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My posse’s on Broadway: Clearly gunning for the title of Hip-hop’s Andrew Lloyd Webber, RZA announced his desire to bring 36 Chambers to the stage. Great news for hip-hop heads disappointed by Wicked’s extremely loose interpretation of Ice Cube’s oeuvre, and roll on the West End version with Jonathan Wilkes [...]

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Sole Saliva: This week, it was with justifiable pride that Fat Joe looked back on the most important and influential act of his career: tonguing down the sole of his Air Jordan on MTV Cribs. “If you catch yourself in the mirror licking the bottom of your sneaker… just know [...]

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Children’s Story: Seemingly intent on outdoing Jim Jones’ recent cameo in the classroom, Swizz Beatz adopted a Bronx arts school − his first move was kitting the music lab out with a load of Bontempi organs damaged during the making of ‘Money, Cash, Hoes’. Meanwhile, when not hyping a [...]

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Making mad money off the book this year: In news that surely had George Pelecanos and Richard Price reeling, the official synopsis for Styles P’s debut novel Invincible hit the web. Pinero’s literary opus concerns a record store owner who, in jail for shooting two stick-up kids, receives a message [...]

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Above The Clouds: In the wake of Guru’s tragic passing, the web was inevitably awash with tributes, the most significant and sincere coming from Guru’s brother Harry and a typically nimble-wristed Premo, who also broke his silence on Guru’s controversial cohort Solar. Dusting off a classic Gang Starr instrumental, [...]

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As the calendar’s most gag-heavy date rolled around again, NORE made his position on April Fools’ Day pranks clear: whoopIe cushions are a timeless classic, but pretending that people’s loved ones have been killed is going too far. Elsewhere, in news that was initially assumed by many to be an [...]

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HHC Digital’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
Pop champagne like we won The Championship: Proving that his bank account goes considerably deeper than his knowledge of English football, Diddy threw his name into the bidding for beleaguered Crystal Palace. And lest you think that Mr Combs simply wants to bring Sean John tracksuits to Selhurst Park, apparently [...]

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HHC Digital’s online news round-up…
By Richard Watson
Just Do It! Two west coast legends were repping for the Swoosh this week, as DJ Quik lent an assist to NBA rap troupe the Hyperizers and Ice Cube supplied a classic track and a comedy cameo for a nifty Paul Rodriguez skate ad. Meanwhile, Snoop was given a [...]

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By Richard Watson
In 1994, HHC placed a bet that, by 2010, Memphis horrorcore upstarts Three 6 Mafia would have both an Oscar and their own cookery show. Sorry, Ladbrokes. Meanwhile, in TV news we didn’t prophesise in the nine-fo’, Ice Cube parlayed his Are We There Yet? family film franchise [...]

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HHC Digital’s weekly online news round-up…
By Richard Watson
Who got the juice? Styles P, apparently, as the D-Blocker dropped nutritional gems live from his local juice bar. Meanwhile, over at Hollis Famous Burgers, the air was thick with jubilation (and fried onions, probably) as local lad DMC brought back the silverware. That’s Run DMC’s Hall of [...]