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Beamer, Benz or Bentley Video Released

Here is the eagerly awaited video to Lloyd Banks and Juelz Santana’s “Beamer, Benz or Bentley”, aka, the song that launched a thousand remakes, remixes, freestyles and videos.

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Joell Ortiz – Nissan, Honda, Chevy (ft. Jim Jones) [Video]

Video for the Lloyd Banks, Juelz Santana inspired “Nissan, Honda, Chevy” from Joell Ortiz and Jim Jones. Directed by Dawud Gaston of Ooo lala Films.

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Video Shows 50 Cent Bodyguard Attacking Cameraman

The NY Daily News reports the arrest of a bodyguard for 50 Cent for “assaulting a group of photographers” outside the rapper’s hotel in Copenhagen. The story quotes one of the photographers as saying, “The next thing I knew, he grabs my throat and tried to strangle me.”
Video on YouTube seems to verify the allegations. [...]

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Diggy Simmons – Made You Look [Audio + Video]

Diggy Simmons, son of Rev. Run, of Run DMC, leapfrogs past his previously-aspiring-rapper brother JoJo with a solid he-style over the Nas classic “Made You Look”, and a Phil The God-directed video to match.

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Gbaby, Brooklyn Rapper, Shot, Killed at Fabolous Concert at Amazura

Gregory “Gbaby” Brown, an aspiring rapper from Brooklyn, was apparently gunned down last night (3/12) at a concert at the Amazura nightclub in Jamaica, Queens.

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Jim Jones Speaks on the Ghost of Rich Porter Mixtape, Teaching School

Jim Jones is releasing a new mixtape, Ghost of Rich Porter, scheduled for a March 23 release, and spoke about the project. He also revealed that he will be teaching an 8-week music class for New York City schools.

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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony at Irving Plaza – 4/10/2010

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony are launching a tour to support their reunion album, and New York area fans of the Midwest melodious rapid-fire spitters can them at the Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza on April 6.

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Kalil Kash – Bang [Video]

New Jersey’s Kalil Kash recently released the video for “Bang”, off of his album The Exit Method, an extremely solid performance, both sonically and visually.

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Donny Goines – No Apologies [Video]

Donny Goines recently dropped the video for “No Apologies” from his recent EP release 20X, presented by Rocksmith Tokyo, which we previously posted for your downloading pleasure.

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Fabolous Speaks on There Is No Competition 2, Fashion, Nas and More

A pretty in-depth Q&A with Fabolous, by Karen Civil, discussing, among other things, his recent mixtape release with DJ Drama, There Is No Competition 2: The Funeral Service.

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Biggie Smalls Celebration: Live Video Stream From The Lab, Brooklyn

Live video feed from Diddy’s Notorious B.I.G. celebration at The Lab in Brooklyn

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Reflection Eternal – In This World [Video]

If you didn’t catch “In This World”, the slow, rumbling, soulful head-nodder the FIRST time we posted it, we are giving you a second chance, with the added bonus of a video thrown in for good measure.

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Guru’s Nephew Accuses Solar of Blocking Family Access To Ill Rapper

Guru’s nephew accuses Guru business/music partner Solar of interfering with family affairs, and seizing control of Guru’s medical affairs.

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Che Grand – Chateau Gold [Video Teaser]

One might describe Che Grand as “abstract”, “progressive” and other words like that. Well, we certainly dig his skills, creativity and showmanship, and now, with the video teaser for “Chateau Gold”, we see that creativity extends to visuals as well.

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Juganot – Holla @tcha Boy [Video]

Christian San Martin, aka Pookierazzi, and Juganot have released the video for “Holla @tcha Boy,” a slow-rolling track punctuated by piercing strings and a chopped-and-screwy hook that somehow doesn’t end up sounding Down Southy.

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Raekwon, Ghostface, Method Man, Rik Cordeo Discuss “Our Dreams” Video

Raekwon, Ghostface Killah and Method Man, along with director Rik Cordero, speak to MTV News about the video concept for the first single “Our Dreams”

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Wu Massacre CD Release Concert at Nokia Theatre Times Square

The Wu Massacre album, initially titled Three The Hard Way, is set to be released on March 30th. Or is it March 9th? Well, in any event, the release party will be on March 5th at the Nokia Theatre Times Square.

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Lord Have Mercy, This Is New York Hip Hop

Nothing says “underground hip hop” more than the Hip Hop Subway Series. Well, except maybe for the unexpected performance by a 50 year old panhandler in the cipher. Now THIS is New York hip hop!

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A Day In The Bronx – Davey D. Video Series

A four-part series of interviews, highlighting the 40th anniversary of the Black Spades, with a specific focus on how the gang activity of the 1960s and 1970s helped create the conditions from which hip hop emerged.

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The Beatards – Get Lite [Video]

OK Birthplaceians. This is the video for “Get Lite”, by The Beatards. Now, you know we like to give a small backstory when we have one. Here’s how we got to this one.

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