By Andres Marin

Hip-Hop legend Nas and newer sensation guitarist/singer Gary Clark Jr. have collaborated once again to broadcast their music through ESPN's NFL 2012 Draft. Three tracks have been recreated to be played in and out of commercial breaks as well as in highlight packages; and videos of both artists will be played during the event as well. Read More...

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Final autopsy results surrounding the untimely death of one of the greatest voices in music were finally revealed earlier today. Although the official cause of Whitney Houston's death was recently announced as accidental drowning, the L.A. County coroner released its final report Wednesday (April 4) that provides new details about Houston's condition when authorities arrived on the scene at the Beverly Hilton on February 11. Read More...

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It's not Friday yet but the G.O.O.D. Music family are making preparations for a strong debut with the lead single off their upcoming album. West and his G.O.O.D. Music rap compadres unveiled the artwork to the single "Mercy" that's reminiscent of the visuals from their highly touted G.O.O.D. Friday series. While the physical music for "Mercy" didn't accompany the artwork, group member Pusha-T confirmed the track would surface this coming Friday. Read More...

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Superstar rapper Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday: Roman's Reloaded LP officially hit stores today and one of the most talked about tracks on the album features fellow Queens royalty MC Nas on the surprise collaboration "Champion." Fans have been raving about "The Don's" appearance on the song but according to Miss Minaj she didn't think the pairing would become a reality. Read More...

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The Rock did exactly what he said he was going to for an entire year now, he put his boot to John Cena's ass and won the main event of WrestleMania XXVIII. In the end Cena got a little too cocky and tried to mock one of the Rock's finishing maneuvers "The People's Elbow" and was met with a "Rock Bottom" and pinned 1,2,3 right in the middle of Miami's Sun Life Stadium. Read More...

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By: Sowmya Krishnamurthy

Hip-Hop invaded WrestleMania XXVIII at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Florida tonight. In front of 80,000 fans, the biggest night in wrestling featured a highly anticipated bout for years between two of the sport's biggest stars John Cena and The Rock. Hip-Hop’s influence on the show was palpable with both Machine Gun Kelly and Flo Rida providing official theme songs for the main event. Read More...

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"Iron Mike" Tyson didn't waste anytime making his presence felt at WrestleMania 28. During a press conference for tonight's WWE mega event at the Sun Stadium in Miami Florida, Tyson interrupted grappling Superstar Sheamus about 30 seconds into the festivities. Read More...

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A new track from Diggy Simmons surfaced on Sunday morning (April 1) taking a few shots at J.Cole and the song has stirred up quite a bit of talk on Twitter. Seems like Diggy's dad, Run-DMC's Reverend Run, has been keeping an eye on the feedback because he tweeted in defense of his son this morning, writing, "@RevRunWisdom: J Cole.. Puts out 2 records Dissing family & Diggy & nobody cared.. Some1 leaks a old Diggy record & there's a problem?" Yikes. Read More...

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"Iron" Mike Tyson did it twice. The legendary pugilist and "Hangover" movie series co-star has the distinction of being in the Pro Boxing Hall of Fame as well as The WWE Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. The Brooklyn native was officially given the honor by the WWE tonight at the American Airlines Arena in Miami. He was inducted by DeGeneration X members Shawn Michaels and Triple H. Read More...

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By Rob Markman

New York, NY-- There was a packed house at New York City's Best Buy Theatre, but when Slaughterhouse took the stage on Thursday night there was a notable vacancy. Two songs into Slaughterhouse's set the quartet revealed that Jersey City rapper Joe Budden wouldn't take part in the night's festivities because he was arrested for a warrant stemming from a 2007 traffic violation. Read More...

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