Sneaker Freaker releases an intensive and somewhat personal look of the culture which blends both Hip Hop and sneakers together. Pretty dope article as well as illustrations, check it out here.

The Daily Loop covers Mysterious AL, beating women, big tits, and Speakin’ that Jazz.

First, if you’re not a fan of Wale, why go watch his set at Sneaker Pimps? I can’t stand when people are obnoxiously rude to others. Despite what you’re opinion of an artist is, you have to respect their hustle and grind. With that said, Wale performs ‘Nike Boots’ on stage at Sneaker Pimps in NYC while also giving out Nike boots. In between all that he has some words for some dude in the crowd.

I’m a big fan of these OnDaSpot Freestyle videos that DJ Green Lantern and Invasion Radio produce. It keeps dudes on their toes and most of the time, the freestyles are hot. Here’s Pac Div going in for the west coast. Keep it locked!

And the track is finally here, after much anticipation. It is the first single off of Consequence’s upcoming album Cons TV and it features the Louis Vuitton Don and John Legend over nice production. His album should be out in October if everything goes as planned. Check it out below.

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“We took the original Air Max 1 design brief and ran it through a present-day filter,” says Nike Sportswear Design Director Jesse Leyva. “We tried to solve the very same problems Tinker Hatfield did with the technology of that time, using the technologies and Nike sporting innovations of today and tomorrow.”

Hit the jump to read more about this classic model from Nike as well as more detailed images courtesy of HB.

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The West Coast homie Nipsey Hu$$le talks with TSR on everything from his neighborhood to his new projects and autotune. Look out for the upcoming mixtape Bullets Ain’t Got No Names Vol.3 coming soon.

Drake speaks with Alexa Chung on his deal with Young Money, Kanye, Degrassi and a clip of the Best I Ever Had video.