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Grand Invincible is DJ Eons One and Luke Sick (Sacred Hoop). “The Way We Revolt” is the first single from Cold Hand in the Dice Game, their second albub, out now on Zerofriends. Check out the awesome Ultra Limited Collector Package with hand-screened poster, vinyl, cd, zine, buttons, stickers and more!

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New free EP from Z-Man featuring Boac, Bored Stiff, Eddie Def and more. Produced by Boac and Dnae Beats.

Download: http://machetevox.bandcamp.com

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Just a month ago, Walmart was publicly chastised for placing gangsta rappers in Black History Month displays at a number of stores across the nation, now the cheapie retailer is in trouble again — this time for the way its prices Barbie Dolls.

At least one of its stores slashed the price of a brown-skinned Barbie doll to nearly half of that of the doll’s White counterpart, according to ABC News.

A photo posted to Latino-interest site Guanabee.com earlier this month shows packages of Mattel’s Ballerina Barbie and Ballerina Teresa dolls hanging side by side in a Louisiana Walmart. The Theresa dolls are marked as being on sale at $3.00. The Barbies to the right of the Theresa dolls, meanwhile, retain their original price of $5.93. The dolls are identical aside from their color — a fact which has some cynics questioning Walmart’s suspicious price slash.

“The implication of the lowering of the price is that’s devaluing the Black doll,” says Thelma Dye, executive director of the Northside Center for Child Development, a Harlem organization founded by pioneering Black psychologists and segregation researchers Kenneth B. Clark and Marnie Phipps Clark. “While it’s clear that’s not what was intended, sometimes these things have collateral damage.”

My Hot97 big brothers DJ Enuff, DJ Camilo and DJ Cipha Sounds have their web series The Wizards, which is not only on Hot97.com but also airing on MTV2. (Congrats, guys!)

And in this Episode 3….Camilo gets ready for a show with his artist Jugganot, Ciph gets his hair cut, but the headcrack is during DJ Enuff’s segment, when he sits down with Swizz Beats and they get personal, talking about their respective divorces. Swizz tells E that the ongoing split was the toughest thing he’s ever dealt with. Swizz also says that, contrary to tabloid reports, it was not his new relationship with Alicia Keys that caused his divorce…he feels that he was pressured to choose between his relationship with his eldest son and his marriage. There is also footage of the Roc Raida tribute show at BB Kings.

UPDATE: The footage of Enuff and Swizz is from a few months ago. According to one of my legal eagles, Swizz’ divorce has since been finalized. Hopefully this means everyone came to the table and found that middle ground.

Watch the video after the jump….(because the Hot97 player autoplays their videos which is totally unacceptable. I don’t want to do that to you…but trust me, its a really interesting clip, and its worth watching The Wizards)

You can watch Episodes 1 and 2 here

Attention Naive Teenagers and Basic Bitches Across The Nation: A pop-croooning woman-beater needs your cash and good vibes. If you’re wondering why Chris Brown is currently a Trending Topic on Twitter, this SayNow Message might have something to do with it:

Apparently, the “Run It” hitmaker is still feeling the effects of public backlash from his brutal assault on pop star ex Rihanna last winter. On Wednesday, Brown took to his SayNow.com page to throw himself on the mercy of fans in a quest to climb back to the top of the charts.

“I ain’t never really did this but right now I need all of my fans help,” he began. “A lot of radio stations aren’t playing my records. They are not being that supportive and I wouldn’t expect them to. It’s on the fans and what you guys do in your power to bring me back. That’s all I need is you guys and nothing else will do that except for the fans.”

A seemingly discouraged Chris laments that he’s doing everything possible — even reading to Harlem schoolchildren — to redeem himself as a man and an artist, but he needs help: “I don’t know what else to say. It’s nothing else that I can do. I’m doing everything that I need to do. I’m doing me as a person and I’m a better guy. It’s on ya’ll. My singing and my music I do it for you guys and everything else but it won’t be possible if I’m not relevant on the radio and it wouldn’t be possible for me to be an artist if I don’t have the support. I can’t be an underground mixtape artist. That’s where we are. I just want all my fans to help me. I love ya’ll. Peace.”

Boy, stop crying! This is the kind of foolery that happens when you beat an unarmed woman to a pulp.

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Beyonce’s hit single “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” has inspired the tagline for a new campaign promoting the recently revamped female condom.

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Ex Patriots (Innaspace and William Hasselberger) video off of their ultra impressive upcoming album Islands and Kingdoms. Directed by Hazard Gibson. The album is self-produced by Ex Patriots and also features K-the-I ???, Candy’s .22, Mestizo and more.

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Mikey: Starting next Wednesday at 3pm, GlobalGrind will be premiering it’s 8-episode online comedy series starring Russell Simmons and Affion Crockett as his clone. The weekly series will feature the two in short, unscripted comedy sketches that chronicle the trials, tribulations, and mishaps of two Russells trying to handle buisness. (via GlobalGrind)

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