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Did Charles Hamilton Fire Shots?

Photo: Jaeki Cho

Yesterday, rookie New York MC Charles Hamilton leaked a song called “Windows Media Player,” and a lot of folks have been asking about a line where he mentions Complex:

“I don’t pose, I hate pose-urs/Except for one photoshoot/For Complex, what the heck was I supposed to do?/I had fun, acted mad young/I was flyer than the rest of ‘em, why am I addressing ‘em?”

What exactly is Charles talking about?…

Cassie Covers Our Aug/Sept Issue!

CLICK HERE for a larger version of Cassie cover #1. CLICK HERE for a larger version of Cassie cover #2.

The gossip about her being Diddy’s “Official Girl” hasn’t been confirmed, so for the next two months, Cassie and Complex will be considered the new power couple.

The 22 year-old Filipino-Mexican-West-Indian-African-American graces two steamy covers for our August/September issue, which hits newsstands August 12. The cover flicks are just a tease—once inside the fold, you’ll be treated to the hottest photo shoot the pop princess has ever done, filled with wet-bikini shots, leather skirts, and our personal favorite: the cheek-y thong shots. Click HERE to browse the gallery and HERE to read Cass’s no bitch-ass-ness interview. If the flicks weren’t enough, we’re blessing you with three behind-the-scenes videos. Watch the videos below. Your Monday just got a lot better.

N.E.R.D. & Lupe Fiasco Cover Our Aug/Sept Issue!

CLICK HERE for a large version of the N.E.R.D. cover. CLICK HERE for a large version of the Lupe cover.

This year for Complex’s annual “Style & Design” collector’s edition issue, we set out to fuse the worlds of music and art in a way that had never been done. On one cover, we paired N.E.R.D. with KAWS, the graffiti icon-turned-art world darling who also happens to be one of Pharrell’s favorite designers. And on the other cover, Lupe Fiasco teamed up with another graf God—Todd “REAS” James—to create an outrageous image of the Chi-Town superstar sitting on the sun.

In addition to the covers, KAWS and REAS painted over even more photos of the musicians for the features inside the book. CLICK HERE to see the full story with N.E.R.D. and HERE for the full Lupe story. Check back on Monday for the other side of our August/September issue—two sexy-ass covers with Cassie (that’s 4 total, if you’re counting), along with a titillating series of videos from her shoot that are sure to have the ’net going nuts. After the jump, check out four videos from the N.E.R.D./Lupe shoots, including an interview with KAWS.

adidas x Complex Fanatic Soccer Jerseys

Although we’re not with the whole “it-doesn’t-matter-how-you-play, as-long-as-you-look-good” motto, we figured it’s only fair our fans get a sneak peek of these limited (5 of 5) soccer jerseys team Complex will be rocking during tomorrow’s Fanatic VII Soccer Tournament.

We swag-jacked Spain’s uniforms and personalized them just in time for tomorrow’s day-long battle, where we’ll look to defend our title not embarrass ourselves. Kickoff for the first game is at 12 noon and our first match is against the sports-obsessed street-fashion brand No Mas. See the front of the jersey and the tourney flyer after the jump.

Grace Park Covers Our June/July Issue

If you still think BattleStar Galactica is only reserved for nerdy Dwight Schrute types, allow our June/July cover girl Grace Park to change your mind. The Korean-Canadian bombshell—who plays Cylon-in-disguise Boomer/Athena on the SciFi series—has been steady mobbed at annual Comic Cons. But with the final episode of BSG airing in a few weeks, Park will be branching out on the upcoming intervention drama The Cleaner, which airs on A&E this July. To get more acquainted with Grace, read the full interview and see exclusive flicks from the mouth-watering photo shoot by clicking HERE.

Winding Down: Kim K. Still A Thespian

Despite Vivid Entertainment’s own chairman claiming he would stop selling the Kim Kardashian-Ray J sex tape over 5 months ago, the porn factory just sent out a release claiming to have more XXX footage and to be on the lookout, all while promoting our on-and-off-again girlfriend’s new reality show: Keeping Up With The Kardashians. [Egotastic]

XXL’s December cover is straight ‘Gangster.’ [Nahright]

Details on the “ghetto” X-box have been revealed. It’s gonna coast around $280. [Gearfuse]

Ralph Lauren Purple sunglasses fold like origami. [AcquiteMag]

Woof Woof

Ok, so we put Olivia Wilde on the cover of our April/May 2006 issue to plug her role in Alpha Dog, which was supposed to come out in May. We saw the movie. She was hot in it. Emile Hirsch was pretty dope in it too, even if he is a punk sometimes, so we wrote him up as a Complex Individual. And then they bumped the movie. A lot. It was supposed to come out in the spring, the summer, the fall. It never did. But now it’s going to, apparently. The new release date for Alpha Dog is set: January 12, 2007. Yup, you gotta wait til next year, but in the meantime, you can read our features on Olivia and Emile…

My Lunch is Like Whoa

Photography by Matt Doyle

The first date is always tough. Before you can even think of an appetizer, you’ve gotta meet the parents. Yesterday in our meet and greet with Grammy-Award winning r&b sensation Mya (and her dad/manager Sherman), Complex couldn’t help but feel a little like Gaylord Focker. But think we cracked under pressure? Chill. The only thing that was grilled was the filet mignon we ordered at New York’s chic Gotham Bar. Since 2003’s Moodring, Mya’s kept busy away from the spotlight by moving back to her native Washington D.C. with her two dogs, teaching in a local performing arts program for inner-city kids, and living single (not with 50 Cent or The Game, you gossip hounds). She’ll have a few stories to tell on Liberation, her most personal album to date, due this fall on Motown/Universal. We expect the best of her again—with dad’s consent of course.