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The legendary Tony Touch has just dropped his latest mixtape 'The Def Tape' which has some of Hip-Hop's illest MC's over some classic Def Jam instrumentals!!! Featuring appearances from Jadakiss, Jeezy, Rick Ross, Slick Rick, Redman, Conway The Machine, Freddie Gibbs, N.O.R.E and many, many more!!! Stream the tape here -  Tony Touch Presents The Def Tape (Stream)

On Thursday night R.A.W CLASH proudly presented, their 1st anniversary online event, 'Clashiversary' on the R.A.W Media Twitter platform, which was sponsored by Mister Boxer Creates!!!  It was the first event to feature 7 clashes which, as usual, were decided by a 24-hour public voting poll.  So, ladies and gentlemen, here are the full results from Thursday night's 'Clashiversary' -  • World Singles Champion L.A. Park def. Canibus to retain the title.  • Mr. Ooh La La def. Travis Lee (with John Finegan), Killian McMurphy and Joey Ace in a World Singles #1 Contenders 4-Way Clash.  • World Doubles Champion Hijo De L.A. Park def. Your Old Droog to retain the titles for Los Parks.  • Crummels & Defarge beat The Marvelous Ones in a World Doubles #1 Contenders Clash.  • 2300 Wrestling Singles Clash Champion Rob Van Dam (with Bill Alfonso) squashed Danny Morrison to retain the title.  • Justin Credible & Tony Devito def. Spanish Angel & HC Loc.  • S

We are proud to announce that the official theme song of R.A.W CLASH's upcoming 'Clashiversary' online event will be 'Monogram' by Conway The Machine!!! Check it out here -  Conway The Machine - Monogram (Audio) Check out the full card here -  R.A.W CLASH Presents 'Clashiversary' - Full Card

Nas once again teams up with Hit-Boy for a masterclass in making timeless Hip-Hop with the sequel to 'Magic'!!!  This marks Nas and Hit-Boy's fifth time working together (the first 'Magic' and 'King's Disease' I, II and III) and producing a truly classic sound that fits nicely into today's musical landscape.  As Hip-Hop celebrates it's 50th anniversary Nas proves that he is a true GOAT of the culture, and can still make some of the best music of his career, 32 years later!!!  Stream the project here -  Nas - Magic 2 (Stream)

The legendary DJ Premier blesses fans with a brand new single called 'Runway' featuring Rome Streetz and Westside Gunn!!! Everyone knows that when Premo and Griselda team up it's always going to be a classic and this is no exception!!! Rome Streetz definitely certified himself as Griselda's illest lyricist on this one!!! Check it out here -  DJ Premier - Runway (feat. Rome Streetz & Westside Gunn)

R.A.W CLASH returns to action with 'Clashiversary' on the R.A.W Media Twitter!!!  This online event will celebrate R.A.W CLASH's 1st anniversary and, as announced last month, this will be the first card to feature 7 clashes, decided by a 24-hour public vote, with the winners being announced, on July 28th, here on the R.A.W Media Blogspot!!!  This will also mark the the beginning of R.A.W CLASH and, the legendary, East Coast Wrestling Association's partnership with ECWA talent being the main focus of the World Singles, and Doubles, #1 Contenders Clashes!!! This will also be the first R.A.W CLASH online event to kick off at Midday!!!  So, ladies and gentlemen, here is the official line up -  • World Singles Champion L.A. Park vs. Canibus.  • World Singles #1 Contenders 4-Way Clash - Travis Lee vs. Joey Ace vs. Killian McMurphy vs. Mr. Ooh La La.  • World Doubles Champion Hijo De L.A. Park vs. Your Old Droog.  • World Doubles #1 Contenders Clash - Crummels &

What do you do when you purchase your competition and obtain contracts for a number of their most talented workers? Well you take a handful of them, for your own gain, and dump the remaining workers in developmental to build up talent your interested in bringing on board. That's basically what happened after WWE (then WWF) bought, their main competitor, WCW on March 23rd 2001. Whilst the biggest asset WWE got, from the sale, was access to WCW's video tape library, which also included footage from Jim Crockett Promotions, they also got their hands on a number of WCW talent that weren't locked in contracts with, WCW's parent company, AOL TimeWarner. While talent like Booker T, Diamond Dallas Page, Hugh Morris, Chris Kanyon, Lance Storm and Mike Awesome (the first person from WCW to win a WWE title) got to get some decent airtime, on WWE's 'Raw' and 'SmackDown' programmes, talent like Elix Skipper, Johnny The Bull, Mike Sanders, Reno and

Before the 'E' in ECW stood for 'Extreme' it was 'Eastern' and was an affiliate of the National Wrestling Alliance.  During it's early years, between 1992 - 1994, it was a regular spot for legends such as 'Superfly' Jimmy Snuka, Don Muraco, Tito Santana, Kevin Sullivan and Terry Funk.  Whilst Terry Funk managed to make the transition from 'Eastern' to 'Extreme' one name, from the 'Eastern' era, that could have also made the transition, just as easily, was Stan Hansen.  For those who don't know Stan Hansen was mostly known for his time in Japan as well as appearing in AWA (where he won the World title) and WCW (where he won the United States title).  Not to mention he also broke the neck of, WWE legend, Bruno Sammartino in 1976!!!  Hansen appeared for ECW on only four occasions, in 1993, but his smash mouth, and wild, style made the Philadelphia promotion the perfect home for him.  Had Stan Hansen re