Many days I thank Allah that we, The Crew, don’t actually work together in an actual office space. As evidenced from the 25 Essential Summer Songs list and previous Crew Love entries, the conflicting sounds blaring from everyone’s cubicle would ultimately sound like a bad 7th grade band recital. Read the rest of this entry »

Aneta Clarke

Rory McIlroy Isn’t the Next Tiger Woods [Bleacher Report]

8 Reasons Why Vinyl Is Cleaner Than the Cloud [DMN]

Is Lil’ Kim Joining G-Unit? [Rap-Up]

NFL Investigating Porn Ad Featuring 5 Players [HHW] Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve been known to be on the glass is half-full side of the Nicki Minaj spectacle, but I’m not oblivious that the disclaimers her critics throw at her hold validity. Few will argue that Kim played herself last year by dissing the Young Money starlet as a last resort to relevance. But imagine if Nicki really acknowledged Kim and if they were to go bar-for-bar in the fight club, would the more popular Ms. Minaj be able to emerge as victor? Read the rest of this entry »

Dolce Meeyah

“Fast Five”, “Thor” Top Box Office Attractions [Reuters]

Keyshia Cole’s Mother Frankie Arrested In Georgia [TLF]

Uruguay To Legalize Marijuana Cultivation and Possession [RBN]

Chuck D Says “Fuck Donald Trump,” Challenges Rappers To Diss The Donald [Vibe] Read the rest of this entry »

At this point, we deem it necessary to quote the lyrics of Nicki’s real shots in song dedicated to the artist formerly known as Lil Kim. Although the battle has been largely one-sided by Nicki adopting what I refer to as “the Biggie approach,” i.e. not responding thus essentially ignoring a pesky foe, La Bella Mafia gets put on timeout rather quickly in a matter of lines. Read the rest of this entry »

– The Rock returned to the WWE. #Wrasslin’ Love

– Strong Arm Steady spread love the Cali way in their Smoking Session. #Cali Love

– David D. & Talia made the perfect Ghostface Killah Valentine’s cards. #Ghetto Love Read the rest of this entry »

LaeAnn Amos

Coming Soon: A Broadway Show About Magic Johnson & Larry Bird [Film Drunk]

Faith Evans Says She Is Going To Pray For Lil’ Kim [The Urban Daily]

You’re Making Music The Wrong Way [Culture Bully]

U.S. Government Shuts Down 84,000 Websites, ‘By Mistake’ [TorrentFreak] Read the rest of this entry »

The Notorious K.I.M. has been taking shots at Nicki Minaj and nobody’s listening © Linkin Park. Now, she wants you to charge a cool Alexander Hamilton to hear her rap over Nicki’s beats. Isn’t there some sort of copyright infringement, cease-and-desist action for this type of nonsense? MTV’s Rapfix asked me what I thought of the whole ordeal and if I calculated her M.I.A. album to be worth some spare change, Read the rest of this entry »

Jacqueline DaFonseca

Is Weed Making You Sexually Dysfunctional? [Gawker]

Wyclef & Sean Penn Reconcile In NYC [RR]

Are Deion Sanders and Wife Pilar Having Money Problems? [Black Voices]

YMCMB 2011 Grammy’s Party [Derrick G.]

Rihanna Sued By David LaChapelle For Stealing Images [Daily Mail] Read the rest of this entry »

Nicki Minaj may be enjoying platinum spoils for her debut Pink Friday at the moment, but she should kiss her lucky vocoder that she should never fall victim to a situation where her countless hours of grind and grit fail to see the light of day. Read the rest of this entry »

Skyee Line

50 Tattoo Artists You Need To Know [Complex]

Google Gets Sued For A Whole Dollar For Trespassing [TLF]

6 Ghostwriters Lil Kim Should Recruit For Her Next Move [The Urban Daily]

BCS: See How The Coaches Voted [With Leather]

The 10 Most Insignificant Beefs Of 2010 [Vibe] Read the rest of this entry »

Mia Michelle

10 Other Rap Memoirs For Your Christmas List [RapFix]

Indie Artists & Labels Grab 50% Of Grammy Nominations [Hypebot]

Barkley On One-On-One With Obama: ‘I’ll Kick His [Rear]‘ [Yahoo]

5 Hip-Hop Myths, Debunked [The Urban Daily]

Lil B Talks Jay Electronica Collabo, Apologizes To Kanye [Miss Info] Read the rest of this entry »

While Foxy’s Nicki Minaj weak, patois-infused diss fell on deaf ears yesterday, Lil Kim’s Friday follow-up does not. Honestly, I was fearful that whatever she tried to do would fall flat and Hammer herself but that’s far from the case as she tears into Nicki’s hindquarters something fierce (“If I whistle, they’ll pistol whip you in all five boros“). Read the rest of this entry »

Raya Reaves

Elderly Couple Wins $11Million In Lottery…And Gives It All Away [GOT]

Lil’ Kim & Nicki Minaj Beef Makes Aspiring Female Singer Cry [TUD]

Jay-Z Joins Tim Westwood To Discuss Illuminati, Babies & Willow Smith [Miss Info]

Jesse Jackson Vs. Soledad O’Brien: CNN’s Lack of Black Anchors [Black Voices] Read the rest of this entry »

“Roman’s Revenge” poses as Nicki’s potential Pink Friday peak point, composed of a high profile feature from Eminem and the long-awaited lyrical response to Lil Kim. It’s a far departure from her June BET Awards speech where she appeared to be taking the high road and plead for her feminine counterparts to stick together. Read the rest of this entry »