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A major tragedy has struck 50 Cent's family this week, with the passing of his grandmother Beluah Jackson. As is widely known, 50 Cent's father was never a part of his life, and his mother died when Fif was only 8 years old. As a result, the G-Unit rapper was effectively raised by his grandmother in South Jamaica Queens, who also raised several of Fif's cousins...

On Monday (Sept. 15), August Alsina headlined Irving Plaza with Teyana Taylor as part of his Testimony Live Tour. Midway through his performance of "Numb," the 2014 XXL Freshman suddenly collapsed off stage, causing pandaemonium within his fans...

While French Montana might be dealing with the heartache of a recent breakup, that didn't stop him from making new music. Check out his latest single, "Suicide". Previously: Design A Mask For French Montana And Win $500 French Montana Featuring Chinx “Don’t Panic (Remix)” Trina Denies Calling Out French Montanta And Khloe Kardashian On Her New Song “F*ck Love”

It really doesn’t get much better than Ciera Rogers. If someone gave me a chance to build the perfect woman, Ms. Rogers would be the prototype. That’s not a bad blueprint to follow at all.—Nathaniel Mathison

DJ Skee on his newly-launched station, Dash Radio, just dropped a bombshell. Skee revealed that Jay Z and Beyoncé are working on a new joint album. He states that multiple sources have confirmed this and there's no release date for the album as of right now. "The bigge...

Let's revisit Biggie's classic "I Got A Story To Tell" from his musical opus, Life After Death. If you remember, Biggie provided a scintillating narrative about sleeping with a former New York Knicks' player's girlfriend. Biggie never revealed who the player was, but many identified John Starks as the likely culprit...

Lil Kim's is back, but is she here to stay? Earlier today, we ran our review of Lil Kim's mixtape - which we gave an M rating - and her fans were immediately vocal about it. Throughout the day, Kim's fans tweeted us their opinions about our review, defending the tape with reasons why she's still one of the best to ever do it...

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Update (Oct. 2, 12:32 p.m.): Vince Staples released the tracklist to Hell Can Wait via Twitter. Fire/65Hunnid/ScreenDoor/HandsUp/BlueSuede/Limos/FeelinTheLove — Vince Staples (@vincestaples) October 2, 2014   ---- Update (Sept. 26, 11:05 p.m.): V...

Wale recently called in to The Russ Parr Morning Show to talk about his upcoming process The Album About Nothing. When asked about how MMG boss Rick Ross felt about his brief beef with Meek Mill, he said, " was high. He gonna come in that joint smelling like a tree trunk...

Since 2013, no musician has expressed their feelings as frequently or candidly as Kanye West has. From every stop on the Yeezus tour, to radio stations, to televisions appearance, Yeezy Season turned into rant season. After news got back to Yeezy some media outlets sensationalized the story him breaking his traditional concert rule to cater to a handicapped man, Ye wasn’t too fond that. This resul