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Snoop Dogg is the second rapper to try his hand at white face in recent months. Back in March Nick Cannon stirred up controversy while promoting his album White People Party Music when he dressed up as a white guy named Connor Smallnut. That doesn’t seem to be the case for Snoop. The ...

After a few delays, Lil Bibby finally drops his Free Crack 2 mixtape. The tape features the likes of Wiz Khalifa, Juicy J, T.I., Lil Herb and more. There are also bonus tracks that include his "Water" remix with Jadakiss and Anthony Hamilton...

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...

9th Wonder and Phonte—two-thirds of the hip-hop group Little Brother—will be honored in their home state of North Carolina soon. North Carolina Central University plans to recognize the producer and rapper along with a list of other alumni for contributions at the second annual Forty Under Forty Awards Gala on Sept. 12. Their alma ...

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Cee-Lo recently pled no contest to allegedly slipping ecstasy in a woman’s drink. The charge stems from an incident that occurred two years ago when a former flame claimed that she woke up naked in the singer’s bed after hanging with him in an L.A. bar. Accor...

UPDATE (Aug. 30 10:48 p.m.):  Billboard is now reporting that Nicki Minaj's representative has contacted them to say that a release date for The Pinkprint has not yet been determined. ----- Nicki Minaj's upcoming third studio LP The Pink Print has a release date. According to Bi...

This story sounds like an epic playground skirmish that's never going to end. The feud between 50 Cent and Floyd Mayweather Jr started out as merely playful quips on Instagram. Now, it's jumped into possibly something even more serious. After 50 Cent blasted Floyd for his lack of reading skills and having it spill over to The Breakfast Club, Floyd countered back by showing off his huge checks... R

Rico Love drops off the video for "He Got Money" featuring Future. Entailing hot chicks, money, and even a coffin; the video is certainly worth a view. Press play! "He Got Money" appears on Rico Love's latest project I Sin.

School is back in session. With that being said, Snoop Dogg was asked to morph from everyday rapper, to your favorite school teacher on Jimmy Kimmel Live.  Jimmy Kimmel called on the Dogg Father to school the young bucks on baboons for another edition of Plizzanet Earth. Asi...

The shooting of Suge Knight shook up many people in the industry and has raised red flags concerning certain artists. According to Page Six, the NYPD has a special department catered to the surveillance of special Hip-Hop artists, including Drake, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, French Montana and more. ...