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"I know nobody ever thought that I'd amount to this," raps Michael Christmas, fresh off the busses, planes and crowds of cerebral college kids who ferried him on a world tour with Logic. "ADHD," the newest single from the hefty MC, is produced by 6ix, a product of the cramped travel conditions and disorienting experience of being plucked out of his new Los Angeles digs and drop

There's no question that the top bars and lounges around the world count with two things: great music and sexy bartenders, and thanks to media apps like Snapchat and Instagram, the sexy bartenders working at these party locations have become the reason why several men head to the club, lounge or bar...

Unlike some of the more enigmatic members of rap's underground, the Crown Heights-bred ScienZe has blessed his fans over the past couple of years with a steady stream of solid releases. Today (April 10), he keeps that streak alive with the Blu- and Elle Pierre-featuring "Southside, Queens...

Couldn't make it to Cali this weekend for Coachella? Lucky for you, the massive festival will be streamed via YouTube all weekend. Like most things in life, the news was too good to be true since the headlining performers--including Drake--won't be streamed ...

You might have had some raucous spring breaks in your day, but they're nothing like the one Denzel Curry and Mike Dece take in their new video for "Ice Age." The private jets and complicated daps in airplane hangars are nothing compared to the psychedelic lens through which the whole experience is filtered--nothing seems completely real, but it isn't so outlandish as to be fantasy... Rea

Homicide investigators are recreating Suge Knight's fatal hit-and-run incident that took place in January. According to TMZ, the L.A. county sheriff is working in conjunction with prosecutors and are currently recreating the scene. In the v...

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Kirk Knight gives the people something to believe in with his new self-produced joint, "Give 'Em." The Pro Era producer/MC has quietly been climbing up the ranks of the underground with strong production on Joey Bada$$ cuts, as direct support for Mick Jenkins on a national tour and dropping loosies of his own ...

  For someone who seems so ubiquitous, Fetty Wap has no major television appearances to his name. That will change this Sunday (April 12), when the New Jersey upstart takes the stage at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles. The "Trap Queen" star will perform from the Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles (right across the street from Staples Center, where the struggling Lakers mirror Fett

Kanye West says he's an activist. “I’m not a celebrity, I’m an activist,” said Kanye West in his recent interview with the New York Times' T Magazine. "The fact that when I see truth it's really hard for me to sit back and just allow it to happen in front of me on my clock makes me, a lot of times, a bad celebrity." In the profile piece, t...

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Wais P The Pimp was arrested yesterday in New York City as part of the NYPD's "Bright Lights, Big City" operation that targets sex trafficking in Midtown Manhattan. According to the NY Daily News, the rapper, who dubbed his brand of hip-hop as "pimp hop," was arrested on Wednesday after appearing in Manhattan Supreme Court on a DWI charge...