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Yasiin Bey is charged up. Inspired, or annoyed, maybe, by the ongoing Drake vs. Meek Mill beef, the rapper formerly known as Mos Def laid down the gauntlet and challenged any rapper in the game to a battle. In a video posted on YouTube, Bey puts his foot down and takes shots at the battle records put out by Drake and Meek Mill and says he, Black Thought and King Los will take on anybody ... Read

Dr. Dre’s long-awaited new album is here. The 50-year-old hip-hop legend released his first album in a 16 years. His last studio album was 2001. The new LP features appearances by Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, YG, the Game and Xzibit, among others. Dre also said he, King Mez and Jus...

Earl Sweatshirt's music has been called depressing, but it's really just claustrophobic. The preternaturally talented Los Angeles native wowed fans and critics this spring with I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Got Outside, channeling his misanthropy into sparse beats and razor-sharp raps that taunted foes and turned on a dime...

Mac Miller surprised the rap world yesterday (Aug. 6) when he popped up on Hot 97 and gave a Sept. 18 release date for his Warner debut, GO:OD AM album. At midnight last night, Miller dropped the video for his single, "100 Grandkids," an tapped Nick Walker for the director's chair. The ...

What is Jeremih going to have to do to get a release date? The Chicago-bred singer has been pumping out hits for himself and others at an alarming rate, yet he can't get Late Night: The Album onto retail shelves. It was supposed to come out on July 17th, his 28th birthday, but instead all the "Birthday Sex" singer got was a DUI...

Method Man keeps it all in the family for his latest leak from The Meth Lab. Featuring OG Wu members Raekwon and Inspectah Deck, Meth also taps his son, who also happens to be named Raekwon. Over a looped up drum beat, Meth, Rae (x2) and Deck rap like their still trapped in the 36 Chambers and with Meth's son on the hook, the crew makes it a point to remind everyone that Wu-Tang is still for the

Remember when Kanye West had a new album coming out? It started on New Years Eve, when 'Ye dropped "Only One," the first in his trio of Paul McCartney collaborations. The second was the Rihanna-featuring "FourFiveSeconds," which ran back the rapper's 2013 claim that he had no interest in being on radio; West, Rihanna and McCartney performed the song at this year's Grammy Awards

Last night (Aug. 6) 2 Chainz and Hudson Mohawke turned up Highline Stages in New York's Meatpacking District. The event was to celebrate the launch Hennessy V.S's limited edition bottle with Ryan McGinness. The #ArtoftheChase experience was centered on guiding guests through the Hennessy and Ryan McGinness partnership starting with a motion tracking tunnel of Ryan's blackhole artwork, continuing i

I got my selfie!!! I really loved hearing her speak & hearing her goals for our country! #HillaryForPresident pic.twitter.com/zGpdcGSZBD — Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) August 7, 2015 Could Kanye West's next venture be in the political world? Can't pu ...

There are songs that artists and labels hope to turn into club hits, through playing politics with DJs and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars with PR firms. Then, there are cuts that are so tailor-made for the hours between 1:00 and 3:00 a...

Last night (August 6), Jon Stewart hosted Comedy Central's esteemed news satire program, The Daily Show, for the final time. Stewart has long been revered as not only one of America's foremost comics, but perhaps its most visible, most incisive and best news and politics watchdog. The...