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Nitty Scott has established herself as a respectable MC in the rap genre. Her big break came in 2010 with an incredible “Monster” freestyle that captured the attention of music critics. Five years later, Nitty Scott has gained the respect from hip-hop heads all around the world for her skills on the mic and wordplay. Along with...

Lil Wayne has been made it publicly known that he is unhappy with his label situation but that hasn't stopped business from rolling. According to reports from Billboard and Young Money's official website, singer and model Stephanie Acevedo has joined Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment. Acevedo ...

Because you can only fit so much smoke inside an arena, Wiz Khalifa has teamed up with Fall Out Boy to hit a series of amphitheaters around the continent this summer. The Boys Of Zummer tour kicks off Jun. 10 in New Jersey; its 40 dates span the East coast before heading across the Midwest and South, finishing up in Los Angeles on Aug...

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G-Eazy's rise from posting songs on his Myspace page to hitting No. 3 on the Billboard chart with his debut album, These Things Happen, has been nothing short of amazing. After racking up over 14.5 million views on his "I Mean It" video, the Bay Area native unleashes his latest visual effort for "Downtown Love." In the vid, ...

When it comes to straight bars, few rappers in the game today have Action Bronson beat. While on the Funkmaster Flex show, Mr. Wonderful himself laid lyrical slaughter over Alchemist's classic "Keep It Thoro" instrumental. Name dropping Salt-N-Pepa, George Foreman, Jadakiss, and Lenny Kravitz, Bronsolino goes in while Flex laughs his ass off throughout ...

Remember that crazy hat Pharrell wore to the Grammy Awards last January? The big, brown, lop-sided hat has been the topic of many jokes and memes across the web ever since. Designed by Vivienne Westwood, the infamous hat's new home is now the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles. The...

How's this for awkward. Gwyneth Paltrow and Jimmy Fallon did a melody of covers on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon last night (Jan. 14). The performance included their renditions of Drake's "Started From the Bottom," Big Sean's "IDFWU," and Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda...

50 Cent inked a $78 million dollar deal with underwear company, FRIGO back in December. FRIGO by RevolutionWear is a luxury line that consists of t-shirts and underwear and uses advanced technology to create revolutionary underwear for active men...

As of late, it seems like the Nike brand has been focusing on military themed colorways. The Nike Air Trainer 3 will get the military treatment with its upcoming silhouette. The forthcoming Air Trainer 3 from Nike will be dubbed as the “Jade Stone.” The...

With Future's latest project, Beast Mode, set to drop today, he has released another single off the tape. In "Just Like Bruddas" the Atlanta rapper reflects on his crew and the benefits of being rich. He also lightly speaks on the situation between him and ex-fiancee Ciara, saying, "They talkin bout me on the Gram, they say I turned my back on my baby mama." The R&B singer

Jay Z was never really a coke rapper. He was also never really the club rat, the jeweler's best friend, or the menacing kingpin. What he was was a carefully constructed latticework of all those things, borrowing bits and pieces of other archetypes and putting them over the day's most forward production...