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Big K.R.I.T. Talks Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Influence On Music, Conscious Rap In The Modern Era

Big K.R.I.T. chops it up about the influence Martin Luther King, Jr. had on his music and his approach to sampling records.

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Missouri Duo Ces Cru Signs With Strange Music

The Kansas City duo has linked up with Tech's label and plan to drop solo mixtapes.

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Loose Links: Top 20 Musicians Of All Time, Common And Drake, Iggy Azalea

LA Weekly lists the top 20 musicians of all time, ego trip "Imagines" how Common and Drake will make up, and Vibe introduces us to Iggy Azalea.

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Public Enemy Announces Two LPs For 2012, Host Charity Concert

PE is in full effect in 2012, coming through with two new albums and a charity concert to benefit LA's Skid Row.

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XV Talks Working With Kendrick Lamar, Influences

The Wichita rapper talks about linking up with K.Dot and why Biggie and 'Face are two of his favorite emcees.

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Blue Ivy Carter Becomes Youngest Person To Reach Billboard Charts

Hov and Bey's newborn is already making her mark by becaming the youngest person to chart on Billboard.

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Rapper Young Vito Denied Bond In Slim Dunkin Murder Case

UPDATE #2: The man accused of murdering the Brick Squad affiliate was sent back to prison.

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Keith Murray Dispels Rumors Of Fight With Tupac Shakur

The Def Squad rapper dispels the rumors about rumbling with 'Pac and speaks on his career at Def Jam.

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Roscoe Dash Talks "J.U.I.C.E." EP, Maintaining His Solo Career

The ATL hook man talks about his recent EP and transitioning from featured artists to solo star.

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Tony Williams Recalls Kanye West Showing Jay-Z "Big Brother"

The G.O.O.D. Music singer talks about the first time 'Ye showed Jay his '07 song.

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DX News Bits: Mos Def, Hip Hop Chess Federation, Rapper Spelling Bee

Mighty Mos announces a new fragrance, the Hip Hop Chess Federation enlists Asheru and Ralek Gracie, and Slacktory compiles a "Rapper Spelling Bee."

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Just Blaze To Release Custom Supra Sneaker

The Fort Knocks producer has linked up with Supra to drop a new custom sneaker.

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Wiz Khalifa Denies Stealing "Black And Yellow" Concept

UPDATE: Wiz Khalifa was hit with a lawsuit claiming that he stole his multiplatinum single from another Pennsylvania artist.

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Frank Ocean Announces Def Jam Debut For Spring 2012

OFWGKTA's Frank Ocean reveals that his Def Jam debut is dropping this spring 2012.

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Yowie And Funk Volume To Host Virtual Music Conference With Hopsin, HipHopDX

Yowie and Funk Volume enlist producer the likes of Hopsin, Teddy Roxpin and HipHopDX for their first Internet Hip Hop conference.

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Tech N9ne Explains Strange Music's Beginnings, Musical Legacy

Tech N9ne talks about the formation of Strange Music and what he hopes his musical legacy is after he's done.

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Black Scale To Release Hoodies Inspired By Statik Selektah, DJ Drama

Statik, Drama, Mick Boogie and Green Lantern get the custom hoodie treatment courtesy of Black Scale and the HTC ReZound.

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Diddy Hosts "Ciroc The New Year" Party In Miami

Diddy took his talents and friends down to South Beach for a star-studded New Year's party this past weekend.

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Jive A&R Jeff Sledge Talks Gang Starr, Hip Hop Markets

The legendary A&R for Jive Records talks touring with Guru and Premo and keeping up with numerous different Hip Hop markets.

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Loose Links: Casual, The Not-Top 10 Albums of 2012, The Top 25 News Stories of 2011

Casual of Hieroglyphics talks about battling, HipHopWired lists the 10 albums of 2012 they don't want to hear and DX and Complex list the 25 best news stories of the year.

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Mac Miller Talks Working With Pharrell, Gold Record

Mac chops it up about his first gold record and what it was like to hit the studio with Skateboard P.

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