Sick of this yet?  I’m not. It appears Kanye West and Amber Rose were booted from the VMAs after Kanye stormed the stage during Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech and then flipped off the crowd. via MTV News His protest against Swift, however, was not well received. West stood briefly on the stage after his comments…

Last night, the rumor floating around The Shrine was that Kanye West was going to be a special guest during Common’s set at the Hennessy Artistry Tour.  Well, he never showed, but it looks like Hennessy was able to get him some product in time for the VMAs.  Still tippin’ on the red carpet?  Kanye…

Wow, this was up in record time. This quality is poor at best. Apparently Kanye wasn’t too happy with Taylor Swift winning the Best Female video category, so he stormed the stage to rep for Beyonce. Treatment. New vid courtesy of RapRadar

Is that Twist at Ron of Japan ? Off Twista’s upcoming mixtape, S.O.S. (Save of Students) hosted by DJ V-Dubb, and set to drop Tuesday (9/14).  Nice to see Ben One on here as well. Twista feat. Ben One – “Get Better” In other GMG news, I’m hearing they’ve recently signed Parkay.

More footage from Hennessy’s Artistry tour series.  Here Rash kicks a never-before-heard freestyle with The Roots Crew backing him. “This is like a carol, I rep for y’all, I got some chicken from Harold’s “

Last night, Common and The Roots hit Chicago for their performance as part of the Hennessy Artistry series.  Free Henny and hors d’oeurves for all (650?) attendees at the hottest new venue (I said it) in Chicago, The Shrine.   The bill was ridiculous too, as Zoe Kravitz, Colin Munroe, Jeremih and Heavy D (yes,…

I have no idea when or where this was recorded, but Naledge sounds super young on this one.  That’s why I’m calling it the “Lost Freestyle”.  Call it what you want, though. Naledge, Mush Millions & Kaisor Sosa – “Lost Freestyle”

An Eric Dickerson reference?  I’m all in. New Gangsta Gibbs courtesy of Gotty over at The Smoking Section .  This is set to appear on Gibbs upcoming mixtape (yep, another one) The Labels Trying To Kill Me. And yes, he’s going in on the classic PE record. Freddie Gibbs – “N**** Machine”

Part 1 The greatest to ever do it.  Period.  No explanation needed. You know you teared up when you watched this. Spotted @ RR Part 2Part 3Read more…

Why does this pic make me think of those Geico ads?  Word to TRU.  3Tre makes his first FSD appearance alongside Captain Birfday Sex. 3Tre feat. Jeremih – “She Mine”