Hologram Tupac isn’t about Tupac at all. He’s about the masses of fans who miss him. He’s for us. He is us. It’s comforting to have him back, but it’s also a little terrifying to realize the idol you love is a hollow shell that you fill with a nostalgia so strong that it dispenses with the need for living, breathing, failure-prone human beings.
The Rapping Weatherman returns! More here.
Rappin’ for Jesus: This may be the best thing you see today.
(Clearly fake, but awesome.)
Omar rappin, yo. Click here for more of Michael K. Williams channeling ODB at a recent Sandy relief benefit at Brooklyn Bowl.
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Kanye West announced at his concert on Sunday night that Kim Kardashian would be adding Baby Momma to her impressive résumé of Things I Do.
West and Kardashian are set to welcome a bundle of reality-televised joy into this world some time in June or July. And because so many people think being the next great awful human is just a Twitter audition away, ill-wishers came out in droves to express their desire that Kardashian has a miscarriage. Hilarious! These people are the new Team Breezy. Yo Twitter, I’m really happy for your Kimye snark, and I’mma let you finish, but these jerks had the dumbest miscarriage tweets of all time! OF ALL TIME!
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SO GOOD: Mary J. Blige and the Rolling Stones on Gimme Shelter. The Barclays Center gig was the Stones’ first U.S. concert since 2006.
How does Mary J.’s version stack up against the Machine-less Florence Welch, who joined the Stones in late November on the same tune?
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To be fair, Jay-Z has no clue who this lady is either.
Watch this awesome encounter between Jay-Z and a nice lady on the subway — it’s part of a new 24-minute mini-doc about Jay’s Barclays run.
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”Burn After Welching,” starring Ryan Leslie.
Crazy story. Dude gets laptop stolen. Offers $1M reward. Welches on reward. Post calls him “Rap Weasel.” He burns the Post on stage. Nobody wins.
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Dan Henig’s acoustic coffee shop cover of Lil Jon’s “Get Low” took Reddit by storm yesterday. Slow jam your afternoon with 8 acoustic hip hop covers so good you’ll wanna slap Zooey Deschanel.
