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Sorry for the delay on this series. The crew opted to keep our memories rosy for a spell.. We've got a show to run, though. Clothing brands came and went at a furious pace the '90s. Yet few had the mass appeal of For Us By Us, bka FUBU. The iconic logo, slick marketing and celebrity co-signs made it the hottest brand for "urban youth" and later trickled out into the suburbs. Plus, witnessing a multimillion-dollar clothing company run by Daymond John, Keith Perrin, Alexander Martin and Carl Brown, all black [...]

For every 999 stories of bad publicity resonating from the streets of Chicago , there's a video like this which reminds us all there are people in The Chi fighting to preserve the beauty that is one of America's most historic cities. In this case, it comes in the form of third grader Asean Jackson. The young'n put his school and hood on his back and took the city's politicians - most notably Rahm Emanuel - to the woodshed with an impassioned three minute speech about why his school, [...]

For every 999 stories of bad publicity resonating from the streets of Chicago , there's a video like this which reminds us all there are people in The Chi fighting to preserve the beauty that is one of America's most historic cities. In this case, it comes in the form of third grader Asean Johnson. The young'n put his school and hood on his back and took the city's politicians - most notably Rahm Emanuel - to the woodshed with an impassioned three minute speech about why his school, [...]

Paris and Tunechi, labelmates Hear ye, hear ye! The news on running through these tweets is Paris Hilton's now a Cash Money Millionaire. @ birdman5star Thanks BO$$! Happy to be apart of the family. #PH ?YMCMB — Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton) May 22, 2013 Makes zero sense. Well, for Cash Money, they can say they own Paris Hilton and it won't cost them much [...]

Taylor Powers/Facebook Filed under "We seriously can't make this sh*t up." Taylor Powers, a 21-year-old University of Colorado Boulder undergrad, decided to enjoy nature and all of its wonders on Sunday afternoon. That's when the college student decided to go on a hiking expedition with her roommates in Chautauqua Park in Boulder, Colorado. She also allegedly consumed psychedelic mushrooms too, because nature, the woods and mushrooms all make sense together. According to The Smoking Gun , Boulder County Sheriff's Office deputies and other emergency responders [...]

The Internet uses GIFs for many different things: posts and recaps , expressing emotion and/or adding a little bit of humor within the comments section. This was Steve Wilhite's intention when he invented the "Graphic Interchange Format" in 1987-to provide little tidbits of information in animated form. What he didn't intend for, however, was the bastardization of GIF's pronunciation when it experienced a late-aughts renaissance. Taking the stage in order to accept a Webby's lifetime achievement award, Wilhite had the awards ceremony air a short video in [...]

July will belong to the Thornton brothers. It'll just be done separately instead of together as the Clipse. Everybody knows the elder of the two has found a new path in God to follow, however No Malice hasn’t given up music and he's quietly been preparing his first solo album, Hear Ye Him . And, today the Re-Up family has announced its July 2nd release date and prepared a trailer to accompany the good word.

Hanging around Gucci Mane's already seems to be having a negative influence on Chief Keef. According a mugshot posted on the rapper's Instagram, he was booked into Dekalb County jail yesterday afternoon and he also tweeted the message "Jus Got Out Of Dekalb County jail In Atlanta Mad As fuck" on his Twitter . TMZ got on the case and figured out that Keef, real name Keith Cozart, was busted for smoking ganja in a hotel room. According to the Sun-Times , Sosa [...]

Hanging around Gucci Mane's already seems to be having a negative influence on Chief Keef. According a mugshot posted on the rapper's Instagram, he was booked into Dekalb County jail yesterday afternoon and he also tweeted the message "Jus Got Out Of Dekalb County jail In Atlanta Mad As fuck" on his Twitter . TMZ got on the case and figured out that Keef, real name Keith Cozart, was busted for smoking ganja in a hotel room. According to the Sun-Times , Sosa [...]

We would like to take a quick break from our regularly scheduled postings to bring attention to Oscar Mayer's newest creation: Bacon Dogs . In a statement made on Monday, director of Oscar Mayer Jared Baker admitted to hearing our cries for more bacony food. "We know Americans love bacon, and we know they love hot dogs, so it seemed like the perfect time for us to introduce our first hot dog made with bacon." The dogs - made with chicken, turkey, pork and bacon - will be widely available by June, just in [...]

