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New York State of Mind

Joey Bada$$, Pro Era, Bodega Bamz, Va$htie, and Raven Sorvino

In this week's photos, Verena caught up with Joey Bada$$ and Pro Era at Va$htie's birthday party. She shot some photos of Bodega BAMZ rehearsing before Summerjam, at the Livin Proof Party, and in the MTV Jam offices. Later, she brought her camera as LA rapper Raven Sorvino copped some personalized sneakers. Full story

Weediquette

Getting High and Making Beats

I resent the stereotype that weed-smokers aren’t productive. Sloth is merely one activity that goes well with smoking weed, and it happens in off hours. During the workweek, weed stimulates my creativity, or at very least relaxes my mind enough to come up with something different… Full story

Flatbush Zombies are Coming to Shower You With Saliva

For those of you who don’t get the opportunity to indulge in some lingering eye contact with Flatbush Zombies at VICE Australia's 10th birthday parties, console yourself with their irrational fear of getting killed like the Crocodile Hunter. Full story

Grip Plyaz Wants You Pussy-Ass Lames to Get the Fuck Up Off of Him

I hopped on the phone with the guy who calls himself Your Baby Daddy's Favorite Baby Daddy to talk about his new track with Trinidad James, why it has taken so long for "Purp, Wind and Fire" to drop, and how awesome the Hall and Oates Pandora station is. Full story

Pimp Rap Has a New Prince and His Name Is 100s

We haven't seen an MC lay his mack down like 100s did on 'Ice Cold Perm,' his superb debut mixtape, since Snoop's last name was Dogg and Too $hort was spitting "Freaky Tales." It's crazy that he's only 19, half-Jewish, and recently escaped out of a terrible boarding school in the… Full story

The Noisey Guide to Queer Rap

The first rule of “queer rap” is you DO NOT call it queer rap. I made this mistake once and recieved a swift dress-down from Venus X that made my wang cower like a turtle. Put simply, gay is not a genre. Full story

Dodecahedron Made Us a Playlist

White-boy Rappers Know How To Get The Party Started. Full story

Filibustin' with Willie D - Bury Me Drama Free

I have witnessed relatives at funerals duke it out over everything from inheritances to the color of the casket. Full story

JR Smith Is Dating Rihanna and Life Is Unfair

What does it mean for the Knicks if these two are having genital parties with each other? Full story

A Handy Pocket Guide to the Foreign Translations of Rap Names

This is exactly what you need for those times when you're in a Malaysian Target searching for a remastered reissue of Pretty Tony's "Ironman." Full story