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2 Chainz Drops New “U Da Realest” Video
2 Chainz unveiled the newest video from his sophomore solo album B.O.A.T.S. II: #MeTime, framing "U Da Realest" in the middle of Puerto Rican-themed block party. The track is an ode to a fallen friend, Puerto Rican Johnny, with the video a tribute to him as well. Che...
Kendrick Lamar Says Grammy Nominations Are Crazy
Black Hippy performed at Power 106's Cali Christmas concert in Los Angeles last night—where Diddy also hopped on stage and performed with them—and before they went on stage the radio station caught up with Kendrick Lamar about his recent Grammy nominations. Kendrick i...
Death Row Engineer Says Suge Knight Stripped Dr. Dre Of Creative Control
Dr. Dre's The Chronic turned 21 today, and the Death Row classic has put the label back in the headlines of late. The label's chief engineer Rick Clifford did an interview with the 2Pac Forum Channel this week where he talked about the real reasons behind Dr. Dre...
‘Great Gatsby’ Director Prepping TV Show On The Birth Of Hip-Hop
Baz Luhrmann, the director of the recent glitzy Great Gatsby remake which tapped Jay Z for its score and included André 3000 and Beyoncé remaking Amy Winehouse's "Back To Black," is reportedly shopping a hip-hop television show.
The director, ...
Drake Hopping On Future’s “Shit” Remix
Drake and Future haven't had the smoothest relationship of late—especially after Future seemingly dissed Drake's Nothing Was The Same in a sit down with Billboard earlier this year, saying it "doesn't grab you"—but the Toronto all-star is reportedly hopping on a remix of Future's "Shit" record.
According to DJ S...
DJ Premier Launches Gang Starr Pop Up Shop
DJ Premier unveiled a new pop up shop for Gang Starr merch this week, selling hoodies and t-shirts for the holiday season. According to Preemo's Facebook page, the items will be available through January 1, so there's only a limited amount of time to grab the gear...
Mark Wahlberg Wanted To See Tupac Grow As An Actor
Mark Wahlberg sat down for an interview with Global Grind as part of the promo run for his upcoming movie Lone Survivor, where he spoke about rappers who became actors. Marky Mark himself walked that path after coming out with Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch in the early 1990s, which sent "Good Vibrations" to the top of the charts in 1991.
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Pusha T Angry About Meet And Greet Scam
King Push blessed Orlando last night with a show at Firestone Live, where apparently a shady figure was charging fans $75-$100 for a meet and greet with Pusha. And he wasn't very happy with that.
"I love my family (not fans) too much to ever charge them 75-100 dollars for a meet and greet...
Hopsin Wants To Work With Macklemore
Hopsin delivered an album of gems with his recent Knock Madness, but he told MTV this week that there was one thing missing from his album that he would've liked: a track with Macklemore.
" dope. He's inspired a lot of my music just because he's just free to say to whatever he wants," he said in an interview. "He...
T.I. Doesn’t Support Trinidad Jame$’ Comments About New York
T.I. has weighed in on the Trinidad Jame$ vs. New York debacle, and he didn't take his fellow Atlanta rapper's side. After Jame$ said while on stage in Brooklyn that Atlanta runs New York hip-hop, many New York rappers— Mysonne, Maino, Action Bronson, Smoke DZA, Papoose, N.O.R.E., Hell Rell and even Hopsin—r...
Lil Durk Drops “52 Bars Part 3″ Video
Lil Durk dropped the video for "52 Bars Part 3" today, featuring him and his Chicago cohorts mobbing while Durk goes in. The track is the followup to "52 Bars Part 2," which can be found on his most recent mixtape, Signed To The Streets, which you need to go and download right now if you haven't yet.
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Macklemore And Ryan Lewis’ “Thrift Shop” Tops Year-End Singles Chart
After a total of six weeks atop the chart and more than 466 million YouTube plays as of press time, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' "Thrift Shop" topped Billboard's year-end Hot 100 list, the third artist to top the list with their debut entry on the chart in the past four years...