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ScHoolboy Q x Footaction "Man of the Year" - ScHoolboy Q and Footaction collaborated to make a remixed version of the "Man of the Year" video incorporating fan submitted footage and images. In it, Q wakes up to a party outside of his crib and then turns up throughout the entire rest of the video.(Photo: Footaction)
Elijah Blake Releases "Wicked" Video - Grammy Award-winning artist Elijah Blake released the video for "Wicked." In this Ryan Valdez-directed visual, Elijah delivers strong vocals while singing to his love interest. His upcoming No I.D.-produced, seven-track EP, Drift, is anticipated to drop this fall and includes a feature from J. Cole.(Photo: ARTium/Def Jam Records)
Vic Mensa Gives Insight on Ferguson - Vic Mensa gave Huffington Post his perspective on Ferguson as a kid who grew up in "Chiraq." Vic encourages people to pull out their phones to record police in order to "bring some sort of law enforcement to the law enforcement." Vic also tells Ferguson protestors to "stay strong!"(Photos from Left: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Firefly Music Festival, Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Ab-Soul Opens Up in CRWN Interview - In a recent chat with Elliott Wilson, Ab-Soul talked battle rapping with Slaughterhouse, the intelligence of hip hop and the cover art for his These Days mixtape. “Battle rapping is like boxing,” he said. “I smoke a lot of weed, drink and do all these things. Daylyt is clean. He keeps electricity. He’s like a boxer. He’s charged. So, when you’re listening to the battle, whether you dig my bars or not, I feel, personally, his electricity is what took it. His battle stance took it versus my cool words.” Reflecting on the influence of rap pioneers like KRS-One, Soulo also noted, “To be hip is to be intelligent. hip hop is a movement, intelligent movement. That’s KRS-One. So I’m still trying to push that issue.” (Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images)Kendrick Lamar - Kendrick Lamar put the entire hip hop world on notice with his verse on Big Sean's "Control," calling out the likes of Drake, J. Cole, Meek Mill and even Big Sean on his own track. This verse definitely sent shockwaves through hip hop, more than enough to warrant K-Dot's Sweet 16 nomination.(Photo: Moses Robinson/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Elijah Blake Releases "Wicked" Video - Grammy Award-winning artist Elijah Blake released the video for "Wicked." In this Ryan Valdez-directed visual, Elijah delivers strong vocals while singing to his love interest. His upcoming No I.D.-produced, seven-track EP, Drift, is anticipated to drop this fall and includes a feature from J. Cole.(Photo: ARTium/Def Jam Records)

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