Reed Jackson
The Most Awkward Hip-Hop Moments From Last Night’s American Music Awards
Last night's American Music Awards was oddly hip-hop themed. Aside from the sexy cat-accompanied purrformance (see what I did there) by Miley Cyrus and the fact that Justin Timberlake and Taylor Swift cleaned house in the awards category, the show seemed to revolve around rappers...
Drake Plans To Drop Multiple New Songs By Year’s End
Toronto's Drake has had a huge year, but he's not done yet. According to Xclusives Zone, the OVO rapper is planning on releasing four or five new songs by the end of the year, including the Hit-Boy-produced "Trophies" and possibly the long-awaited "Wu-Tang Forever" remix...
Lady Gaga Loves Listening To Chief Keef
Chicago rapper Chief Keef has a new fan, and she's a pop superstar.
That would be singer Lady Gaga, who, while on the red carpet of the American Music Awards last night, said that she's been "listening to a lot of Chief Keef," according to Karen Civil. Kee...
Macklemore Honors Trayvon Martin At American Music Awards
Seattle MC Macklemore has never been shy about using his fame to bring awareness to social and political issues, and he did so again at last night's American Music Awards.
During his acceptance speech for favorite rap album, Macklemore, who was calling in from Miami, Fla...
Eminem’s Childhood Home Demolished
Eminem's childhood home, which was featured on the covers of The Marshall Mathers LP and its sequel, is no more.
Last week, the state of Michigan deemed it structurally unsafe due to damage caused by a recent fire. As a result, a wrecking crew knocked it down...
Kanye West Hopes To Have New Album Out By Summer
Kanye West may be busy climbing glaciers and ranting about culture as part of the Yeezus Tour, but he's also got plans to get back in the studio.
While conducting a recent radio interview, West stated that he "would like to have another album out by next summer...
Jim Jones To Release New EP In December
Jim Jones is continuing his string of vampire-themed projects with a new EP, titled We Own The Night. The project, which shares a similar title to Jones' 2011 mixtape, Vampire Life: We Own The Night, will feature six original songs and appearances from Ricky Blaze, Jeremih and Sean City...
Chelsea Handler’s Most Awkward Moments With Rappers
It's no secret that talk show host Chelsea Handler has a big appreciation for rappers. She made that clear yesterday during her interview with Pusha T when she said, "I have chemistry with rappers...cause I think black guys get me more than white guys...
Childish Gambino Debuts New Song In Texas
Childish Gambino's Because The Internet is coming out soon, and he debuted a new song off it last night in Texas.
The song, "The Crawl," features Gambino going in over a heavy, 808-laced beat. Eventually, the beat incorporates a bridge with soft violins and female vocals...
Daz Dillinger Goes Old School With New Mixtape
West Coaster Daz Dillinger is back with a new mixtape, and he's bringing back the funk with it.
The mixtape, Bacc 2 The Old School Vol.1, features Daz rapping over looped funk songs by artists from the 1970s and '80s, including Roger Troutman, The Fatback Band and Zapp...
Lamar Odom Raps About Drugs While Shirtless
Lamar Odom is continuing his downward spiral, and he's bringing hip-hop along with him.
Last night the former Lakers star posted a video of him rapping in a bathroom, shirtless, with one of his friends. Odom doesn't seem all the way there, and he raps about subjects like doing drugs, making money and sleeping with women that aren't Khloe Kardashian. Let's ho...
N.O.R.E. Tells Jesus To Take The Wheel In New Video
Queens rapper N.O.R.E. has released a new video in promotion of his Student of the Game album, which dropped earlier this year. The video, for the song "Jesus Take The Wheel," shows N.O.R.E. giving commentary on a number of things, from Kanye West's recent incident with the paparazzi to Big Sean turning down a chance to work with him...