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Kid Cudi is not pleased with the current state of hip-hop. Twitter and Instagram seem to be the go-to social media outlets for artists when they desperately need to speak their mind to a wide spread audience, which is why Kid Cudi took to Twitter to voice his opinion about the lack of originality in hip-hop/rap music today. ...

XXL Freshman Lil Durk is back with his latest banger, "B.O.N." (Big Ol Nigga). The track finds the self proclaimed "King of Chicago" rapping over spooky trap production, talking about life in the hood and taking on his enemies. The most interesting part of this track though, is when he brings up the ongoing beef between Migos and the GBE crew when he says, "I fuck with th

A$AP Twelvyy is back with a visual for "Glock Rivers," a joint he released back in August. The video is mostly in black and white and finds Twelvyy in a few different settings, including by a basketball court and in a party in Manhattan...

RiFF RAFF is ready to take over the EDM circuit. After meeting well-known house artists Kygo and Thomas Jack at the Mad Decent Boat Party this past weekend, the Houston artist decided to make a career changing dive into an entirely different genre of music than what his fans are used to...

Michael Christmas is back with his latest joint, "Bootleg Designer," featuring Sir Michael Rocks. The two spitters are not about that dropping hundreds for designer clothes life. They're all about heading over to bootleg central, Canal Street, and buying up clothes to flip online...

Up-and-coming Toronto rapper Jazz Cartier recently dropped a new single called "Rose Quartz/Like Crazy" which sample's a Toro Y Moi track of the same name. The song was inspired by the 2011 film Like Crazy as Cartier contemplates the repetition of his on-again-off-again relationship...

Black Milk was featured for Reddit's "Ask Me Anything" session today. The social news site teamed up with Detroit producer/rapper. He answered his fans' burning questions about what working with Danny Brown, who is his favorite non-rapper out of Detroit and collaborating with Elzhi and Royce da 5'9". Che...

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Taylor Gang's head honcho Wiz Khalifa dropped his fifth studio album Blacc Hollywood in mid-August and it featured the banger "The Sleaze" on it. Harlem rapper, Smoke DZA, decided to put his own spin on the record with his very own remix...

Tory Lanez drops the new video for "The Mission" off his mixtape Lost Cause. The song features Tory rapping and singing in a pool of water throughout the video while puffng on some loud. Peep the dark visuals above. Related: Watch Trina’s “F-ck Love” Video Featuring Tory Lanez Tory Lanez Featuring Ryan Hemsworth “Mama Told Me”

@tattoo_huero just hooked my lambo up wit 2pac lyrics! #illshit A photo posted by BREEZY (@chrisbrownofficial) on Nov 11, 2014 at 2:21pm PST Sometimes when a song really touches someone's soul, they'll go as far as hanging the lyrics in their room or even tattooing it on their body...

Los Angeles emcee and Red Bull Sound Select artist, Thurz unveiled his limited edition "City of Champions" collaboration with Stance Socks. The 200 pair run of "City of Champions" socks, made of 200 needle combed cotton with light cushion, will be sold exclusively on Thurz's website (thurzeveryday.com) ...