd in Rap’s...
Official sales numbers are in for the J. Cole-imposed competition with Kanye West and Yeezuslands at No. 1. Cole’s Born Sinner and Mac Miller‘s Watching Movies With the Sound Off enter at No. 2 and No....
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Kanye West to Launch Capsule Collection with French Denim Brand A.P.C.
Kanye West’s new daughter North is not the only new addition to the superstar’s long list of creative (or procreative) projects. Via Twitter, the high-end French denim label A.P.C. has announced a...
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Kanye West Launches “Got Bars” Music Program for At-Risk Chicago Youth
Rapper and Chicago native, Kanye West, has plans to give back to troubled youth in his hometown this summer with the upcoming launch of the “Got Bars” music writing and production program. In August,...
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Estelle Teams Up with Face Forward Foundation to Sing Out Against Domestic...
Grammy Award-winning artist Estelle will perform at Face Forward Foundation’s Fifth Annual Gala, “A Venetian Masquerade” September 13, at The Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. When Estelle...
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Dr. Dre is Forbes’ Highest-Paid Hip-Hop Act at $620 Million for 2014
Dr. Dre tops Forbes list of highest-paid hip-hop acts with a total of $620 million earned this year. This is the most money ANY entertainer that has been evaluated by the magazine has earned in one...
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Kanye West Voted GQ’s Most Stylish Man Of The Year
Increasingly a fashion icon as much as a musical one, Kanye West has been voted GQ’s Most Stylish Man of the Year, facing off against Idris Elba in the final bracket of a user-based poll for the site....
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Jay Z Launches Tidal, the First Artist-Owned Streaming-Music Service
Music impresario Jay Z has launched Tidal — positioned as an ad-free, high-quality streaming-music subscription service priced starting at $10 per month — with the participation of numerous big-name...
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Ice-T Breaks Down Why “Art of Rap” Festival in July is Important to Hip-Hop,...
“The Message” by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five is by far one of the most important records known to man. A “total knock out of the park” as Public Enemy’s Chuck D once told Rolling Stone, the...
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“Fresh Dressed”: 10 Reasons You Should Watch This Stylish Hip-Hop Fashion Doc
After flipping through the September fall fashion issues of my favorite magazines with black “It Girls” such as Beyoncé, Kerry Washington, Serena and Misty Copeland on their covers, I’m unusually...
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LIFESTYLE: GBN Picks for September 2015
I’ve always had this sort of love/hate relationship with the month of September. Part of me feels like September is just a pushy month with attitude. It represents the end of summer fun with a blaring...
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La La Anthony & Timbaland Developing Hip-Hop Docuseries set in NYC
Actress, author and producer La La Anthony, and Grammy-winning producer Timbaland (Empire) are teaming with Leftfield Pictures (Pawn Stars) to develop a hip-hop docuseries. The project will focus on...
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Q-Tip Named Kennedy Center’s 1st Artistic Director of Hip-Hop
article by Maeve McDermott via usatoday.com Before last year, Kennedy Center hosting hip hop shows seemed like an unlikely prospect. But after hosting Kendrick Lamar’s sold-out performance with the...
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Kanye West Becomes The 1st Artist to Reach No.1 On Billboard Albums Chart...
article by Richy Rosario via vibe.com Kanye West is reportedly the first artist in history to have an album at No. 1 solely on music streams from major outlets. His latest project The Life of Pablo,...
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Salt-N-Pepa and Chance The Rapper to Perform at 2016 Black Ball to Aid Alicia...
article by Sidney Madden via xxlmag.com Alicia Keys is making sure hip-hop is giving back in a big way. Chance The Rapper and Salt N Pepa will perform at Keys’ 13th annual Black Ball in NYC on...
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Harvard Design School Graduate Dana McKinney Merges Architecture and Social...
article by Christina Pazzanese via news.harvard.edu When Dana McKinney was a girl, her family drove every week from their small town in Fairfield County, Conn., to Sunday dinner at her grandmother’s...
View ArticleVirgil Abloh is Named New Men’s Wear Designer at Louis Vuitton – The New York...
by VANESSA FRIEDMAN and ELIZABETH PATON via nytimes.com Virgil Abloh, the founder of the haute street wear label Off-White and…
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"Fresh Dressed": 10 Reasons You Should Watch This Stylish Hip-Hop Fashion Doc
Scene from Fresh Dressed. (SUNDANCE.ORG) After flipping through the September fall fashion issues of my favorite magazines with black “It Girls” such as Beyoncé, Kerry Washington, Serena and Misty...
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LIFESTYLE: GBN Picks for September 2015
Lesa Lakin, GBN Lifestyle I’ve always had this sort of love/hate relationship with the month of September. Part of me feels like September is just a pushy month with attitude. It represents the end of...
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La La Anthony & Timbaland Developing Hip-Hop Docuseries set in NYC
Timbaland and La La Anthony (photo via deadline.com) Actress, author and producer La La Anthony, and Grammy-winning producer Timbaland (Empire) are teaming with Leftfield Pictures (Pawn Stars) to...
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