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A new Earl Sweatshirt track dropped titled "Grief." The song is a slow knocker as Earl explains his trust issues. The accompanying visual is pretty out there, with a trippy filter that lasts throughout the whole song. Sweat is kicking back on his living room couch, lighting up as he spits his metaphoric bars...

Run The Jewels was attacked while performing at SXSW on yesterday (March 16). The incident was caught on camera, which shows an unidentified man storming the stage as RTJ performed their set. In the video, the man is seen going after El-P as Killer Mike chases him...

Professor X of the the X Clan passed away on March 17, 2006 from spinal meningitis. XXL salutes the Afrocentric MC by reminiscing on some of his best work.

Nicki Minaj just kicked off The Pinkprint Tour in Stockholm, Sweden and will be traveling through Europe until July 5. Yesterday (March 16), the Queen of Barbz fan website took to Twitter to announce that she'll be bringing the party to the U.S. this summer...

Today, March 17, is the birthday of rapper Sean Price. The Brooklyn rapper has been a prominent figure in East Coast hip-hop since the early 1990's. Under the stage name Ruck, Price was a member of the hardcore supergroup Boot Camp Clik, more specifically one half of the duo Heltak Skeltah with Jahmal Bush (aka Rock), in the 90's and assisted on two collective albums before parting ways in 2000...

Kanye West took to Twitter to decide that he's using the footage of his BRIT Awards performance as the official video for "All Day." He tweeted, "I felt the Brits performance captured the energy of the record." 'Ye used his show at Fondation Louis Vuitton Gallery in Paris earlier this month to showcase the Steve McQueen-directed video that was thought to be the official video f

Today, (March 16), Instagram was full of the unexpected. Drake popped up on IG feeding a tiger on a leash. His exact location is unknown but it's certain that the animal was inside what appeared to be someone's house. "2% or Skim?," Drizzy jokingly captioned...

Kendrick Lamar's second major label album, To Pimp a Butterfly, is officially out March 23, but has been available intermittently on iTunes for the last day or so. In interviews for a New York Times profile, he recounts being baptized following the release of his 2012 debut, good kid, m...

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Beastie Boys' iconic Licensed To Ill album officially went diamond. RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) has Licensed To Ill achieving diamond status on March 4, 2015. Licensed To Ill is the debut album of Michael "Mike D" Diamond, Adam "MCA" Yauch and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz. They join Outkast, Eminem, 2...

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The official tracklist and cover art for Raekwon's F.I.L.A. (Fly International Luxurious Art) album is out. F.I.L.A. is schedule to drop on April 28. This will be The Chef’s sixth official solo LP.  The 13-track album featured guests including A$AP Rocky, Ghostface Killah, Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, 2 Chainz, French Montana, Busta Rhymes and more. See the tracklist below wi...