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Young Thug got a new tattoo over the weekend to pay homage to one of his idols, Gucci Mane. We have all seen Gucci's infamous ice cream cone tattoo on his face. Now YT has done the same. He hopped on Instagram to share photos of his new ink yesterday (May 31). In both posts...

On this day, June 1, in hip-hop history... 1999: On June 1, 1999, Queens MC Ja Rule dropped his debut album, Venni Vetti Vecci. After working behind the scenes for years and getting a good look in writing the hook of Jay Z's 1998 hit single, "Can I Get A...

50 Cent spoke about Tidal, claiming he could of made the music streaming service more exciting. Fif stopped by Los Angeles radio station REAL 92.3 to talk with Letty and DJ Damage during "The Realest" segment of their radio show. The G-Unit chief was asked about Jay Z's streaming service and why he wasn't apart of the recent movement. In ...

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are having another baby. Kim Kcmade the announcement in a teaser following tonight's (May 31) mid-season finale of Keeping Up With the Kardashians. "I just got the blood test back," Kim said to Khloé Kardashian in the new clip, "and I'm pregnant." Kim told Khloé afte...

Lil B is like the modern day rap version of Ghandi, spreading his love and worldly knowledge across the country on his now must-see lecture circuit. With prestigious institutions of higher learning like New York University, Carnegie Mellon, Virginia Tech and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under his belt, it was time to take his talents back to the left coast...

There has been a continuous string of New York rappers going in on '90s instrumentals recently and we aren't even mad. Papoose and Remy Ma are the latest MCs to touch a classic track from what many believe to be the golden decade of rap...

XXL 2015 Freshmen hopeful Que has been keeping a low profile in 2015. But today we something new from the Atlanta representative. The "OG Bobby Johnson" rapper pays homage to the incarcerated Gucci Mane and others on the new track, "Gucci Said...

Rich The Kid is one of the most active rappers on the ATL music scene and he is making sure the product moves while he is behind bars. Today, we get the video for the Atlanta rapper's Quavo and Migo Bands-assisted single, "Change" off the Rich The Kid and Migos mixtape Still On Lock...

Kendrick Lamar's festival schedule this summer is bananas with headlining gigs at the Essence Music Festival, the Sasquatch Festival, the Wireless Festival, Bonnaroo and Hot 97's Summer Jam. Last night, K. Dot scratched one performance off his list as he shut down the 2015 Sweetlife Festival in Columbia, Md...

Five people were arrested yesterday on the set of a French Montana video that was being shot in Brooklyn. According to New York Daily News, three men and two women were taken into custody after plainclothes officers on the scene spotted illegal activity on the set which was located at Fulton St...

Clearly, one of A$AP Rocky's biggest influences was A$AP Yams. The A$AP Mob member passed back in January, but Pretty Flacko plans to carry the torch for his late friend. During a recent interview with Charlie Sloth on BBC Radio, Rocky revealed, now that his album roll out is complete, he will be working diligently to put out a posthumous A$AP Yams LP that they'd been working on before his untim

Ty Dolla $ign has become the go-to-guy in the hip-hop industry for soulfully gutter choruses. Now everyone is waiting to see what he can do on his debut album Free TC. The "Or Nah" singer has put out a number of jams. But, to date, he says his favorite track is "Stand For" his collab with producer Diplo...