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Leroy Smith is the basketball player who took the varsity position over Michael Jordan in his high school years, which helped Michael become who he is.  Charlie Murphy is the man who is dropping funny online videos around the whole situation and sparking interest on the internet.  The video features Murphy in head to toe with Leroy uniform lip syncing over Ryan Leslie’s voice along with sexy dancers including Naomi Allen.

via FreshnessMag

London based artist, Dizzee Rascal collaborated with Nike Sportswear along with Ben Drury (who had designed the art work of three of Dizzee Rascal’s albums) to release a limited edition Air Max 90, called “Tongue N’ Cheek”, to accompany the artist’s fourth album drop.  There are special detailing throughout the shoe that ties in Dizzee’s persona.  This pair releases exclusively at Nike Sportswear London on Sep 18th.

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This unreleased music video from Kid Cudi is for his hit, “Day N Nite,”  shot by directing duo BBGUN in April 2008 on a budget of $250.  Check it!

via Complex

This track, Ice and Rain didn’t make the album, but was leaked as Wale hit 80k followers on his twitter.  Download and listen below.

Wale - Ice and Rain (Produced by Cool & Dre)

via Nah Right | RapRadar

To celebrate their 10 years since their debut album, Japanese hip-hop heavyweights, Nitro Microphone Underground, gets a special commemorative Air Force 1 Hi Supreme.  The shoe features gold panels with heavy-duty black-on-black cracked print.  The right tongue is woven with the year ‘1999’ while the left reads ‘2009’.  The shoe releases as a September quickstrike.

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Sub Pop, Seattle music label, is one of most influential grunge labels, and in this collaboration with Nike SB, they helped produce this Quickstrike Blazer Elite.  Covered in bright yellow with black suede with a grey stripe and a star for detailing, these shoes aren’t your average Blazer.  You can pick up a pair now at RMK.

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