MTV will premier two new hip-hop programs starting this April. Due to the success of his show Wild N Out, Nick Cannon is hosting his new project, Short Circuitz. The series is created and produced by Cannon and features a ...

A group of Los Angeles detectives have filed a lawsuit against the city seeking to end, what they call, "warrantless searches" of their workspace. The suit, filed by the Los Angeles Police Protective League on Monday (March 19), names as ...

Alabama native Rich Boy grabbed the No. 3 spot on the Billboard charts this week, moving just under 112,000 copies of his self-titled debut album. The strong showing was powered in part by his popular single “Throw Some D’s.” Also ...

Former Death Row Records artist Lady of Rage and Bay Area MC Saafir will star in a new film — Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop — which chronicles notorious L.A. gang member Kody “Monster” Scott’s rise to fame. Saafir will portray ...

In a story XXLMag.com was first to report last month, former Roc-A-Fella Records and State Property artist Omillio Sparks is unhappy with Jay-Z’s decision to block appearances by Peedi Crakk and Freeway on his album, Payback (Colossal Entertainment). The Philadelphia ...