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A day after celebrating his 21st birthday, Earl Sweatshirt has announced that he will be touring with Remy Banks and Vince Staples this spring. The Not Ready to Leave tour kicks off next month (Mar.24), at The Ready Room in St. Louis and wraps up in June. Just las...

Rich Homie Quan is temporarily stepping away from Birdman and Rich Gang so he can focus on his solo career. Coming off a nine-day tour in Canada, Quan took a break to chop it up with The Durtty Boyz on Atlanta's Hot 107.9. During an off-ai...

On this day, Feb. 26, in hip-hop history... 1991: LL Cool J delivered his biggest hit single, "Mama Said Knock You Out." The infectious rap that started with "Don't call it a comeback" was an undeniable success. Inspired by advice from LL's grandmother, the Bay Shore MC wrote the four verse rap to "knock out" young rappers and critics saying his career was on the decl

A$AP Ferg released the video for "Dope Walk" and it featured his new BFF Cara Delevingne. Ferg and the supermodel got into a crazy Instagram walk off because of the Harlem native's lyrics ("My walk's meaner than Cara Delevingne"). The cool thing about "Dope Walk" is that the entire video is shot from Ferg's iPhone while traveling through New York Fashion Week events a

Instagram had a few noteworthy moments today (Feb. 25). One of which, was photos from Kanye West's performance at the 2015 BRIT Awards in London last night. The rapper performed his long-awaited song, “All Day” track which entails a hook from MC Allan Kingdom and a verse from Theophilus London. Rumor has ...

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!!!!! A photo posted by Dj Whookid (@justwhookid) on Feb 7, 2015 at 10:44pm PST One of the most successful nightlife DJ's is radio personality and host, Whoo Kid. The Sirius XM DJ is known for sharing his crazy nightlife escapades on Instagram with the beautiful women he encounters at the clubs across the world...

"I'm ready. Of course I'm ready." Action Bronson's rollout for his new album, Mr. Wonderful, has been unique--not necessarily for the nature of the promotion but for the quality of the music involved. Rarely does a rapper drop a smattering of early material this uniformly solid, this unwaveringly tied to the qualities that made him a commodity in the first place...

Whether it's a serious effort of artist versatility or just a funny spoof, these covers remix the hip-hop songs you love with shocking accuracy and viral results.

Philly’s ​own Quilly (formerly known as Quilly Millz) drops a new freestyle mixtape dubbed “Haines Street Hustler Six,” then killed the stage with Lil Durk. Above is the latest mixtape with​ new heat features from Spade-O, Mark Murrille, Vodka, PNB Rock, and Every Ave. Quilly tapped the likes of Koach ...

Having recently remixed Iggy Azalea's Charli XCX-featuring smash hit, "Fancy," So So Def veteran Da Brat is trying her hand at more cutting-edge fare. Taking to Soundcloud, she dropped her remix of Fetty Wap's "Trap Queen," a decidedly avant garde flip for the esteemed veteran...

Kanye West performed his long-awaited song, "All Day," during the 2015 Brit Awards. It features an appearance from rising MC Allan Kingdom on the hook and Theophilus London. The song was is produced by French Montana and Velous. Rumors were circulating that Kanye will perform a new song at the 2015 BRITs award show in London ...