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Itunes released the new Kanye/ Jay-Z record, Watch the Throne yesterday. Best Buy has the exclusive CD release for 10 days beginning August 12th. Independent record store owners are pretty pissed about it. They addressed the artists in a letter: Dear Jay-Z and Kanye West, Independent record stores serve our communities. Our passion is music, [...]

It’s been a tumultuous week. A bombing and mass shooting took place in Norway, claiming nearly 100 innocent lives. The Grammy-winning songstress and heroin enthusiast, Amy Winehouse, joined Hendrix and Cobain in the 27 Club. And our national government can’t seem to remove its head from its own ass long enough to actually effect any [...]

                It’s not often that a school board would welcome 14 artists (including graffiti and street artists) into their facility with open arms, however one school in Brooklyn has done exactly that. In the short video below, the concept that art encourages creativity in the youngest minds, regardless [...]

In all of my days, I have been witness to so many cases of hip-hop and minority stereotypes breathing and living in corporate culture — the most recent culprit is advertising giant CP+B.  Today, staff members are asked to put on their hip-hop suits and essentially carry out the stereotype of what they THINK hip-hop [...]

Lots of love to Tanya Morgan and Che Grand for delivering yet another banger. Check out the video below and be on the look out for The Official SXSW Mixtape. Related: Von Pea | Tanya Morgan :: interview Che Grand :: Everything’s Good Ugly

As any proper sneakerhead knows, finding information about limited edition and short-run sneakers can be frustrating. Enter Sneakerpedia, which aims to add an open-source reference for all things sneaker to the internet world.  While the site can be compared to Wikipedia because it allows all users to edit and create content, Sneakerpedia offers a bit [...]

Judging by how often his music is continuously played by djs and vinyl mavens around the world, it’s hard to believe that five years have passed since J.Dilla‘s death.  While there has been an abundance of his unreleased music that’s found it’s way to our playlists, Dilla‘s mother, known affectionately as Ma Dukes, is planning [...]

What’s up PopLemon Readers. This is your neighborhood Asian DJ, Lazy Eyez, with a special little post. Like everybody else in the world, I’ve been following the current events in Japan closely. The following post came out of a realization I had this morning. First off (although I am in no way trying to compare [...]

There has been plenty of new music coming out lately, including KiD CuDi, Odd Future Wolf Gang, N*E*R*D*, Taylor Swift, and Waka Flocka Flame. Instead of just writing a review like everyone else, I decided to add a little fun to it. There will be no Five-Mics, Four Stars, or Three Thumbs-Up. Instead, I am simply [...]

New York senator Charles Schumer has teamed with Dj Kool Herc to save the legendary building at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx from a sale to private investors as a gesture to preserve the history of hip hop.  The building on Sedgwick has been considered the birthplace of hip hop, as Herc used to [...]

Forbes has released their list of top earning hip hop stars this week and it’s little surprise that Jay-Z is wearing the crown of the kings listed.  According to Forbes, Hova will owe about $22M in taxes for 2010, which is a little more than pocket change for most. There are a few surprises in [...]