On Christmas Eve, hip-hop was hit unexpectedly with the death of Pro Era rapper Capital STEEZ. Just a few days before the crew released their new PEEP: The Aprocalypse mixtape, MTV News caught up with them to get a preview. In the clip, Steez explains the dynamic of Pro Era and the importance of working from the bottom to the top. "I could relate to Chuck about being at the bottom of the totem pole," he said. "You put yourself in a mind state lower your expectations, something big is always gonna happen. And that's the mind state. ...

Two albums—Chief Keef’s Finally Rich and T.I.’s Trouble Man—were released a few days before Christmas week. According to Billboard, Tip’s eighth studio album sold 179,000 ...

The Fugees were one of hip-hop’s most beloved groups. Let Wyclef tell it, it was love that broke the group apart. In a recent interview ...

Rapper Shawty Lo may be getting his own reality show on the Oxygen network. The show will be called All My Babies' Mama's and will ...

The Bay area wasn't the only place in Cali where rappers were giving back on Christmas Eve. In Compton, Tyga and Game put smiles on ...

Houston rapper Lil Flip was arrested, Wednesday, on weapon and drug charges in Mansfield, Louisiana. Flip and a passenger were initially pulled over for speeding ...

Meek Mill got in on the gift giving action too, donating clothes and toys to the Red Shield Family Residence in Philadelphia on Christmas Eve. ...

In the wake of aspiring rapper Joshua “JayLoud” Davis' death, his family is claiming that his hooded sweatshirt was the reason for the shooting. As reported ...

There was plently of hearfelt giving going on from the rap community around Christmas, and 2 Chainz kept the ball rolling passing out bikes and ...