Artist Lee Quinones Shares His Thoughts On Graffiti Now & Then

Legendary graffiti artist Lee Quinones, who happens to refer to himself as a "painter" now, recently chopped it up with Life + Times to speak on what seems to be the forgotten art of graffiti. For lovers of Hip Hop, graffiti, or even art it's great to hear from someone who was one of the originators of something that became a vital part of Hip Hop culture. See more...

The Five Worst Rap Commercials (Inspired By Warren G’s Male Enhancement Commercial)

Posted by Danielle Harling on 04/26/11 | Filed under Top Stories, Features, Videos

Every now and then we get a rap commercial that’s a true gem like the Chrysler/Eminem Superbowl commercial that aired earlier this year, but unfortunately most commercials featuring either a rapper or their music leave us scratching our heads, wondering what in the hell what wrong. See more...

This Dr. Dre Chrysler Commercial is Painfully Ironic (Video)

Posted by Nathan S. on 04/25/11 | Filed under Top Stories, Videos, Dr. Dre

Over the weekend Dr. Dre's commercial for Chrysler, a follow-up to Eminem's Super Bowl commercial, leaked, and it's so unintentionally ironic I frankly find it hard to believe it was made. But before we get into all that, the 2012 Chrysler 300 S series features a 10 speaker Beats By Dre system and is has a safety feature that, if the car should crash, will put the driver into a coma for several years.

Pusha T Loves Boats, White College Girls on “Can I Live” Video

If I've said it once I've said it a million times: Pusha T loves yachts, pink pants, boat shoes and white college girls with low self-esteem. Don't believe me? Just check out his new "Can I Live" video. Off Pusha's "Fear of God" mixtape, available everywhere the internet reaches. Watch....

Can You Name the 417 Cameos in the Beastie Boys’ “Make Some Noise” Video?

Posted by Nathan S. on 04/21/11 | Filed under Top Stories, Videos, Beastie Boys

As promised the Beastie Boys dropped the first part of their upcoming short film in the form of a music video for new single "Make Some Noise". But more than just a generally dope video, it has more dope cameos in it than - let me think about it - yep, any video ever made. In history. Ever. So here's the deal. See more...

From Kanye to Lauryn Hill, All the Coachella Videos You Care About

Posted by Nathan S. on 04/18/11 | Filed under Videos, Kanye West, Wiz Khalifa, Erykah Badu, Lauryn HIll

What's that? You didn't feel like spending a weekend relieving yourself in Port-O-Pottys under 100 degree California heat and fending off dudes out of their minds on shrooms when you knew every video worth watching from Coachella would be posted online? Yeah, me neither. From Kanye to Wiz Khalifa to Lauryn Hill, here's what you missed.

Do I Even Need to Say This Big K.R.I.T. “R4 Theme Song” is Dope? (Video & Download)

Posted by Nathan S. on 04/01/11 | Filed under Top Stories, Downloads, Videos, Big K.R.I.T.

I just wrote 750 words about why Big K.R.I.T.'s new mixalbum "ReturnOf4Eva" is so motherloving dope, so I want repeat myself here, other than to say that if you love hip-hop and you don't at least respect the f**k out of "4Eva", you don't actually love hip-hop. But just in case there's someone out there who's still waiting to download, maybe "R4 Theme Song", complete with visuals, will do the job. Listen, download and watch....

This Little Kid Will Destroy You (Video)

Posted by Nathan S. on 04/01/11 | Filed under Videos, Sports

I don't know if the planets have simply aligned strangely, but it's a slow, slow day on the internets. There isn't a lot of good new music out there and in an ironic twist, I'm a little disappointed there's nothing terrible enough for me to even rant on. So instead I thought I'd post this video of Stevo Poulin an 8-year-old wrestler from Schuylerville, N.Y whom I'm trying to hire as my personal bodyguard. See more...

Dirty Money Want “Your Love”…Okay, Not Really (Video Breakdown)

Posted by Danielle Harling on 03/29/11 | Filed under Videos, Video Breakdown, Diddy, Dirty Money

Days after a sneak peak was released for Dirty Money’s “Your Love (Remix)” music video featuring Rick Ross and Trey Songz the full video has made its way onto the internet and let’s just say it’s a little (or a lot) on the kinky side. I’m sure a lot of people might be somewhat intimidated by a kinky music video that features Rick Ross, but I promise it’s not that bad. See more...

Wax Talks “Scrublife” Release for New “Wax Weekly 13” Video

Posted by Nathan S. on 03/23/11 | Filed under Videos, Wax, Wax Weekly

Who's Wax? He's a dope emcee who enjoys drinking, writing music about drinking and, in his spare time, creating a "Wax Weekly" video series that's earned well over a million views. (Oh, and he's on the verge of blowing too.) Since RefinedHype's also been known to enjoy booze and hip-hop we decided it was only right that we partnered with Wax to bring you the story of an artist on the rise.