We all know Ghostface drops more gems than Jacob the Jeweler buzzed from a 12-pack of Red Bull, but the lessons P.Tone delivers often come as fleeting moments in skits, verses, or commercials. In the blink of an eye you could miss the science. Luckily for all you knuckleheads, Ghost has released The World According To Pretty Toney, a neat little package of all GFK’s mighty (healthy) wisdom. (more »)

That Lance Stephenson is a bad, bad man. Well, at 17 I guess he’s still a boy, but the kid dropped 27 on Holy Cross yesterday, all while having sat out the entire second quarter! Plenty of people are trying to peg him as the next Lebron James, but if you ask me he’s the real life Jesus Shuttlesworth (fine spanish girlfriend and all). If you haven’t already, you need to check out bornready.tv for the webisodes of his reality show, “Born Ready.” Watch Lance’s story as it unfolds…for free! 

Season 5 of Reno 911! premiers tonight at 10:30 on Comedy Central. Watch that shit. And since you’ve got time to kill, check out our feature on Reno’s Niecy Nash from issue 44 here.

Last weekend, die hard fans, wannabe superheroes, and weirdoes grabbed their pocket protectors and actually left their mom’s basement to pack the Jacob Javits Center for the first annual NY Anime Festival. (more »)

Season 5 of the alleged “best show on television” (barring Dirty Jobs of course) jumps off in early January. Check out this preview of Baltimore’s most successful anti-tourism ad.

Between the Jay-z album, the Jim Jones mixtape, and the Denzel blockbuster you’re forgiven for being all gangsta’d out. But here’s a chance to sip some of that authentic gangsta juice. BET is releasing the first season of its phenomenal American Gangsta series and has thrown the most gangsta magazine they know 5 copies to give away. Co-produced by the boy Nelson George, the AG series is the most informative thing on BET since the tragic downfall of BET Nightly News (man that Jacque Reid was fine). Anyway, first 5 heads who email me the TV show that Stanley “Tookie” Williams dressed up like Tarzan on, get a copy.
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