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Professor Based God? According to a tweet sent out by Lil B last night (Nov. 4), the Bay Area based rapper will be holding a lecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Nov. 21. THE NEXT LIL B COLLEGE LECTURE WILL BE AT MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY !!!!!...

Trip Lee is a Christian rapper who has broken into the Billboard Top 200 charts in the past and with his latest project, Rise, receiving rave reviews from music critics and fans, the Reach Records MC looks to establish himself as mainstay in the music industry...

Update (Nov. 5, 3:16 p.m.): More details about Yung Berg's arrest is coming public. TMZ is reporting that Berg went into a drunken rage because his credit card was declined. They also confirm the victim of the attack was indeed Love and Hip-Hop: Hollywood co-star Masika Tucker...

MMG's own Rockie Fresh drops some new music. After sharing with his fans the video for “Hesitate,” he's back with an introspective cut called "I Need." Give it a listen above.

I guess when we talk, people listen. Yesterday, when posting AZ's remix to "The Season," we asked if someone could please mash Nas and AZ's versions together. Well, only a few hours later, DJ Rhude did just that. Check out Nas and AZ together rapping over Dilla's smooth "Gobstopper" beat above...

T-Pain and Lil Wayne have made some magic in the past, and now they're back with their latest collaboration, the drag racing inspired track "Let Me Through." The track finds the Florida native rapping sans Auto-Tune, showing off his versatility on the mic...

Detroit native Earlly Mac's "#LikeKanye" has built a nice buzz over the past couple of weeks, aided by its interesting video, which is a compilation of Kanye video clips. Now, Earlly Mac is back with the remix of the track, featuring Bizzy Crook and Chuck Inglish...

Update (Nov. 11, 11:14 a.m.): The internet always provides gems. Mash-up veterans The Hood Internet combined Kendrick Lamar's “Backseat Freestyle” and Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" single into one glorious song. Listen below. ...

Will Smith is a lucky man. When news broke that Will Smith takes pictures of his wife when she's sleeping, everyone in the world probably understand why he does. Jada Pinkett Smith is drop dead gorgeous and doesn't age at all. Jade shared the intimate bedroom photo that Will secretly took and the web went nuts (rightfully so, just look at it)...

In late August, street peddler Joel McDonald, also known as Joel Mac, filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement against Jay Z, Kanye West and Frank Ocean. Mac claimed the hit-making trio stole the concept for their Watch The Throne single "Made In America" from his 2009 song with the same name...

Apparently, there was a Kanye West sighting on twitter. While it's a rarity for Kanye to ever tweet, today, he took it upon himself to encourage people to go out and vote. Kanye and Kim met Obama two weeks ago, and ever since then, he turned a new leaf...

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