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After this video aired, Nick Young was probably camping out on the couch for a few days in the home he shares with rapper fiancee, Iggy Azalea. The Lakers point guard recently appeared on the ESPN show Sports Nation hosted by Michelle Beadle, Max Kellerman and Marcellus Wiley, and was tasked with guessing lyrics between Iggy and his team mate Kobe Bryant...

Nicki Minaj is currently loving life and her new boo thang Meek Mill. But her former relationship with Safaree Samuels was recently the talk of the 'Net when a song from the aspiring rapper leaked titled "Love The Most" which is clearly aimed at Queen Barb...

The individual who shot Compton rapper YG early yesterday morning is still at large, but authorities believe they might be one step close identifying the perpetrator thanks to the studio's security cameras. According to TMZ, multiple cameras might have captured the incident...

The Rachel Dolezal story is quite frankly the most fascinating news of 2015 so far. Today, it just got more strange. Her ex-fiancé, Maurice Turner, made a rap song titled "For the Rest of My Life" in 2013 to celebrate their marriage. He al...

It's easy to trace a year by the event albums, by the A$AP Rockys, by the Kendrick Lamars. Earl Sweatshirt and Action Bronson can dominate one news cycle, Surf the next. But this week in hip-hop was somewhat of an aberration, where the best singles came mostly from hungry up-and-comers bubbling just under the radar. The highest p...

The bizarre story of Rachel Dolezal, the Spokane NAACP president recently outed for posing as a Black woman, has taken over the internet. The memes are pouring out in tons, questioning Rachel's familiarity with Black culture in lyrics, movies and even customs; with each one funnier than the last...

Early this morning (June 12), YG was reportedly shot at a Los Angeles recording studio. According to TMZ, an unidentified assailant confronted the rapper at roughly 1:45 a.m. and fired three shots into the Compton rapper's hip. A member of YG's team drove him from the Studio City studio to a nearby hospital...

Last night (June 10), Long Beach rapper Vince Staples appeared on The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore to discuss Presidential candidates, marriage and why older generations are always prejudiced against those who come after them. Joining ...

Elyjah Marrow, 20-year-old grandson to the actor and legendary gangsta rapper Ice-T, has been indicted on involuntary manslaughter charges following the shooting death of his roommate, Daryus Johnson. According to The Daily Mail, Marrow was arrested in June of 2014 after allegedly shooting Johnson in the chest. By ...