Slam girls = Motivation for Ron Artest to remain in Houston

Confusion rages on over Ron Artest’s future in Houston. Ron Ron has said that his priority is to win a championship. With Yao possibly out next season (and God knows, probably forever), that dream no longer seems likely in Houston…for now.

Artest is a great player on both ends, so it’s no wonder that his agent’s phone has been ringing off the hook. The Lakers and the Cavaliers have been coming up in discussion a lot. Frankly, neither seems like a possibility, but weirder things have happened in the NBA.

Interestingly, many of the rumors surrounding Artest seem to have originated from Twitter. Walk with me as I try to make sense of the speculations.
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Soulja Boy had some frustration to get off his chest on Wednesday night, so he launched into a 2-hour Twitter tirade about “crackers” (a far cry from his earlier stance on massa) and his struggles as an artist. I stepped aside for a few minutes only to come back and see that Soulja Boy had deleted all the “cracker” comments. He later attributed the change of heart to some “good advice” he received from Tyrese over the phone. Let me guess, Tyrese told him that if he doesn’t remove those crazy comments he’ll be working at Taco Bell in 6 months.

Good thing Celebtwitter cached the tweets. Rappers never learn, do they? If you don’t want people to know how you feel, never ever ever put it online.

Proceed to read Soulja Boy’s “cracker” tirade in its entirety.
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Directed by: Kanye West

Says The Real:

“Not sure how those women can expect to win if they’re carrying the basketballs on their chests.”

“Breast I Ever Had” would’ve been a more appropriate title.

Tash gets in touch with his inner child in the “New Bikini” video.

Q-Tip’s Kamaal the Abstract LP is undoubtedly one of the best unreleased hip-hop albums ever. Fortunately, Kamaal the Abstract will finally see the light of day this fall. The album was originally slated to drop in 2002, but label politics got in the way. Tip kept the original artwork and tracklist, but the album has now been remixed and remastered for the new release.

If you’ve never heard Kamaal the Abstract, you know what to do after the jump.
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*Facepalm*

Did 50 Cent just shoot a video for a sing that’s obviously not designed with the intention of shaking a few booties? What’s the world coming to?

I don’t know what this has to do with hip-hop, but it’s a slow news day and Lady GaGa is flashing her assets at Glastonbury.