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After recently ditching his pubescent stage name, Bow Wow, we mean, Shad Moss, has taken another step towards officially being on his grown man ish. Shad has gotten engaged to girlfriend Erica Mena. According to sources, Mr. 106 & Park proposed to the reality show participant before hitting the red carpet during last night's BET Awards in Atlanta...

Eminem invaded the A-town for day two of the 2014 Music Midtown Festival. It was Shady's first performance in the Atlanta in nearly a decade, he told the crowd. As a surprise for those in attendance, Em brought out B.o.B for “Airplanes” and Slaughter House butcher Royce Da 5'9" for “Fast Lane” (below). Previously: Wat...

While Young Buck is busy touring and rocking out shows with G-Unit, the rambunctious Tennessee rapper keeps his solo mission afloat with sporadic tracks. His latest release is called, "This Is What I Know" produced by Bandplay off Bandplay's I Am Bandplay mixtape...

Hackers are continuing their relentless attempts to expose celebrities' most intimate moments by leaking their nude photos. The latest victim is hip-hop obsession Rihanna, reports TMZ. Early this morning, photos of an unclothed Ri Ri were uploaded to 4chan/Reddit then quickly erased...

From Kendrick Lamar dropping the cover art for his new single "i" to Chris Brown releasing the X album, this week on Instagram was certainly one to watch. With August Alsina also waking up from a 3 day a coma, check out XXL's "Best Hip-Hop Instagrams Of The Week...

Earlier this month, Rich Homie Quan walked boxer Andrien Broner to the ring for his fight with Emanual Taylor, then proceeded to get into an undercard match of his own as he made his way to his seat for the main event. Footage was captured of the XXL Freshman punching and kneeing a man repeatedly for reasons unknown at the time...

While gearing up for a tour and mixtape with Birdman and Rich Homie Quan next week, Young Thug premieres his latest track "Lakers" featuring Memphis MC OG Boo Dirty. After capturing acclaim, the ATL rapper now wants prestige and all that comes with it, similar to the NBA team who rocks purple and gold...

Just like old times. 50 Cent and G-unit graced the stage at iHeart Radio's Music Festival at MGM Grand in Las Vegas last night. Following Nicki Minaj who headlined the Friday night's show, Fif and The Unit put on for New York with a nearly 30 minutes set of selected songs from their storied catalog...

While he is still cooking up Bang 3, Chief Keef continues to drop loose tracks to keep his campaign buzzing. Today, we get the song "In It." Keefy continues his unenthusiastic rhyme style laying simple bars over thumping production. Will this appear on Bang 3...

Pusha T may soon find himself in court now that a Miami nightclub has filed a lawsuit against the Virginia rapper, according to TMZ. The report states Cameo nightclub is suing King Push for allegedly breaching an agreement. In the lawsuit, they claim they booked the Clipse member for a show on August 16 with an agreement in place that he wouldn't appear at any other clubs within 30 miles of Miami-

Photographer Lisa Leone has been documenting hip-hop from behind the lens for over two decades and has captured some of the cultures brightest stars when they were just trying to make it. Some of the pictures in the OG photogs collection include Biggie in 1994, studio shots of Nas from the making of Illmatic, Snoop Dogg on the set of his first music video and a very young looking Questlove... Read

Kanye West might have to shift his anger away from the media and aim it towards thirst-bucket hackers, as it appears his wife is the latest celebrity to have her nude photos leaked online. According to TMZ, Kim K's T.N.A. is on full display in photos that are currently circulating the Web...