Take It Off.
Azealia Banks sports her birthday suit inside the April edition of Playboy. When all else fails, Hef’s got your back. Issue hits newsstands Monday.
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Bring It Back – The Lox
Donny at the helm, uh!
This 9 milimeter more powerful than Selma! – Sheek Louch
Video: Ball Drop – Fabolous Feat. French Montana
ASAP Rocky To Co-Headline Red Bull Music Academy Festival
A$AP Rocky will join legendary Parliament Funkadelic lead man George Clinton and FKA Twigs for May’s Red Bull Music Academy Festival in New York City. The month-long festival takes place around New York City and features performances, conversations, parties, record fairs and any other music event you can possibly think of. Rocky will host a sit down conversation on May 7 at a yet to be determined location. Clinton will host a similar event on May 12 at the Brooklyn Museum and FKA Twigs will perform May 17 and 18 at Brooklyn Hangar. The full lineup can be seen at Red Bull Music Academy’s website.
Rikers Island Is As Terrifying As Ever
In August, the US Attorney’s office described what it saw on Rikers Island as a ” deep-seated culture of violence” against teenagers. It was a portrait of doom at New York’s most notorious detention complex that ultimately led to a federal lawsuit against New York City and plans to end solitary confinement (starting next year) for teenagers held there under the age of 21.
Nike To Open A Clearance Store In NYC
Bargain shoppers and sportswear enthusiasts in NYC rejoice — you’re getting your own Nike Clearance store. Slated to open its doors April 2, the Nike Clearance store will be a 15,000 square-foot space stocked with lower-priced and affordable items from the sportswear giant.
Check N Cash – Vado Feat. Manolo Rose
ASAP Ferg Records Entire “Dope Walk” On His iPhone
Bobby Shmurda Upset With His Record Label
In the two months that Ackquille Pollard, better known as the Brooklyn rapper Bobby Shmurda, has sat in jail on gang conspiracy and gun charges, his mother has visited twice a week. His hip-hop idols have offered words of support.
But Mr. Pollard says that he hasn’t heard what he wants from his label, Epic Records — namely a firm reassurance of its backing and help making his $2 million bail: “When I got locked up, I thought they were going to come for me,” he said in an interview from the Manhattan Detention Complex, “but they never came.”
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