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Common's acting resume is filling up fast. The Oscar-winning MC is co-starring in a new film titled Every Secret Thing which hits theaters next month. Common will show off his acting chops alongside the likes of Elizabeth Banks and Dakota Fanning in the drama about a detective who is haunted by her past and must confront the same eerie issue when it arises eight years later...

If you thought Curren$y, quite possibly the hardest working man in the rap biz, had to be joking when he announced he was dropping a new EP only weeks after his latest album Pilot Talk III, here's proof. Today, the NOLA MC drops the inaugural track, "Rhymes Like Weight" from his forthcoming five song project, Even More Saturday Night Car Tunes...

Cali's Audio Push puts out a new record off their upcoming mixtape, Good Vibe Tribe. The HS87 duo unveils the record "Reset" which is produced by OZ. Over a simple piano loop laced with chaotic drum snaps, the two MCs spazz on the lames who changed up...

Kendrick Lamar kicked off the month dropping the video for the To Pimp A Butterfly single "King Kunta" where the rap star mobs through Compton showing off the sights of his hometown. Today, we get behind-the-scenes footage from the The Lil Homies and Director X-directed video, which looked like it was a blast to be a part of...

After over a decade of playing the sideline, MC Lyte returns with her aptly titled eighth studio album Legend. Can the tenured raptress stay relevant while still staying true to the game? Lyte attempts to do so on her latest LP, her first since 2003's Da Underground Heat Vol...

Tidal, the new Jay Z endorsed music streaming service, is undergoing some major moves in personnel. A number of employees have been let go as well as change coming at the top with a new CEO being brought in. In a recent statement posted on Business Insider, Tidal announced the latest internal changes...

The living victim in Suge Knight's fatal hit-and-run case might be the former music mogul's biggest asset as he fights a murder charge, depending on whose side a jury believes. In audio recently obtained by TMZ from the Los Angeles Police Department, Cle "Bone" Sloan, who Suge struck before running over and killing Terry Carter, told police he is partially to blame for the death... Read

This week was about Young Thug. The inscrutable Atlantan's Wayne-baiting Barter 6 mixtape is finally available, the first proper full-length project since he became a household name last summer with Rich Gang's "Lifestyle." But beyond Thugga's stellar tape, there were other exciting happenings on each coast--from Jadakiss being rustled awake over some Jay Z classics up in Yonkers to Long

Thugga wastes no time. Just one day after dropping his Barter 6 mixtape, Young Thug invades the airwaves and commands hip-hop's attention again today. This time, with a music video for "Constantly Hating" featuring Birdman, the intro track and presumable single off his controversial tape...

A fake account impersonating Nicki Minaj's ex-boyfriend Safaree Samuels was releasing old nude photos of Nicki on Twitter last night. TMZ reports that SB is adamant that he has nothing to do with that and would never do that. A rep of Samuels said that the rapper is doing everything in his power to shut that account down and clear his name. The...

Spring break isn't just for overworked college students anymore. So far this year a ton of artists in the hip-hop community have taken mini getaways to combat the fatigue of writing, recording and touring. As if being a platinum selling artist or a celebrity DJ isn't enough, these individuals choose the most beautiful places in the world to find seclusion...

Oakland-raised singer/songwriter Kehlani Parrish is quickly establishing herself as one of the new artists from the Bay Area that you should know. The 19-year-old R&B/hip-hop sensation first broke onto the music scene as part of the teen collective Poplyfe. Th...