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Rapper KayO Redd, the younger brother of Waka Flocka Flame, committed suicide on Dec. 29, 2013.

The joy of joy is joy!! It's a boy!!

It's curious when a rapper teases a debut album called Victory Lap, but Nipsey Hu$$le has earned it. Nipsey owns a smattering of businesses throughout South Central, and has become a true local institution, like traffic, tacos, and smog...

A week after dropping the jazzy joint "Fate," Mick Jenkins is back with his latest track, entitled "11." The track's title is representative of the amount of times that Eric Garner said the words "I can't breathE" while being placed in a chokehold by officer Daniel Pantaleo, a chokehold that ultimately killed him...

Maybe it was the role on Degrassi. Or maybe it's the laundry list of emo rap-sing tracks. Whatever the case, many people perceive Drake as one of more sensitive MCs in the rap ranks. Apparently Drizzy is fully aware of the outside perception that he might shed tears more than the average male...

LL Cool J has been keeping it gutter in his previous releases leading up to G.O.A.T. 2. But if you know what the LL in his name stands for, you know he's never too far from dropping a song dedicated to the ladies. Today, Mr. Smith does just that releasing a new single with up-and-coming singer Jeremy Austin titled "Know Your Name...

Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan have developed a winning formula. The Rich Gang affiliated Atlanta rappers have put together a string of well received tracks and continue to show good chemistry in the booth. Today, they upload a new track titled "Hold Us" featuring Peewee Longway...

POWER Season 2 is unbelievably good trust me. I have the best writers and show runner. I like Terrence howard and Taraji Henson. I don't like that They would copy the Marketing.#SMSAUDIO #FRIGO #POWERTV A video posted by 50 Cent (@50cent) on Dec 12, 2014 at 4:57pm PST 50 Cent has never been one to hold his tongue about anything he deemed worthy of speaking on (or making an Instagram video about)

Wale is building up steam to make a big impact in 2015. Having recently dropped his A-Trak collab mixtape Festivus, the DC MC adds some momentum to his upcoming The Album About Nothing by releasing the video for the project's single "The Body" featuring Jeremih...

Ca$h Out hasn't turned in all his coins for 2014 yet. The Atlanta MC had a decent year finally dropping his debut LP, Let's Get It and releasing the mixtape Kitchens and Choppas in November. With still some time left in the year, he makes a statement with the new track "Shooters" featuring Hoodrich Pablo and Diego...

It's been 15 years since the infamous New York City nightclub shooting involving Diddy (then Puffy) and protégé Shyne. While some see it as another wild moment in hip-hop history, the events of that night have had a much larger effect on others. Yesterday, U...

Sparklers on deck. Young Buck buys out the bar and holds down the fort in the VIP with the rest of his G-Unit gang in the video for the November track "Bring My Bottles" featuring 50 Cent and Tony Yayo. The Unit has slowed down its production of loose tracks from earlier this year which might mean they are saving their muscle for The Beast Is G-Unit project which is on the horizon... Rea