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A 15-year-old was sentenced to 85 years in prison for killing and sexually assaulting his teacher at a Maryland youth facility. Brian Wonsom pleaded guilty on Friday to killing his teacher Hannah Wheeling with a cinder block when he was 13. “It’s a tremendous tragedy,” Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks said. “And there’s […]

Irv Gotti is still not pleased with Def Jam Records. At the reopening of Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club, the Source caught up with the infamous record exec, who said, “Def jam ain’t f*cking with me, I’m too much of a ni**a.” Last year, the Murder Inc. founder went on MTV ‘RapFix Live’ and made a case […]

While on the carpet for lasts nights re-opening of 40/40 Sports Bar MMG rapper Wale shared his thoughts on former label-mate Pill’s split from Warner Music Group. ” Personal is personal, business is business. I’m friends with people that I’ve fired, so I’ve been in the game long enough to understand [you need to] separate […]

Congratulations to Beyonce for grabbing four nominations for the 43rd NAACP Image Awards! The new mommy  received nominations in the following categories: Outstanding Female Artist Beyoncé Outstanding Music Video “I Was Here” – Beyoncé Outstanding Song “Best Thing I Never Had” – Beyoncé Outstanding Album “4” – Beyoncé The Queen of Hip Hop Soul, Mary […]

SHOWTIME SAYS… The software company SAS which is based out of Cary has been rated as the 3rd best company to work for by Fortune magazine. The magazine had the company ranked as number 1 the previous two years, but this year that honor was given to Google. SAS is best known for providing benefits […]

This is for all of you aspiring artist out there. Hip Hop Wired and s&H Public Relations has teamed up to kick off the 2012 National MC Search. The online talent search gives aspiring rap artists across the nation an opportunity to compete for a chance to win exciting prizes including international publicity. The entry […]

Grrrrrrrrrr He’s back! DMX has reported that the Ruff Ryders crew is back and working on a reunion tour!!! Word is everybody is on board. Drag-on, Swizz Beats, Murda-Mook have already signed on but Eve and The Lox are in the works. Eve told sources to expect a massive comeback. Ruff Ryders CEO Waah Dean […]

SHOWTIME SAYS Aint nothin like performing a dope record with an even doper live band. Wale and Miguel hit up the Late Night stage with Jimmy Fallon to perform “Lotus Flower Bomb” with a little help from The Legendary Roots Crew.

Kerry Washington’s year is looking pretty promising. As the star of ABC’s new show “Scandal,” as well as a role in the next Quentin Tarantino film, Details magazine caught up with the actress before she takes off into stardom. And got her to pose in only a blazer and some boots! On being recognized by […]

Vikter Duplaix is a jack of all trades in the music business. He’s a Grammy nominated singer, songwriter, multi-intsrumentalist, and DJ. After coming in second place on the first season of Master of the Mix, he made a return appearance as  judge alongside Kid Capri and Amber Rose. I caught up with him down in […]

Rihanna has been sharing her vacation photos with her Twitter followers, and she even invited Khloe Kardashian to “tap this.” Rihanna tweeted this in response…

“Stop. Drop. Shut em down open up shop. Oh. No. That’s how Ruff Ryders roll…” According to TMZ, a Ruff Ryders reunion is in the works. DMX himself has said “We are all family and we’re going to come back stronger than when we left … It’s going to take the nation by storm.” Swizz […]