On Christmas Day, Kid Cudi’s fan Ben Breedlove, died from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). A week prior to his death, Ben shared his experience with the disease via YouTube and said during his last health scare, he had a vision of being with Cudi.

After learning of Ben’s passing, Cudi wrote on his tumblr page and expressed his condolences.

Iam so sad about Ben Breedlove. I watched the video he left for the world to see, and him seeing me in detail, in his vision really warmed my heart. I broke down, Iam to tears because I hate how life is so unfair. This has really touched my heart in a way I cant describe, this is why I do what I do. Why I write my life, and why I love you all so much. Life is really fucked up sometimes, but I know Ben is at Peace, and I hope he gets a chance to sit and talk with my Dad. We love you Ben. Forever. Thank you for loving me. To Ben’s family, you raised a real hero, he’s definately mine. You have my love.

Nas’s sophomore album It Was Written turned 15 years old back in July. And in a recent interview with XXL, he reflects on his sophomore album.

What was your inspiration for “I Gave You Power?”
A Premier beat. Just a beat from Premier… in the studio. Back then I was around a lot more guns and my reality was that. There was no armed security back then, it was just us moving around so that was a lot more in my world.


I remember you had “Silent Murder” on the cassette. What made you put a bonus track on cassette at a time where things were moving to CDs?
Well, the cassette still wasn’t dead. They was still sellin’, so we figured, the cassette is what we grew up on. CDs is takin’ over so we need an extra attraction to get people to not buy the CDs, and also try to keep the cassette alive. We needed something to help keep the cassette alive so that’s what we did with Stretch and that was his last works, that was his last works with me. I miss him. I do. I think about him from time to time. Great dude. He was a real good dude.

We reported earlier that an 18 Year old Kid from Washington Dc was murdered for his Concords which was released today.

 Before the turn of midnight, the release of the “Concord” Air Jordan 11’s had caused mayhem at several malls and shopping centers across America. The rumor of violence received a lot of attention around the DMV when there was word that an 18-year-old Tyreek Amir Jacobs was murdered for his Concords.

 The story started to get a lot of attention across social media including a retweet from CNBC’s Sports Business reporter Darren Rovell, the supposed victim’s name became a trending topic on twitter.

 With a little journalism work by Justin Fenton at the Baltimore Sun, this breaking story appeared to be nothing more than a well orchestrated rumor. First off, local police in the DC area refuted hearing any reports of such a crime. The next big thing uncovered was that the photo of the supposed victim, Tyreek Amir Jacobs, appears to be lifted from the NAACP’s Legal Defenders blog the just so happens to be a stock photo anyone can purchase for $1.43.

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Sorry no video or audio clips have hit the netyet, but here’s some photos shows Yeezy in action as he held down the ones and twos for his Christmas party at Le Baron in London. Those in house said he played some new tracks from his next album and the upcoming G.O.O.D. Music Compilation. More flicks after the jump.

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After patching things up with Kanye West a few months ago, Consequence has finally patched things up with cousin, Q-Tip. It’s a family affair! Here’s what he said below.  

After a very intense & extensive meeting, Q-Tip & myself have resolved our public & private issues. With so many manufactured “beefs” in Hip-Hop, this situation was very real and shows that their can be resolution through humility & dialogue. Check out this pic of us welcoming my son Caiden into our historic fold.