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It was hard to miss Nicki Minaj’s opening performance at the VMAs. Aside from the rump shaking during “Anaconda,” the rapper had a wardrobe malfunction when she joined Jessie J and Ariana Grande on the stage for “Bang Bang,” but she claims it wasn’t an accident. According to TMZ the rapper’s d...

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There is no denying the impact that Houston’s screwed and chopped sound has had on hip-hop culture. During the late 1990s, multi-platinum selling rappers such as Mike Jones, Lil Flip, Paul Wall and Slim Thug flooded the rap game with their DJ Screw inspired country rap tunes. Howe...

Brooklyn native and budding NBA star Lance Stephenson is taking his game from Indiana to Charlotte after signing with the Bobcats in the offseason. Along the way, the man known as Born Ready found his rapping chops and dropped a freestyle over Bobby Shmurda's 'Hot N*gga...

The alleged rift between Nicki Minaj and Iggy Azalea dates back to Nicki's BET Awards speech when the "Anaconda" MC was thought to have thrown a shot at Iggy's success. First, Nicki went on a Twitter rant claiming that she was showing no disrespect towards Azalea...

Lil Wayne, who's in the midst of a cross country tour with Drake, has been named Songwriter Of The Year award at this year's BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards. This is not the YMCMB leader's first time at the BMI podium. In 2009 and 2010, he was named Urban Songwriter Of The Year for his work. ...

Cassidy is making a return to his roots later this year as he will step back into the battle rap arena by challenging battle rap heavyweight Dizaster. Cassidy got his first big break in the industry when he took on Freeway in what is now considered a legendary exchange of bars ...

A few weeks ago an image of a player exclusive shoe designed for tennis player Roger Federer appeared on different sneaker sites causing sneakerheads to go in a frenzy. Today, we get more detailed images of the sneaker that meshes the Nike Zoom Vapor Tour 9 silhouette with the Air Jordan 3...

From Riff Raff lighting up Instagram with pictures of his pop icon date, Katy Perry, to Blue Ivy's unforgettable award show debut, Instagram was almost as lively as being at the 2014 MTV VMAs. With much more also posted on "the gram," check out the "Best Instagrams From The 2014 VMAs ...

Last night's MTV Video Music Awards served up a whole lot of strange moments—what was Jay Pharoah doing on stage for such a long time, for instance?—and a slew of memorable ones as well. But despite the nominations being full of rappers, only a few actually made it to the stage. XXL took a...

Photos by Denisse Hernandez 2014 Afropunk Festival has come and gone. D'Angelo was the headliner and stars such as  Lianna British folk-soul singer Lianna La Havas Ice-T’s metal band Body Count, Trash Talk, Shabazz Palaces, SZA, Clipping., the Internet, Fishbone, Mesh...

After more than a few jabs back and forth over the Internet, it looks like Soulja Boy and Gillie Da Kid will be talking their disagreement to the boxing ring. According to a press release from boxing promoter Damon Feldman, the rappers will square off as the main event for Celebrity Boxing 77 on Oct...