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The video for the Joey Bada$$ and DJ Premier collaboration "Unorthodox" drops, delivering a fittingly unorthodox combination of animation and live-action visuals.

Napoleon Da Legend drops the lyrically rollicking "Shogun," the second single from his upcoming debut full length album Awakening.

Iconic video show Video Music Box celebrates 30 years with a lineup of events planned for 2013. Television pioneer and hip hop icon Ralph McDaniels officially started the VMB30 celebrations with a "kickoff event," held at Harlem's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Ralph McDaniels, creator and longtime host of the pioneering music video program Video Music Box, spoke at length with weekly online radio talk show The NY Hip Hop Report about the progression of his illustrious career, current projects and the upcoming kickoff to a year’s worth of special events lined up to celebrate the show’s 30th anniversary.

Skyzoo and Talib Kweli pay tribute to Spike Lee, Brooklyn, dope beats and lyricism all at the same time in this Alex Ghassan-directed video.