Nicki Minaj Shares She Thinks She Is As Great As The Men In Hip Hop

“I used to be so, so hurt by the way women are labeled as bitches—it would just make me angry. I would work around powerful men all day, every day, and their attitudes were horrible, but a man just gets a pass. He gets The Man Pass! The Donald Trumps and Kanye Wests and Lil Waynes can have a bad day, they can be cocky and disrespectful and arrogant, and at the end of the day we laugh at it. With a woman it’s always like, ‘Excuse me, how dare you?’ But I’ve always been a ‘Where there’s a will, there’s a way’ kind of person. I know I’m as great as the great men in hip-hop, in terms of being an MC. And I think, secretly, they all know! Your overall confidence has to come from within.”

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Pitchfork describes how Kendrick Lamar and Drake found their voices

Drake‘s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late and Kendrick Lamar‘s To Pimp a Butterfly are vastly different hip-hop artifacts, made by artists who use their voices in vastly different ways. And yet, in the gulf between them, something does emerge, something invisible but real. With both records, you hear two artists honing in on their message by exploring the outer reaches of the most elemental tool available to them.

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Cam’ron Releases “Killa Crunch” Cereal

Cam’ron knows that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so he created a limited run of Killa Crunch cereal boxes to help his fans start their day. Every Killa Crunch box panel is jam-packed with goonie goodness inspired by the Dipset don. Featuring an “U Mad Lib” and “Dumb Smart” crossword on the back of the box, and a slew of nutritional facts to ensure you’re getting your daily doses of the stuff that’s really good, the Killa Crunch cereal box is the ultimate Cam collectible. To make this sweet cereal setup even sweeter, each box has a special edition Killa Crunch tee shirt inside. Bring Killa to your kitchen by copping your Killa Crunch cereal box and tee shirt through the Virgin Mega app this Monday, 4/13 at 4PM EDT.

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