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Via Highsnobiety: Though we are currently celebrating the Air Jordan 5?s 23rd anniversary, it does not keep Jordan Brand from treating its predecessor with an all new colorway. The most recent release sees the Air Jordan 4 with a Black and Stealth upper, as well as white accents on top of a speckled midsole similar to the Cement 4. As for now there is no definite release date.

Kanye West‘s “New Slaves” video has apparently been screened on 66 walls worldwide in a kind of guerilla-action version of a premiere. Yeezy announced the distributed-premiere action last night via twitter with a link to the map of total world domination he has set up on his website www.kanyewest.com. The map (scroll down for a screenshot) shows red squares at 10 cities around the globe from New York to Sydney, Australia, with 6 or 7 locations within each city. Click on the city and you get a city map with times listed for the various screenings. Miss Info was on hand for the projection on the wall of the Wythe hotel last night right here in lovely Williamsburg, Brooklyn and our UK bredrins at SoulCulture captured the screening on the wall of the Old Truman Brewery in East London just a few moments ago (see above, Yeezy’s visage emblazoned on the wall of the 5th Avenue Prada store in Manhattan). Kanye is also expected to premiere material from the new album–which we now know is titled Yeezus and will indeed drop on June 18th, as suspected–on his appearance as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live which will air on NBC in just about 30 minutes from now. Watch the UK & BK screenings below and tune in to NBC for more. The post Kanye West “New Slaves” Video Screens On 66 Walls Worldwide + New LP ‘Yeezus’ appeared first on Okayplayer.

A couple of days ago, Fabolous and Pusha T’s Life Is So Exciting tour made a stop in Tempe, Arizona and before the show, they paid Bootleg Kev’s show a visit for some promo. Pusha spoke on his forthcoming debut album My Name Is My Name, its recording process and the producers he worked with. [...]

Janet Jackson's last solo album was 2008's Discipline. Janet hasn't been exactly quiet in those five years since. In 2011, she hit the road on the Number Ones, Up Close and Personal tour behind her second greatest hits compilation. She also released the self-help book True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself . Speaking with Billboard about the 20th anniversary of janet., the Grammy-winning singer revealed she is back at it and working on new music. "I am working on a new project now," Jackson said. "We are creating the concept and initial thoughts on the music. I am excited about the direction we are taking. I don’t want to rush it... I don’t want to put a time constraint on the creative process." While that was all she revealed about the new project, she did mention she has kept her ears open recently. "I have listened to the music that is out there and I love Kendrick’s 'Poetic Justice," she said. "There are artists, true performers that have come before me who have been a big inspiration to me. I hope I do the same for others... I'm flattered that other artists consider me a role model."

I definitely have a feeling that Jay-Z is recording some new solo material with a purpose right now. Earlier this week, he was spotted in the studio with Raekwon and today, Lenny S clicks a photo of him in the lab working on new music with Drizzy. We await the outcome.

"The Life Is So Exciting" tour by Pusha T and Fabolous made its way to the LA hotspot Club Nokia on Friday night, May 17th. After Pusha's set had wrapped up, Fab brought out Cassie and Trey Songz to perform the remix to "Diced Pineapples".

@1PAULALLEN @BobbyEffect & @thekidbaysick join forces to drop this sick new track and visual directed by @ANTJACOBFILMZ!

Just weeks after NBA free agent Jason Collins came out as the first openly gay professional basketball player, top WNBA draft pick Britney Griner has followed in his footsteps.

Young Money's Drake is reportedly joining in on the fun of Anchorman: The Legend Continues by appearing on-set during the long-awaited film's production.

If you hear an extended instrumental section on vinyl and CD versions of Statik Selektah’s upcoming album Extended Play it wasn’t a marketing gimmick or an attempt to give his fellow DJs a break to play with. At least not on purpose. Like Nodfactor On Facebook for the latest producer news, interviews and music! “I’m [...]