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You want to know how much times have changed? The man who made "Shake Ya Ass" is doing straight-up funk numbers on Saturday Night Live. Mystikal's naturally frenetic presence always has had a funky quality, but now we're not just tracing the dots...

Life can come at you quick, and for DMV rapper GoldLink, it changed in the blink of an eye. The young MC dropped his debut project The God Complex back in April and his been on a roller coaster ride ever since, touring in Europe, performing at hometown festival Trillectro, and meeting legends in the game such as Rick Rubin and Andre 3000. But...

Villa is one of the most well-known retailers in the city of Philadelphia and today marks a milestone for the exclusive boutique. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, Villa will be releasing a special collection entitled the "Sweet Potato...

Kirko Bangz's debut album is nowhere in sight but...Oh look! It's Migos. The Atlanta trio joins Kirko Bangz in the video for "Got It On Me." Of course, the "It" refers to riches, and the video mostly focuses on that as if the hook ("I got it on me, I got it me...

36 Seasons is coming out during the most stacked month of the year. Ghostface Killah isn't swtiching up too much to match the competition. He invites underrated rhymer AZ to "bring it back to the blocks off of New Lots" in "Blood In The Streets...

OG Maco has been stirring shit up lately, attacking former collaborator Key! with a vicious diss track called, "Fat F*ck," and taking shots at Beyonce on Twitter. It's one thing for the Atlanta upstart to go after a fellow MC, but to aim at the Queen...

Lisa Roth (sister of Van Halen frontman David Lee) and her Co. Rockabye Baby! have carved out a niche repurposing standards, from Bowie to Beatles to Bruce, as children's lullabies. (Yes, you can find Van Halen on their website.) But Eminem would seem to pose the most problems for a company that is, at least ostensibly, in the baby business...

Ball is life? Apparently, 50 Cent has a hooper in the family. That's right, 50's son Marquise Jackson is downright filthy on the hardwood. According to SLAM, the youngster was matched up against the highly touted D-1 caliber recruits at Brewster Academy and showed out...

It's looking like Gates is focusing a bit more on lyricism and introspection on The Luca Brasi Story 2 — one of the many anticipated December releases. Listen to "Out The Mud" and "Reasonable Suspicion"; this is a good thing. Also, listen to "Perfect Imperfection," a song that charms with its accessibility and near stream of consciousness style. The ...

A lot of rappers and producers look great in cars. Royce Da 5'9" and DJ Premier are the exception; in the video for "Courtesy," they get car trouble instead of props. Car-less, Royce raps, Premier nods approvingly and the duo successfully hitchhike...

Queens MC Action Bronson and his fans got some good news today as his debut label album got a release timeframe. Bronsolino, who already has an impressive catalog of projects, has been working on Mr. Wonderful for quite some time now and took to Twitter to promise listeners that, "There is no music in the world today that is even near this album I've created..." ...