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August Alsina suffered seizures midway through his performance of “Numb”  at Irving Plaza while on his Testimony Live Tour. Alsina’s management updated XXL on the 2014 Freshmen class member's current condition “In short, he’s still recovering in the ICU and being treated for seizures which he started experiencing after the collapse.” Over the past couple of years, seizures...

Aside from laughing straight to bank after cashing out from their lucrative On The Run tour, Jay Z and Beyonce have also managed to squeeze in some time to debunk all of the rumors concerning their marriage. How you ask? Well, we've seen a handful of photos of the two over in Italy, with Beyonce nestled in the arms of Jay...

Roscoe Dash is trying to come back real quick. After garnering some attention for his July single "Right Now," he followed up with a mixtape in August called The Appetizer. He described it as a mixtape, where fans can "appreciate the song without skits, talk overs, and drops...

Update (Sept. 18 11:59): The Kickstarter for Run the Jewels’ remix LP Meow the Jewels now features amazing album art. ----- Earlier this week the duo announced a slew of ridiculous pre-order packages in preparation for their new album RTJ2. One in pa...

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Update (Sept. 18 6:38 p.m.): Waka Flocka Flame has announced through Instagram that Rogen was "hired" for the position. The caption read "HIRED #icanROLL #36BRICKHOUSE." He Instagram a second photo. The photo was a scene from Rogen's 2008 film Pineapple Express. Wak...

Chief Keef has been locked up in the studio, presumably working on his next project Bang Pt. 3. On this latest release, Sosa hops on his own production and experiments with his voice by running it through different effects. It's certainly left-field, and not what we are used to hearing...

Waka Flocka is looking to hire a professional blunt roller and is paying $50k a year for the job. The BSM rapper took to his Instagram a few days ago and posted a picture with the captions: "IM PAYING 50k A YEAR FOR A BLUNT ROLLER…HASHTAG #ICANROLL" Thousands of fans have been flooding Waka's Instagram feed and hashtagging #ICANROLL. Some ...

Joell Ortiz has some of the most loyal and enthusiastic fans in the game; an allegiance that’s born of the rapper’s skill and constant candidness. With every project he brings the listener further into his hood, his career, and his mind state. Hits like ...

Danny Brown drops the video for "Smokin' & Drinkin'." Fittingly setting the scene at a party, the rapper turns up in a neon lit club accompanied by some lovely ladies. "Smokin' & Drinkin'" appears on Danny Brown's "Smokin' & Drinkin'" Remix EP...

Over the last few months, Yelawolf has been keeping fans satisfied by steadily dropping freestyles as he gears up for the release of his sophomore album. Today, the Shady Records rapper drops his first official single, "Till It's Gone" off of his upcoming LP Love Story...

Rick Ross is back. After just releasing his last album Mastermind in March, Ross is ready to unleash the pain on the game once again with his sixth studio album, Hood Billionaire. In typical boss fashion, Ross will be dropping his second album of the year on Nov...