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25 Free Things To Do In NYC This Summer | Complex
New York is expensive. Movies are great! Music is fun! Concerts? Even better! Museums? Good from time to time. But all of these things cost money. Oftentimes, a lot of money. But summer is that special time when things that should cost money stop costing money.
Here are 25 Free Things to Do in NYC This Summer. Movies, live music, food festivals—all the dreams money can buy, but for the next three months, won’t have to…
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The Funkmaster Flex Soundboard | Complex
For the better part of two decades, Funkmaster Flex has established his place as a living legend of hip-hop radio. When Flex premieres a new record on New York’s Hot 97—dropping bombs over each and every replay—it’s more than just a debut; it’s an unmatched experience. As his profile has grown, Flex has parlayed his brand into everything from sneaker contracts to motor vehicle endorsements—and of course his digital game is serious—but thankfully, all that success hasn’t changed him one bit. In 2012, he’s just as disrespectfully entertaining as ever…
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Lupe Fiasco & Pete Rock Settle Differences, Plan To Collaborate | Hip-Hop Wired
The short lived feud between Lupe Fiasco and Pete Rock is officially over. Both parties took to social media to announce that they spoke to each other and settled their differences stemming from Lupe Fiasco’s latest single, “Around My Way (Freedom Ain’t Free),” wholesale sampling Pete Rock & CL Smooth’s “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)” classic…
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Chris Brown’s Temper Gets Him Kicked Out Of Las Vegas Club: REPORT
Chris Brown finished his court-mandated anger-management classes in December 2010, but the “Turn Up the Music” singer might need a refresher course.
According to the New York Post, the 23-year-old’s famous temper didn’t do him any favors at a Las Vegas hot spot the night before the Billboard Music Awards.
Witnesses told the paper that Brown spent Saturday night at Haze at Aria trying to charm a group of young women and buying them multiple bottles of Champagne, but became “visibly upset” when the women moved on to the next table…
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Warriors Moving to San Francisco
The Golden State Warriors are ready to move back to San Francisco.
The NBA team, Commissioner David Stern and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee scheduled a news conference Tuesday to announce the decision to leave Oakland. The earliest the team could move would be 2017, when it can escape its lease at Oracle Arena.
The Warriors hope to build an arena at the waterfront site near the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and just blocks from the Giants’ ballpark.
Joe Lacob and Peter Guber have been working to return the team to the City by the Bay since buying the Warriors for a league-record $450 million in 2010. The Warriors played in San Francisco from 1962 to 1971.
(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
AP Source: Knicks, Woodson could agree this week
A person with knowledge of the situation says the New York Knicks and coach Mike Woodson are finalizing a multiyear deal that could be announced this week.
Woodson led the Knicks to an 18-6 record and a first-round playoff loss to Miami as the interim coach after replacing Mike D’Antoni on March 14. The Knicks’ victory in Game 4 of the series snapped an NBA-record, 13-game postseason losing streak that dated to 2001.
Top players Carmelo Anthony, Amare Stoudemire and Tyson Chandler all endorsed Woodson’s return and will get their wish, the person tells The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the contract is not finished yet. The New York Post reported Tuesday that the sides were committed to getting the deal done before the Memorial Day weekend.
(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
R&B singer Usher claims ex-wife spit at girlfriend
R&B singer Usher Raymond is locked in a legal battle with his ex-wife arising from a custody fight over their two sons.
The 33-year-old testified in court on Tuesday that Tameka Foster Raymond spit at and tried to fight his girlfriend during one visit. He alleged that his ex-wife hit him during the dispute, but that he didn’t press charges because “I didn’t want the boys to know that their father put their mother in jail.”
Tameka Raymond’s attorney claims that Usher provoked her client and that his account is exaggerated.
The two were married in 2007 and divorced two years later. Tameka Raymond has since fought for full custody of their two sons while Usher Raymond wants more visitation rights.
(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Pearl Jam, Skrillex to perform at Philly festival
Pearl Jam, Skrillex and D’Angelo are among the performers scheduled to take the stage at the Made In America music festival Jay-Z is curating in Philadelphia in September.
Jay-Z will also perform, as will Janelle Monae, Passion Pit, Odd Future, Santigold, Afrojack, Calvin Harris and Rick Ross and his Maybach Music group.
The festival will feature 28 acts over Labor Day weekend. Tickets for the two-day festival are to go on sale Wednesday.
Jay-Z announced plans for the event last week atop the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Proceeds will benefit the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey.
More performers will be announced later.
(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
8 hurt in Oklahoma City shooting after NBA playoff
Oklahoma City police say a fight and shooting that wounded eight people — one critically — was not related to the Oklahoma City Thunder-Los Angeles Lakers NBA playoff game that had just ended.
Police Capt. Dexter Nelson said Tuesday that there have been no arrests in the Monday night shooting.
Nelson says witnesses reported seeing a group of females in an altercation with a group of males just before the shooting about 11:30 p.m. Monday.
Nelson says one person is hospitalized in critical condition and the other seven are in good condition.
The Thunder released a statement saying the team will work with police to review security and crowd control.
(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Irving unanimous pick to NBA All-Rookie team
Rookie of the Year Kyrie Irving of Cleveland is the lone unanimous choice to the NBA’s All-Rookie team.
Irving received 58 points Tuesday in voting done by the league’s 30 head coaches, who could not vote for their own player. Joining him on the first team were Minnesota’s Ricky Rubio (49 points); Denver’s Kenneth Faried (46); Golden State’s Klay Thompson (43); and New York’s Iman Shumpert, San Antonio’s Kawhi Leonard and Detroit’s Brandon Knight, who all had 40 points.
Irving, the No. 1 pick in the draft, became one of only six rookies to average at least 18.0 points, 5.0 assists and 1.0 steal while shooting at least 45 percent from the field, a list that includes Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson.
(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
