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Ja Rule Is Leaning Towards Acting As He Gets Older
Ja Rule's release from prison earlier this year has been followed by a few songs and a role in an upcoming film, titled I'm In Love With A Church Girl, due out October 18. And, in a recent interview with the Associated Press, Ja says that acting may be more where he's headed in the future.
"I lo...
Future Pushes Back Album Release, Is Working With Miley Cyrus And Nicki Minaj
Future made the rounds yesterday at HuffPost Live (above) and MTV's RapFix Live, where he let the fans in on some more details of his new album, Honest, which was originally slated to come out November 26.
"Between November and December; I think I'm going for December," he told HuffPo, saying the original date wasn't going to stick. "Don't have t...
Chance The Rapper Almost Signed With TDE
Punch, co-president of TDE, recently did an interview with Al Lindstrom where he discussed the influence of Dr. Dre, the signing of SZA, compares ScHoolboy Q's Oxymoron and Kendrick Lamar's good kid, m.A.A.d. city to All Eyez On Me and Life After Death, and talks about Chance the Rapper having discussions to sign with TDE.
Chance himself has s...
Joaquin Phoenix Did Not Produce Pusha T’s “King Push”
Despite what Pusha T himself told Vibe earlier this summer, Joaquin Phoenix did not actually produce a track on Pusha T's new album My Name Is My Name. The song, "King Push," opens the album, and was reportedly produced by Phoenix and Kanye West. Not...
Big Boi And Killer Mike Shut Down Brooklyn Bowl
The day the United States government shut down for the first time in 17 years, there are few better artists to see live than Killer Mike, and he didn't take long to address the situation. After opening his set last night at Brooklyn Bowl with "Big Beast" and "Untitled" off his highly acclaimed R...
Rich Homie Quan Will Drop A New Mixtape Before The End Of The Year
Rich Homie Quan was by HipHopSince1987 stopped on the green carpet at the BET Hip-Hop Awards last weekend in his hometown of Atlanta, where he was asked about his "Type of Way" remix and the new projects he's been working on.
"I want to drop a new mixtape for the streets before the year is over before that debut album," he said when asked about new music...
Phonte Compares Jay Z To ‘The Wire,’ Nas To ‘Breaking Bad,’ More
Phonte is a noted fan of Breaking Bad, and often takes to Twitter to unload his opinions on both that show and others. Last night, he began comparing rappers to different television shows, with entertaining results and some spot-on parallels; Jay Z as The Wire, Nas as Breaking Bad and Rakim as The Sopranos being the holy trinity that he identifies. Check the twe...
Migos Teams With Rich The Kid For New Mixtape
A day after finally dropping their luxury-dipped video for "Versace," Migos teams back up with Rich The Kid for the second installment of their mixtape series, Streets On Lock 2. The tape, 14 tracks long bookended by a quick intro/outro, features production from Zaytoven, MurdaBeatz, MPC Cartel, StackBoyTwan, Knucklehead and Mercy, while PeeWee LongWay, Chill Will, Yakki Diviosi and Jose
B.o.B Is Following In T.I.’s Footsteps
With Breaking Bad coming to an end on Sunday (Sept. 29), I've been thinking a lot about the series finale of The Wire, the greatest 94 minutes of television of all time. The main takeaway from that episode is the concept of circles, or regeneration; Marlo becomes the new Stringer Bell, Jimmy is staring down the barrel of a career spent on the back burner like Lester, Chris Partlow enters the frate
Diddy Thought He Would Die Running The New York City Marathon
Diddy gave an interview to AdAge today regarding his new television network Revolt, which he said he wants to turn into the ESPN for music, the central hub where people can go to get everything they want about music of all varieties. While detailing the rollout of the network—which will launch October 21 and will be available in 20-30 million homes as well as online—he delved into an analogy using
Big Boi Remembers OutKast’s ‘Aquemini’ 15 Years Later
Big Boi Remembers OutKast's 'Aquemini' 15 Years Later
Killer Mike Recaps The Final Episode Of ‘Breaking Bad’
Last night, in what may be argued was the greatest finale to a television show ever created, Breaking Bad finally wrapped up after five seasons. All throughout this last season, Killer Mike has been recapping episodes, trying to get to the bottom of how exactly this epic arc would come to an end. The...