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It's great to be Pharrell and the multi-talented artist's life just got better after closing on a new $7 million home in Los Angeles' Laurel Canyon, reports Curbed. Featuring amazing views, six bedrooms, massive glass windows, a pool, a two-story guesthouse and a deck on top of the garage that doubles as an outdoor screening room amongst other amenities ...

Lil Mama hasn't dropped an album since 2008--that year's VYP (Voice of the Young People) sported two charting singles, the Chris Brown- and T-Pain-featuring "Shawty Get Loose" and the inescapable song with which she's most closely associated, "Lip Gloss." (More r...

Earlier this year, Suge Knight, famous as the head of Death Row Records and for being one of the rap world's most ruthless henchmen, was charged with murder, attempted murder and hit-and-run. The charges come in connection to a January incident that took place at a hamburger stand in Compton; one of the victims, a man named Terry Carter, died from his injuries, while the other, Cle "Bones&quo

The sexy Tinashe taps the sultry DeJ Loaf for the remix to the singer's "All Hands On Deck." This is the second remix of the song, with the first featuring Iggy Azalea and should only help keep the track in rotation--especially since this one is already edited down for radio play. DeJ ...

Once a focal point of rap's new HTML-supported underground, Raider Klan has, in the past two years, lied mostly dormant. Ex-member Denzel Curry has continued to carve out a name for himself as one of Florida's most promising artists, but the other principals have existed primarily under digital radars...

Kanye West is the new addition to Kim Kardashian's smash hit video game, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood. But you might not recognize him. Glu Games, the game developer of Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, tweeted out a photo from the game earlier today teasing new characters on the app...

Much has been made about Jay Z's purchasing, rebranding and relaunching Tidal; even more has been made about its supposed commercial failures. Though some pieces of hard data (an artist's earnings per stream, for example) paint the company in a positive light, early PR has been difficult, marred by what some considered to be the tone-deaf, millionaire-laden rollout...

Earl Sweatshirt hopped on Twitter last night (May 28) to share his thoughts about the current state of Odd Future. no sympathy for male virgins who're in their feelings about tyler pointing out and solidifying the obvious. — EARL (@earlxsweat) May 29, 2015 Earl's comment piggybacks off of Tyler, The Creator's tweets, which he states that OFWGKTA is "no more." On ...

An April shooting of Lil Wayne's tour bus may be tied to Young Thug. TMZ is reporting that the police have a warrant for Jimmy Carlton Winfrey. The suspect was looking to elevate his status as a Blood by, "committing a high profile shooting of a rival rap artist ...

Thanks to the digital era, checking tweaking videos has become one of the favorite hobbies of men. WIth millions of clips uploaded on a daily of women twerking it for the camera, the art of clapping has been an instant hit on the different social media apps, but when it comes to Vine, you'll tend to find the best non-stop twerking clips from online...

Like many who've come before him, Kirk Knight is dueling his way to the top of rap's hierarchy with every verse. A member of the Brooklyn collective Pro Era, Knight has gone from go-to producer to fire-spitting MC in a matter of a few hundred thousand SoundCloud plays...

During a recent interview with Real 92.3, 50 Cent said that Chris Brown played a major part in him and Floyd Mayweather squashing their beef. Back in February, Breezy made a stop at the Barclays Center as a part of his Between the Sheets tour with Trey Songz. Breezy b...