Friday fun….it’s all about apocalyptic Russian meteorites, and really disturbing photos of comedian Louie Anderson, and the amazing moment when ASAP Rocky breastfeeds off Kathy Griffin…
And then this.

As a special Valentine’s Day treat to some precious little lady, Vin Diesel (an actor whose head has a six-pack) actually filmed himself singing Rihanna x Mikky Ekko’s “Stay”, while the video is projected onto the blank wall next to him.
It’s like Riddick x karaoke x 9 1/2 Weeks.
Un-friggin-believable.

Watch Vin Diesel laying bare his muscle-y heart for all the world to see….
(I also added a few customized Vin Diesel “Stay” memes to mark the occasion)
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Gucci Mane was the guest speaker at the Crawford Long Middle School today.
It was “Career Day” in the Language Arts class. Natch.

I don’t think we need to say much more here. Just digest that. And for the record…yes, Gucci has had some….self-imposed challenges, but I love bizarro Lynchian-life-twists, and this is pretty much the mountain-topper of that.

LA FLARE LOVES THE KIDS!

one more photo of Gucci Mane Career Day…and another recent photo of Gucci at work….
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(Camron, standing, at the Violator offices with Chris Lighty, Mike Lighty, and Eric Nicks, all seated…shopping his “new” artist, Juelz Santana)

Noreaga and his longtime friend Geno Sims collected a treasure trove of hip hop footage back in the late 90′s for a documentary show they called The What What. And in this newly unearthed trailer, there is literally too much to comprehend. There’s random bits of Big Pun, KRS One, Eminem making crank calls, Snoop Dogg at his most misogynistic, a chubby 50 Cent coveting NORE’s then-new Skytel 2-way pager…There’s Jay-Z and Amil, Capone in prison, De La Soul….and at the 2:25 mark, we see Cam’ron shopping his new 17-year-old artist Juelz Santana to Chris Lighty (RIP) and his staff. Amazing.

(Juelz Santana rapping on the spot for Lighty and company)

Now these days Geno is better known as one of ASAP Rocky’s managers, alongside Chace Infinite (another man with an long hip hop curriculum vitae), but I’ve known Geno since way back during his days at Harlem Music Hut, Bad Boy Records and more…So I’m really proud to see all his success! But no matter how busy you and NORE are, Geno….please gather more of this vintage What What footage and put this out!

Watch the vintage hip hop footage….
NOT SAFE FOR WORK, NOT FOR KIDS….
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Life is only getting better for Nas. The Queensbridge MC just inked a deal with Hennessy for their second annual “Wild Rabbit” campaign. The campaign will see Mr. Jones perform at a private concert at New York’s R Lounge on Jan. 15—an event which will be broadcasted online through Livestream, and later made available to download on Hennessy’s Facebook page. But before that, Nas and Miss Info will be sitting down to talk about the new partnership and much more. Fans will also have the opportunity to connect with Nas before the show during a live Q&A session on Twitter. It all goes down at 9:15 ET via Livestream on Hennessy’s FACEBOOK Page. We’ll have the stream link here for you tonight a well.

This partnership with Hennessy has been almost two decades in the making. I am honored to be included in the group of previous partners Hennessy has selected over the years and hope this campaign will inspire others to ‘never stop, never settle.–Nas

Watch one of last year’s “Wild Rabbit” TV spots starring Manny Pacquiao after the jump…

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(Golden Globes: Tina Fey basically says in the nicest way possible what we’re all thinking: “Taylor Swift, get off your back.” ; )

This isn’t really up for debate….the best thing about the Golden Globes last night was those two sassy broads up there, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. They showed the world how to be lovable and hilarious and hot, without all the gag-inducing faux-sincerity of Anne Hathaway, or twee angst of Lena Dunham, or gimmicky buffoonery of Sacha Baron Cohen, etc. In fact…the biggest problem with the awards were that they didn’t just have Tina and Amy in a skybox doing ongoing commentary through-out the entire show.

Highlights of the opening monologue included zingers against Zero Dark Thirty director Kathryn Bigelow’s megalomanic ex-husband James Cameron (Yes, the Titanic/Avatar director), against Quentin Tarantino, and Hollywood overall.
The other big hits of the night? Well besides Les Miz, Lena Dunham, Homeland, Jennifer Lawrence and Argo…were the moments when things went off script and got weird.
There was funny improv weirdness. And then there was the baffling but heartwarming coming-out-of-the-closet weirdness of Jodie Foster.

Watch the Top 3 Moments of the 2013 Golden Globes:
More Tina Fey and Amy Poehler goodness…
Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig freestyling…
And the most talked about moment of the night, the Jodie Foster speech…
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An Interpersonal Literary Project. Yup.

