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Earlier this year, Zaytoven teamed up with Future for Beast Mode, a tour-de-force on both sides of the boards that stands as one of the year's strongest projects. The first song on that tape, the Young Scooter-featuring "Oooooh," has been reworked by both rappers; the new version serves as the first offering from Scooter and Zaytoven's forthcoming Juggathon. That tap...

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Though on Tidal subscribers are privy to the full video of the young Chicago rapper's contract signing, the word is out for the public at large: Vic Mensa has signed to Roc Nation. Vic first made a national name for himself after his friend and collaborator Chance the Rapper dropped Acid Rap in 2013 and landing on the 2014 XXL Freshmen cover; since then, he has expanded his palate beyond hip-hop.

“I remember when I first wrote the record ‘Vamonos,’" says Orlando rapper YT Triz. "I was on a small tour with J Rock, who produced the record. He gave me the beat and I wrote to it in the truck and I ain't think much of it. When I got back ...

adidas continues to release new iterations of their EQT Racer and today, we get a glimpse at the latest from the Three Stripes with the release of the EQT Racer 2.0. The new version of the EQT Racer features an open-air canvas on the side panel of the shoe, dressed in a white and black upper, the EQT 2...

Fabolous has played 2015 almost perfectly. Eschewing industry pressure to cram his talents into a format palatable to radio, the mixtape veteran has spent the year rhyming over the instrumentals to classic songs, kicking his name out into the news cycle with more vigor than if he threw 18 singers onto every hook...

Back in 2012, Waka Flocka Flame sent out a tweet that simply read, "I'm dead ass running for president in 2016." With election season starting to kick off and candidates throwing their hats into the ring, Flocka has made good on his word and signed the necessary documents to run for President of the United States in 2016 ...

Written in the wake of a grand jury's failure to indict Ferguson, Mo. police officer Darren Wilson, Raury and Malik Shakur's "Fly" aims to be a song of healing, a processing tool in the wake of a tragedy. After Wilson killed Michael Brown in August of last year, there was an outpouring of support, vigils and protests, with artists like J...

V Magazine discovered something that works and are running with it. The last couple of issues featured Tinashe and FKA Twigs on the cover partially nude. For the summer 2015 issue, Rihanna is the cover star and is as hot as ever, completely topless wearing a blonde wig. She...

O.T. Genasis' career went to new heights with his smash hit "CoCo" and now the Conglomerate Entertainment rapper attempts a follow up hit with "Ricky." Stylistically, "Ricky" is in the same vein as "CoCo." While both songs have a catchy hook and cocaine raps, on "Ricky" Genasis tries his hand at harmonizing over the beat ...