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If ‘real recognize real’ is a maxim you subscribe to, then Kendrick Lamar just got the endorsement of a lifetime. In a new interview with GQ, the Motown legend gave the young Compton rapper a glowing review. “Kendrick Lamar is extremely talented,” Wonder said, adding “But not only is he just talented; he has a real concern for the people.” Stevie must have digested the social perils Kendrick laid out on good kid, m.A.A.d. city, because he’s evidently been paying attention since then–later in his interview with GQ, Stevie started giving his own, animated rendition of “i.” For more on Kendrick, check out his latest XXL cover story.

Chad Johnson Expecting His Fifth Child Chad Johnson recently made a special announcement to the world; his girlfriend is pregnant. The former NFL player and Crystal Bates, the woman he’s been dating since splitting with Evelyn Lozada, are expecting a baby girl and Chad used the #WomanCrushWednesday hashtag to announce it. - See more at: http://bossip.com/1093303/congratulations-chad-johnson-confirms-that-his-girlfriend-crystal-is-expecting-a-gut-full-of-ochocinco/#sthash.R0QY27EH.dpuf

Cash Money Dropping soon... Lil Wayne #S4TW2 https://twitter.com/CashMoneyRecrds

After Funk Flex’s longwinded diatribe the other night, Cam’ron & Jim Jones dropped a (somewhat disappointing) Jay Z diss. Hot 97 legend and “king of digital space” Funk Flex went on a longwinded bomb-laden diatribe on air the other night, dissing Jay Z’s Life & Times website and calling it “trash,” after they purportedly stole his secrets to success during an interview back in the day and used it to launch their own (failed) app. Flex was apparently set off all over again with Life & Times emailed him with the same kind of pitch–asking for an interview regarding his involvement in the upcoming Dipset reunion. Flex took to the airwaves and Instagram to let the world know he was unhappy with Hov, and Cam’ron and Jim Jones, longtime Jay Z adversaries, soon followed suit, dropping the “Victory” freestyle. Cam’ron, keeping it classy as ever, even samples Queen Bey on the diss track. As a Dipset fan, the track is more than a little disappointing. Meanwhile, in keeping with

Steven Rodriguez, better known to the Hip Hop world as A$AP Yams has died. Details behind his death are currently unknown, but members of the mob such as A$AP Ferg, Bari and Rocky have spoken out on social media about their friend. The 26-year old founded the mob with A$AP Bari and A$AP Illz in 2007. After meeting Rocky in 2008, the group began to grow bigger and they found success after the release of Rocky's mixtape, Live. Love. A$AP. Yams made a name for Rocky and the other members of the mob on his Tumblr page. In an interview with the New York Times, he credited the page to his success and called Rocky "Luke Skywalker" to his "Yoda." Source: The Independent

Listen to Meek Mill's new comeback release "Ice Cream (freestyle)". Meek is back! After previewing new music on Instagram for the past few weeks, Meek Mill finally decides to treat fans to something new for their playlists with “Ice Cream Freestyle”. Hopping on Wu-Tang's classic cut "Ice Cream", Meek proves that he hasn't missed a beat while being locked up and delivers some more vicious, in-your-face rhymes for the streets. Highlighted by his lyrical onslaught, Meek raps about everything from police injustice & being locked up to giving advise to the Shmurda gang and Nicki rumors. It should hold fans over until Meek drops off his highly anticipated Dreams Worth More Than Money album. Until then, stream this new street banger and let us know what ya think! (Flex bombs for now)

A little earlier in the week the Rich Gang comrades teased us with a track “M.O.M” (Mind On Money) in preparation for their upcoming sequel to Tha Tour Pt. 1. Today the two are back with another hit entitled “In This Game“. Starting off with a flood of some piano keys then it goes right into an upbeat tune while still keeping rhythm. Lets take a moment to applaud the two for building anticipation by releasing dope hits for their upcoming sequel that will drop eventually. Listen below.

I want to say this off the TOP – I cannot confirm in anyway the allegations presented. This is intriguing though, because it comes from Jamel Simmons aka Redrum of the Horrorcore group, The Flatlinerz. This is the group that was signed to Def Jam as the genre of music got popular. They don’t stop the accusations at Def Jam and Russ either, they go into talking about Jay Z and more! In this exclusive interview with the Murder Master Music Show ugs4life.com – they say a lot of s**t. Read excerpts from the interview below. Jam Master Jay was very instrumental in their success: “I remember Jay took me out for my 25th Birthday, and not long after that he got killed. For people who don’t know, Jam Master Jay is the reason we got signed, he signed us first.” When asked if anyone knew anything about Jam Master Jay’s murder: “We don’t really know about that! Who is to say what it was about. We don’t know bruh! He was one of the best, I can’t see it happening. It kind of rocked everybody

After thousands of NYPD cops turned their backs on Mayor Bill de Blasio during the funeral of fallen officer Rafael Ramos, many were criticized for the perceived disrespect of Ramos who was slain by a mentally challenged man on December 20. Yet during the recent funeral for Wenjian Liu, the second officer killed during the attack, many within the NYPD was seen doing it again, despite pleas from police commissioner William Bratton not to do so. Officers claim that the Mayor failed to come to their defense following a recent wave of anti-cop sentiments, resulting in a bitter rift between the two. With his back to the mayor, one officer said: “I can’t stand even looking at him. He has no friends here.”