People are quick to judge Snoop Dogg's new, Rastafari-influenced music, but they're even quicker to forget that his breakthrough record was about killing undercover cops. He rolled with the Dogg Pound, flaunted his blue flags, and once was signed to the most infamous label in music alongside fellow stars Dr. Dre and Tupac. But, in many ways, Snoop grew to become the antithesis of it all, including Pac. Where Makaveli was the fiery, passionate personality who threw himself head first into situations, Snoop kept himself away from beef and controversy, especially after he narrowly managed [...]

Following a lineage of legendary Big Apple artists before him, none in history exploded with the level of intensity and graphicness Earl forced upon the world on his debut It's Dark & Hell Is Hot . The unheralded gift X afforded Hip-Hop was a rejuvenated sense of competition. DMX was, in a roundabout way, what Vince Carter was once seen as in basketball. He was a game changer and a game elevator; and yet ultimately an entity which never cracked the true potential his God-given talent. Hence the reason for dusting off the cobwebs for the [...]

As we mentioned last week , we're bringing back our Artist Week with a tribute to DMX on the 15th anniversary of his classic debut, It's Dark And Hell Is Hot . Why dedicate a week to a rapper who's been seen more of a car wreck and a punchline in recent years than a legend? The answer is easy: every rapper aspires to be DMX. Let me explain. Every rapper ideally strives to change the game. To make unflinching, uncompromising music that will force the masses to shift [...]

Seattle bus riders and marijuana enthusiasts will scream "nice!" at the following bit of news. After Washington State legalized small amounts of recreational marijuana last year, city bus drivers will now treat legal amounts of the drug left on their buses as they would forgotten cell phones and iPods: as personal items that should be returned to a lost-and-found center for recovery by owners. New York Times Latin America and Caribbean correspondent Damien Cave (courtesy of Bob Dylan) probably said it best via Twitter: [...]

Filmmaker Spike Lee sits down to talk sneakers with Russ Bengston and DJ Clark Kent for the 10th episode of Quickstrike . The man many once knew as Mars after he starred in and produced the early Nike Air Jordan TV spots explains how first he had to get Michael's approval before he could start. With MJ's thumbs up, the rest is footwear history as Spike reminds us "Those commercials really built the Nike brand." Spike also shares where the name "Mars Blackmon" originated as well as how the Spizike model came to be. [...]

Chief Keef newest member of Bricksquad1017 bmg gbe mpa #turnup twitter.com/gucci1017/stat… — Gucci Mane (@gucci1017) May 8, 2013 Gucci Mane's tweet says it all. With one tweet, two rappers with rap sheets joined forces. In a bewildering move, Gucci Mane announced that Chief Keef as "newest member of Bricksquad 1017." Respective probation and parole officers might want to update their records. The move comes after Gucci and Waka Flocka split ways [...]

Hot 972s Cipha Sounds (starring as SWAG SNACKS), Peter Rosenberg (as LIL' YOLO) and Ebro (as EBRO) continue their crusade Rosenberg started at last year's Summer Jam against the mindless radio hits with the track "Ratchet, Turnup, Molly." We get everything here with Auto-Tune, snares and panda hats. It'll be interesting if this pisses off rappers and ruffles feathers in 2013.

We usually joke around and refer to Cleveland as "the factory of sadness" but today the city's giving us so many smiles. Ten years ago, three Cleveland girls - Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight - all went missing and their families and investigators assumed the worst after so much time had passed. That was until this morning when the girls were found alive - along with a six-year-old girl - by Charles Ramsey. The four females had been held in a house near downtown Cleveland where Berry and two other women [...]

Justin Timberlake hadn't released new material since 2006 before he dropped The 20/20 Experience earlier this year. Now, he's already ready to deliver part two and make sure the Experience lasts all the way into 2014. Timberlake revealed the news by posting the above photo on his Instagram with a caption that read "#2020Experience2of2 #TheTNKids." The date is earlier than Questlove had hinted at previously, but most fans won't dare complain after the first 20/20 was so warmly received. Part 2 is said [...]

Prior to last night's fight, famed Harlem designer Dapper Dan shares with Complex how he works with "Money" Mayweather to create the exotic, custom looks the boxer wears into the ring. ...The ostrich leather outfit you made for Mayweather for his fight against Miguel Cotto was lavish. Can you tell us the backstory of how you came to design those pieces for that night? Floyd likes ostrich a lot. It's one of his favorite skins. But instead of buying an ostrich leather garment from [...]