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A month or so ago New Yorker pop critic Sasha Frere-Jones wrote a column about the state of rap, starting with the proposition ("proclamation" would be too bombastic a word) that 2009 was, in fact, the year of hip-hop's death. Read More

Rap duo The Clipse have recently partnered with retailer DTLR for the company's first ever artist partnership. Read More

A restaurant in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Brownsville that re-named itself " Obama Fried Chicken " in March is back in the spotlight after it appeared in -- and then disappeared from -- the music video by the rap duo Clipse. Read More

D.J. Cinema and D.J. Mello-The Commission (a.k.a.-B.I.G. and Jay-Z, The Album that Never Was) (2005-Mixtape) and Bobb Deep-Queensbridge (200?-DJ Swindle) . Read More

A recently released music video for "Popular Demand" by the Clipse featured the awning of the infamous Obama Fried Chicken joint in Brownsville, Brooklyn . Read More

I like to say this is the New York record of all records. Read More

As of late, the Clipse have been flooding the game with something a little different from their typical subject matter. Read More

I wasn't gonna do this, 'cause I know I'll catch all kinds of shit and lose mad respect just by putting my opinion out here, but here I go anyway. Read More

Not sure if we follow the logic here--you opt for "tortured, underdog rap group" as your marketing plan for your coke-rap opus, Hell Hath No Fury , then turn around and do the drug kingpin thing for your club record? Read More

Rap and football have an elaborately entwined history – some might say a beautiful and romantic one where the two disciplines complement each other like an ice-cold pint and a packet of scampi fries. Read More