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Killer Mike Recaps The Final Season Of ‘Breaking Bad,’ Episode 14
With the second part of the final season of Breaking Bad under way, fans and followers of the epic crime drama are sad to see the end of one of the most celebrated TV shows in recent history. Meanwhile, through its five-year run, the program has picked up an unlikely group of fans in hip-hop artists, who seem to either identify or empathize with the show’s protagonist, Walter White. So, in order t
MC Lyte Wants To Inspire People By Any Means Necessary
By any metric, MC Lyte is a pioneer in hip-hop, one that—along with Salt-N-Pepa—helped pave the way for female MCs with her debut album, 1988's Lyte As A Rock. She then went on to create a series of Gold albums, grab a Grammy nomination in 2003 and have her diary, turntable and records donated to the Smithsonian. Now, after 25 y...
Solo Lucci “RIP Tupac”
Trill HD artist Solo Lucci drops a Tupac tribute video on the 17th anniversary of the legendary MC's death. Referencing fallen icons Pimp C, Biggie Smalls, Eazy-E and 'Pac, the dark, gritty video intersperses video footage of the late rappers with shots of Solo rapping in the dark...
LoLa Monroe And Cardo Are No Longer Affiliated With Taylor Gang
With Ty Dolla $ign buzzing, Juicy J making his highest chart debut of his career and Wiz Khalifa gearing up for his next album Blacc Hollywood set for release before the end of the year, Taylor Gang Records is having itself a hell of a year and asserting itself as a major hip-hop imprint. But...
Scarface Will Be On The New DJ Khaled Album
XXL caught up with Scarface yesterday while he was driving to coach his youth football team in Texas, and he spilled some details on what he's been working on lately, specifically mentioning that he did a record with DJ Khaled for the Cash Money man's upcoming Suffering From Success album with Akon and a few others. He ...
Big Daddy Kane Has Mister Cee’s Back Amid Recent Allegations
Big Daddy Kane and Mister Cee have a history dating back to their high school days at Sarah J. Hale High School, when the two would collaborate on the streets of Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. Later, Cee would work on many of Kane's early records, contributing scratches to some of the seminal hits on Kane's classic 1988 debut Long Live The Kane and continuing to work together over the
MC Lyte Will Receive The I Am Hip-Hop Award At This Year’s BET Hip-Hop Awards
BET will honor Brooklyn's own MC Lyte with its I Am Hip-Hop Award at this year's BET Hip-Hop Awards September 28 in Atlanta, according to Billboard. She joins an illustrious list of former honorees, including Rakim, Russell Simmons, Grandmaster Flash and Salt-N-Pepa...
Nicki Minaj Sued For Copyright Infringement Over “Starships”
Nicki Minaj is being taken to court over her massive 2012 pop-crossover hit "Starships," according to the Chicago Tribune. The report states that Chicago electronic artist Clive Tanaka has filed court papers alleging that Minaj lifted his 2011 track "Neu Chicago" to create "Starships...
Pusha T Is Collaborating With Kendrick Lamar On His New Album
Pusha T's upcoming solo album My Name Is My Name has been pushed back too many times to count, but with an October 8 release date set in (semi) stone, more details are emerging about the final product. And with Pusha name-checked on Kendrick Lamar's now-infamous verse on "Control," it seems the two have teamed up for a new track on the album.
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Mister Cee Signs Off From Hot 97 With Heartfelt Goodbye, Mobb Deep Song
Mister Cee signed off for the final time today after 20 years at Hot 97 with the following message, asking fans to not lay anything on management or program director Ebro.
"Back in May when I got arrested, and I did the interview up there with Rosenberg and Ebro and Cipha Sounds, I admitted to some mistakes and some things that I get into...
Mister Cee Resigns From Hot 97 After New Prostitution Allegations
Mister Cee took to the Hot 97 airwaves today to announce his resignation from Hot 97 after new allegations arose about him soliciting a prostitute. This is not the first time Mister Cee has been involved in this type of situation.
A transsexual prostitute who goes by the name Bimbo Winehouse posted a video today, picked up by Bossip, which allegedly captures the audio of his interaction with Miste
Paris Hilton’s First Cash Money Single With Lil Wayne Is Due Out October 1
Well, Paris Hilton's long-awaited Cash Money debut is on the horizon, as she took to Twitter recently to announce that her debut single for the label, "Good Time" featuring Lil Wayne, will be out October 1. The single, her first since signing to the label and only single since "Last Night," a track that dropped last November and also featured Weezy...