Joshua Lerner is keeping these clothes. In recent years, I thought that Pusha T had devolved into a gravel-mouthed sidekick to Kanye West.There was that time when he strolled on stage to perform “Run Away” at the VMA Awards. He was a little brother in a peachy suit, making little impression next to his leader’s […]

If you Google “Deen” Twitter, Deen is second only to the male porn star, James Deen. With your help, he can be first. Hawking the wrong drug never sounded so good on wax. To me at least. Any rap listener worth his/her weight in mp3s understands that we’re currently in the “Molly” era, but as […]

Slava P found out what happened to that Boy George cassette. What happened to Terrence Thornton? The braided half of the former “under-appreciated” (his words) pairing The Clipse has abandoned his daily rituals of working the Virginia corners and slinging cocaine in favor of flights to Hawaii with Kanye and building on his #menswear collection. […]

Deen is on the phone, cooking sopes at the same damn time. Call me cynical or even humorless, but when will rappers learn? Seriously? What’s the damn point in putting Future on a hook if you aren’t aiming for the charts? I mean, I fux with gritty and gully-sounding shit more than the next person, […]

Don’t even talk to Slava P about fashion. He wrote the entire third season of Project Runway. In Sao Paolo, Brazil, there exists a luxury fashion emporium called Daslu. In 1979, the founder of Daslu, Eliana Tranchesi, began making and selling clothes from home, eventually going on to rent out the neighboring houses to keep […]

The-Dream “Dope Bitch” from IDJVID on Vimeo. Deen fanuted “Fanute” into the New York Times. What have you done? I present the best use of copious amounts of baby powder since Ashy Larry last graced our television screens. Which begs the question; “can the video channels even air this shit?” Which in turn begs another […]

Deen hath no fury. That’s a lie. I somehow ended up at a Pusha T concert over the weekend. This was not the plan, but it happened. Basically, I was watching LeBron eviscerate the Zombie Sonics in Game 5 the other night and like many other neutrals (read: Miami “Haters”), I got bored with the […]

Abe Beame’s all time favorite fighters are Bernard Hopkins and LL Cool J. So this happened. I’m guessing the general consensus will be phony internet beef, but I’m intrigued. After all, this one has been percolating for a while. I have a personal link to a producer who was in Hawaii for portions of the […]

Jonah Bromwich doesn’t like jean jackets with the sleeves cut. Let’s just be clear: a Kanye co-sign means little-to-nothing regarding Chief Keef’s ability as a rapper. Artists with the fabled Yeezy seal of approval include luminaries like GLC, Big Sean, Kid Cudi, Fonzworth Bentley and Mr. Hudson. So chill. I know that’s a futile request, […]

Jonah Bromwich only fears Hanuman, the Hindu monkey god. Rick Ross shows up on the penultimate song of Pusha T’s new album, Fear of God II. His presence underscores an important distinction between Pusha and the round mound of lavish sound. You see, we all know Rick Ross never really dealt drugs. Now Rozay has […]