Welp, this about seals it. We’re doomed. Civilization, I mean.
After a wildly successful memoir airing out her various sexual exploits with everyone from Ja-Rule to Jay-Z, Karrine Supahead Steffans is prepping a new book about the ongoing rollercoaster love affair she’s been having with Lil Wayne for years. But in keeping with Weezy’s gimmicky references about being so different from us that he is an extraterrestrial (ie his I Am Not A Human Being album)…she’s titling it, How To Make Love To A Martian. Is your soul weary yet?
Then wait til you watch this melodramatic video reading of what seems to be an excerpt from the book…
Supahead describes getting pregnant at some point in the past, possibly by Lil Wayne, while balancing her marriage (which ended last year) and her lover (Wayne aka The Martian.)

Oh…by the way, the relevation about the past pregnancy (which we assume Supahead did not carry to full term because there was no news of her having another baby)…is paired with close-up shots of her butt. Perhaps a visual allusion to that age old mystery of “how babies are made”. Very instructional.

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Miss Info: If Frank Ocean’s “Thinking About You” was the best single piece of love songwriting of 2011 (in my humble opinion), then Rihanna’s “Stay” was one of the best in 2012 and all the credit goes to Mikky Ekko, the singer/songwriter from Nashville that you hear on the song with her. I’ve raved about him to everyone who will listen, and am excited about his 2013 project as I was about Miguel’s work last year. Ekko recently signed to RCA, and has been working with Clams Casino (of ASAP Rocky fame), Ben Ash (aka Two Inch Punch) and Paul Epworth (of Adele monumental smash fame)…so he’s clearly in good hands.
I’ve already had songs like “Stay,” “Feels Like The End”, “We Must Be Killers,” “Paint It Red” and “Pull Me Down” on a constant playlist loop, and now I can add the short live set Mikky Ekko performed on the Annie Mac show on BBC’s Radio 1 in the UK!
A ghostly cover of The XX’s “Chained” with added darth vader breathing?! Yes, please.
A sparse live version of “Pull Me Down”? Yay!

Listen to one of my favorite new music talents….
Mikky Ekko, singing on UK’s BBC Radio 1….
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The Thursday after the New Year holiday break is no easy day, lol…but there’s just one more ’til the first weekend of the year. So buck up, shorties. If you’ve already checked your instagram “news” for the 3rd time this hour (nothing has changed!), and you’re wondering what you’re going to make for breakfast (on Saturday)….then you need to get up, walk around, crack your neck, drink some water, and take a short brain break.
Here’s a short video of Miguel singing at the offices of National Public Radio. The clip dropped earlier this week…but it’s the perfect intermission before you lock back into whatever you’re doing for a productive pm; )

Watch Miguel sing “Do You,” “The Thrill,” and “Adorn.”
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We’re less than 24 hours away from the beginning of the new year, but we’re not quite done with content yet. We know a lot has happened on these crazy Internets over the last 12 months, and I’m sure you’re ready to get into 2013. However, we made time to count down the 10 best Internet videos of 2012. Complex, ItstheReal, and Miss Info recently looked back at all the viral clips that became online hits and also distracted you from your daily routine at some point this year. Before we get started, be clear, we would be here for days if we really wanted to go through every piece of web gold from this year, so these videos represent the most talked about in the rap blogosphere. Hilarious moments like the confused reporter and Weezy’s deposition video had to have made it… right?

Watch Complex x Miss Info’s video countdown after the jump…

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(Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling: The Place Beyond The Pines co-stars turned real-life couple)

Ryan Gosling with a terrible peroxide dye job, big ham arms, a face tattoo, skinhead boots, and a dirtbike?
Thank you, Based Santa.

Ok, all giggly teenybopper jokes aside, finally there’s a trailer for the upcoming Ryan Gosling x Eva Mendes x Bradley Cooper movie, The Place Beyond the Pines. And I am really looking forward to the film, not just because of it’s Ryan in full delinquent glory. Not just because everyone who knows me knows that dirtbikes are my jam. Not just because Gosling’s sidekick for some of the movie is a baby and apparently he totally fell in love with his actor baby, lol.
I’m actually looking forward to this because it’s the latest collaboration between Ryan Gosling and director Derek Cianfrance, they did Blue Valentine together. And if you watched Blue Valentine (as I did, multiple times)…it’s was a uncomfortably horribly real depiction of both the euphoria of new love, and the rotting carcass of a done love.
The Place Beyond the Pines is a crime story of a stunt rider (Gosling) who tries to feed his family by robbing banks, and the cop (Cooper) who intervenes…as well as the effect that has on their sons (Dane DeHaan, Emory Cohen), 15 years later. Lots of potential sadcore there for me.

Watch the new trailer for The Place Beyonce The Pines…
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