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Kanye West Tattoos His Daughter and His Mother’s Birthdates on Him
He got it on his wrists instead. His mothers birthdate and North's birthdate in Roman numerals pic.twitter.com/YZKNPcWW6P
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) February 27, 2015
Kanye West got his daughter North West and his late mother Donda West's birthdates tattooed on his wrists. Kim Kard...
Two-9 Credits Mike WiLL Made It With Elevating Their Careers
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Two-9 “Money Counter”
Mike WiLL Made It Signs Two-9 To Eardruma Records
Listen to Logic Feat. Big K.R.I.T., ‘Top Ten’
Logic teams up with Big K.R.I.T. for "Top Ten." After getting 400,000 followers on Twitter last night, the Visionary Music Group artist put out a loose track to thank his fans. "Top Ten" is fire. Logic drops Mortal Kombat references (look at the sick cover art) while proclaiming that he's one of the best in hip-hop right now. His flow on the 6ix-pro...
Hip-Hop Responds to Confusing Dress Color Debate
Is this dress blue and black or gold and white?
Since this dress hit Tumblr yesterday, the image above had everyone on the internet wondering if their eyes needed to be checked (seriously, it was analyzed by Forbes and CNN). To some weird...
Lil Herb’s Instagram Hacked
Lil Herb tweeted that his Instagram was hacked and he doesn't have access to it.
My Ig account is messed up I didn't make another one and j can't get in!!!
— G HERBO NLMB ✨ (@LilHerbie_Ebk) February 23, 2015
If you go to his IG page it appears that nothing looks out of place, however, the reps for Herb confirmed with XXL. "I noticed ...
Kanye West Apologizes to Beck and Bruno Mars
After Kanye West's interview with Zack Lowe on BBC Radio 1, 'Ye took to Twitter to apologize to Beck and Bruno Mars (he even said that he wants Mars to sing the hook on “88 Keys/Puff.”)
I would like to publicly apologize to Beck, I’m sorry Beck.
— KANYE WEST ...
Kevin Hart’s What Now Tour Adds More Dates
Superstar entertainer, actor and comedian Kevin Hart plans to go on a massive North American tour. Tickets for the What Now tour are already selling out fast. After selling out in nearly 20 U.S. markets, more dates were added in several other cities. Kev...
Listen to Open Mike Eagle, ‘Celebrity Reduction Prayer’ (Prod. by Oddisee)
Open Mike Eagle drops his latest track “Celebrity Reduction Prayer,” which was produced Oddisee. The song off of the Mello Music Group’s annual label compilation Persona. Persona hits stores March 10. Other artists and producers featured on the label compilation include Apollo Brown, L’Orange, Rapper Big Pooh, Red Pill, Quelle Chris, Masta Ace, Oh No, Kool Keith, yU, Nottz and others.
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Listen to Tech N9ne Feat. 2 Chainz and B.o.B, ‘Hood Go Crazy’
Independent rap kingpin Tech N9ne returns with this brand new track "Hood Go Crazy" featuring 2 Chainz and B.o.B. The song premiered this morning on Power 106 in Los Angeles. This is the first single from Tech's upcoming Special Effect album, due out May 5 on Strange Music. "Hood Go...
6 Recent Times Will Smith Made a Hip-Hop Comeback
Will Smith is making a comeback in hip-hop. Over the past couple of days the megastar has been performing some of his most memorbale songs. Most recently he was on Jimmy Kimmel Live performed his classic DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince track "Summertime," from 1991. He...
Bun B Wants to Bring Hip-Hop Further Into Academia With His New Class
Related: Bun B Is Teaching Hip-Hop And Religion At Rice University
Bun B Says Rap-A-Lot CEO J. Prince’s ‘Courtesy Call’ Was Going to Be on an Album
Arizona Legislator Wants Schools To Stop Teaching Hip-Hop
KRS-One Believes The History Of Hip-Hop Should Be Taught In Schools
Premiere: Listen to Zuse Feat. Runway Richy, ‘Rigamaro’
Zuse releases "Rigamaro" featuring Runway Richy exclusively through XXL. "Rigamaro," which stands for remix, is chilling. Over a head-slapping FKi-produced beat, the Jamaican-born MC delivers the hook and goes unconscious for his verse showing off his dancehall/trap hybrid flow...