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The storied legacy of Lil Jon continues on with a new chapter. Lil Jon's boisterous attitude and song making abilities still permeates through the industry after spending more than decade in the game. Now music fans  aren't the only ones who marvel at his innate ability to turn the party up. The...

After finding out that Dr. Dre's Detox was scrapped, it almost seemed inevitable that Andre 3000 and Jay Electronica would follow suit and become hip-hop dreamkillers. Well, Jay Elect debunked those claims by adamantly guaranteeing a release...

Nicki Minaj seems to be the latest artist Charlamagne Tha God has pissed off. According to The Breakfast Club host, Minaj wasn’t happy about the comments he made about her hit single “Anaconda” on the radio and Twitter. In a recent i...

Master P has stepped forth to cover funeral expenses for 12-year-old Ray Etheridge, who was stabbed and killed by a 21-year-old homeless man earlier this week, reports WLKY News. The two got into a physical fight Tuesday afternoon at Cherokee Park. Police r...

Papoose is aware of the pop musics of the '80s. He samples The Outfield’s 1986 classic "Your Love" for a song of the same title. It may be because of how the sample isn't infused with enough grit or how Papoose is mostly spitting boasts here, but this track sounds very incongruous. Like Papoose i...

A veteran rapper is always angry at something — that's just the way it is. Saigon joins this tradition in the video for "Fuck It." The clip doesn't show him doing much to solve his grievances. There's just a lot of middle fingers and dancing for the track that didn't make GSNT 3: The Troubled Times of Brian Carenard, which is out in stores now. Unlike th...

The Jordan Brand returns with another retro that we have yet to see in quite some time, the Air Jordan 13 "Grey Toe." The upcoming silhouette will feature a maroon colorway on the heel and part of the midsole, along with a grey color on the toe, tongue and laces of the sneaker...

While Jay Z has a thing for the Big Body Benzes, fellow Brooklynite Troy Ave has a thing for Ferraris. It's a symbol of success in the video for "So Ambitious" featuring Avon Blocksdale. The visual is definitely one of the more high-concept ones in Troy Ave's catalogue...

There’s plenty of new music to sift through. How do you know what is good or bad? Well, that’s where we come in. Aside from a busy week of interesting news, there’s always a plethora of dope music that drops. Sometimes it’s out of nowhere, and sometimes it is promoted and released right when we expect it. As rap heads, we are a...

It was a busy day at Warner Bros. headquarters in Burbank, Calif. yesterday as all nine members of hip-hop’s legendary collective, the Wu-Tang Clan, came through to announce they’ve signed a deal with entertainment’s other most famous W to release their forthcoming album A Better Tomorrow. While the full a...

Despite Wiz Khalifa being clothes-lined by a bevy of allegations regarding his divorce, this hasn't deterred him from showing love to his fans. After headlining his "Under the Influence Tour" this past summer, Wiz is still hungry for more...