Oh, hi! Happy New Year.

What better way to get back to blogging with the new video for Kendrick Lamar‘s “Backseat Freestyle” which just happens to be my FAVORITE track on his debut album, good kid, m.A.A.d. City.

We finally get to meet Sharane, but pops is still looking for his dominos.

As a bonus, K. Dot “decodes” the title track on Jay Z’s Life and Times… Check it out below.

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HBO subscriptions will surely increase in February as Beyonce‘s new documentary will air February 16th! Get into this teaser where she bares her pregnant belly, childhood memories and more!

Rihanna‘s official “Diamond” remix gets a mad verse from Kanye West which has the internets buzzing! This comes in the midst of her major international 777 Tour which is hip hopping across seven countries in seven days and will be in London on Monday… Lucky for us LoveLive and Jay’z Life+Times YouTube channels will live stream this show in celebration of her seventh album release, Unapologetic.

You will get another chance to catch Rihanna on tour as she will embark on her Diamonds Tour beginning March 8, 2013 in Buffalo, New York.

Check out the remix!

Diamonds Remix f/ Kanye West by Rihanna

Miguel, who is featured on the cover of FADER 83, talks about what may be considered his year of rebirth as his single “Adorn” has shot to number one and shows no sign of coming down anytime soon. In his featured story, he talks about always being different and the misconceptions that have followed him…

“It’s not like I speak like a fucking hood dude. My mother is a very eloquent woman, and my father is a teacher. Between the two, they raised me to speak a certain way. So the way I spoke, the way I dressed, all of that was like, ‘Wow, wait a second. This isn’t black… Oh, then he must be gay.’ Now, whether or not I’ve worn things that are questionable—oh my god—I look at pictures of shit I’ve worn, and you know what? I don’t really blame anyone. I get it. But I was learning. I was trying to hold on to some sense of individuality in the midst of being convinced that I had to appeal to a certain kind of crowd.”

Plus, Life+Times  caught up with Miguel to get to “decode” the break out album track from his sophomore album Kaleidoscope Dream, “P*ssy is Mine,” which is pretty much an ode to every man’s struggle at one point and time in their life.

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It may be B.o.B.‘s 24th birthday today but he’s giving us the gift in the form of a new highly anticipated mix tape, Fuck Em We Ball. It features collaborations with Juicy J, T.I., Mac Miller and more!

Download it now and stream below…

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Kelly Rowland drops of the steamy video for her single “Ice.” I like the song, but I don’t love the video. Very sexy but something about it doesn’t connect to the song for me… However, Kelly looks pretty amazing.

Complex Magazine features Alicia Keys on the Dec/Jan issue giving insight on her new life as a mother, her new album and much more…

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