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Last night (April 30), Yelawolf hit the stage at Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform "American You," a country-pop-rock-rap number from his sophomore album, the just-released Love Story. With a welcome assist from Travis Barker on the drums, the Alabama rapper ran through the song with ease, illustrating his transformation from tongue-twisting MC to populist balladeer. It was Yelawo... Read Mo

XXL "The Break" alum Kelow releases the clean visual for "Finna," a drill-inspired joint by the DMV native. Surrounded by a few of her beautiful friends, Kelow plays to the camera in the Hollywood hills in between cuts of her partying with her clique. Als ...

With the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight less than 36 hours away, ESPN is pulling out all the stops in service of promoting the highly anticipated bout. Of course, the natural choice for a guest panelist on First Take, then, is 50 Cent, the rapper with whom Floyd has had a long, tumultuous but ultimately close relationship. As ...

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Though Dilla Day is observed each February, Yasiin Bey--the artist formerly known as Mos Def--is extending the celebration by a quarter of a year. This June 11, Bey will hit indigo at London's O2 arena to pay tribute to the late producer and MC, rapping over nothing but Dilla tracks in the process. (in...

Snootie Wild drops the video for "Rich or Not." In the DTV Films-directed visual, Snootie spends the day in the Watts with his boys. The group is seen posted up outside a house while the Go Mode rapper spits. He's feeling himself now that he's got some cash to blow and even boldly smacks a lady's bumper as she walks by. As ...

Saturday Night Live dropped the trailers for this week's episode. The beautiful Scarlett Johansson will host while Wiz Khalifa provides the musical treatment. Rumor has it that the Taylor Gang chief will perform his track, "See You Again" from the Furious 7 soundtrack. In th...

If you haven’t heard by now, one of New York’s most notable venues, The Westway, will soon close their doors. The strip club-turned-nightclub will be shutting down on July 1 of this year before being transformed into yet another luxury condo building. While the ...

Jadakiss' 'Friday Massacre' rolls on and this time he brings Styles P along for the ride. Over Cam'ron and Prodigy's classic "Losin' Weight" instrumental, Kiss and the Ghost go in and out and give the beat a lyrical exercise. Channeling classic back and forth cuts like "Dope Money," "Shootouts" and "We Gonna Make It," the duo provide enough bars to last th

Earlier today in a news conference, the state attorney of Maryland, Marilyn J. Mosby, announced she had filed a homicide, manslaughter and misconduct charges against Baltimore police officers in the death of Freddie Gray. The news surrounding Freddie Gray's death has severely affected the community of Baltimore...

Lupe Fiasco takes us down memory lane. The former XXL Freshman drops the visual to a classic track. "It Just Might Be Okay," directed by Chris & Blak Impakt Studio, is a song from Lupe's 2006 debut, Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor, and the visual comes just in time. The...