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Early this morning in Queens, NY, Chinx was struck by a bullet and killed. At around 5am, the rapper, who was signed to French Montana's Coke Boys imprint, was shot while sitting inside a car. Born Lionel Pickens, Chinx was transported to Jamaica Medical Center with gunshot wounds to his torso, and later pronounced dead...

Incarcerated rapper Bobby Shmurda was recently involved in a fight in prison that included multiple people and members of the Crips and Bloods street gang. According to TMZ, a fight broke out Friday (May 15) at Otis Bantum Correctional Center with the "Hot Nigga" MC and five other inmates all throwing blows...

Kendrick Lamar is still riding high off the release of his critically acclaimed sophomore major label release, To Pimp A Butterfly. And as we've found out in the days following the release, there was plenty of heat that didn't make the cut...

Trey Songz catches the freestyle wave bringing along his protege, St. Louis native JR, along for the ride to remix T Wayne's "Nasty (Freestyle)." Trey taps into the same cadence as the original dropping in some signature lines about precocious females before JR chimes in to spit some gangsta bars over the hard-hitting instrumental...

A photograph of Jay Z used in the background in Rick Ross' "Movin' Bass" video could cost the Bawse. The MMG head is being sued by a photographer who claims the picture was used without permission. According to TMZ, Armen Djerrahian has filed court documents claiming he took the famous picture of Jigga holding up the Roc-A-Fella "diamond" sign back in 2003...

Conservative media's No. 1 troll Bill O'Reilly recently made hip-hop headlines after his ridiculous assertion that rap is at fault for the declining number of people currently claiming Christianity in the United States. Like most sensible people, Killer Mike has a hard time taking the Fox News television host seriously...

Soulja Boy dropped his first album in five years in February with the project, Loyalty but that hardly matters. The Atlanta rapper has pumped out over 20 mixtapes in that same time span keeping his name relevant in the eyes of fans. He recently added to the free music resume with his latest mixtape release, Swag...

Migos' Offset remains in Bulloch County Jail after being denied bond twice on charges related to the group's April 18 arrest at Georgia Southern University. Also arrested during the incident was Migos affiliate, and XXL Freshmen 2015 hopeful Rich The Kid who also remains in lock up - Quavo and Takeoff have since been released...

6.2.15 OPM A photo posted by DOM KENNEDY (@dopeitsdom) on May 15, 2015 at 2:08pm PDT   Dom Kennedy just announced his new album is coming next month. The Cali MC recently took to Instagram and unveiled the cover art for the self titled LP. The...

Fab has adopted a Diddy mentality and can't stop, wont stop dropping fire freestyles at the end of every week. This week was no different with the Brooklyn MC uploading his latest bar exam over Nas' "The Wold Is Yours" from his classic debut, Illmatic...

A photo posted by Yungin' (@augustalsina) on May 15, 2015 at 7:38pm PDT August Alsina apparently has some serious eye issues that recently required corrective surgery. The singer took to Instragram last night and posted a photo that shows him during the detailed procedure, which looks uncomfortable to say the least. In...

Texas-bred vixen, Lira Galore is one of the most desired women in the industry. The model/actress has been linked before ti Drake and MMG rapper, Rick Ross. Galore, formally a well-known stripper, has built a respectable following on Instagram thanks to the exotic pictures that she posts on the daily onto her IG page...