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Kevin Durant could be laughing all the way to the bank with a new sneaker sponsorship deal. According to ESPN, Durant has a deal on the table from Under Armour that is worth between $265 million and $285 million over 10 years. The deal also includes Under Armour stock and other incentives, such a community center built in his mother’s name. Nike...

Dom Kennedy and Skeme have been making major moves with an independent mind frame out in Cali this year and the two released their video for "If It Don't Make Money," off of Dom's Get Home Safely. The two spit street knowledge to their youth over smooth production from The Futuristiks and DJ Khalil. The ...

Perhaps Kevin Gates doesn’t get as much credit as he should. You have multiple other artists — specifically Drake and Kanye West — subverting and disintegrating the image of the hard-as-diamond man. But what of Gates, who’s admittedly not as welcoming of a figure with that compass between his eyes and the two tattooed teardrops — usually a sign of some unspeakable sin? His background in bloodied

The killing of young black men in America has been brought to the forefront due to the tragic killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri earlier this month. No strangers to violence themselves after growing up in the rough parts of Chicago, XXL Freshman, Lil Reese, and Fredo Santana met with Minister Louis Farrakhan in Chicago...

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UPDATE (5:45): 50 Cent just uploaded a further video to Instagram, this time saying that Jimmy Kimmel called and offered to have Floyd accept 50's challenge on Kimmel's show. But of course Fif couldn't help but toss in another dig at Floyd, saying, "We don't wanna put pressure on you; we know you can't pronounce those words in the Harry Potter book, so we're gonna let you read Cat In The Hat.

Floyd Mayweather Jr's relationship with rappers has not been the best lately. His brawl in Las Vegas with T.I., the jabs at his education level from Nelly along with 50 Cent's barrage of social media shots hasn't sit nicely with the Money Mayweather...

Detroit-based producer, and purveyor of boom bap, Apollo Brown is teaming up with West Coast MC, Rass Kass, for a collaborative project entitled, Blasphemy. Slated for an Oct. 28 release date,  the album will consist of smooth production from one of the top underground producers in the game and amazing wordplay from the Soul On Ice MC. Check the trackli ...

Hip-hop has responded resoundingly over the past week about Ferguson. Now Ms. Lauryn Hill delivers a statement on wax on the Mike Brown incident. “An old sketch of Black Rage, done in my living room. Strange, the course of things. Peac...

Snoop Dogg will go down in history as one of the biggest bud smokers of all time and Muhammad Ali is already one of the greatest athletes in sport history. This fall, the two will sit side-by-side as they watch their younger family members ball out on the gridiron...

The reunited G-Unit is still rolling strong. Now we get the visuals for "Come Up", part of the recent wave of music from 50's team. 50, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, Young Buck and newest member Kidd Kidd live the lavish life in a mansion surrounded by beautiful ladies over an "Outstanding" powered soundtrack...

For today's installment of #TBT series, Raekwon releases "I'll Be Good." The Chef cooks up Rene & Angela classic hit "I'll Be Good" and delivers a impressive track. Listen below.