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Waka Flocka drops some new music today. "Lay It Down" is about as turnt up as you can get. Big Homie Flock is gearing up to release two new albums, Turn Up God and Flockaveli 2. Stream "Lay It Down" below. Previously: Waka Flocka Flame’s EDM Album Is Called Turn Up God Joey Fatts Calls Waka Flocka Flame His Mentor

The headlines are loving music's power couple right now, but this time they're discussing some good news. Remember back in April 2013 when Jay Z and Beyoncé headed to Cuba to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary and the media bashed them for allegedly breaking the law? Well, ...

With the success of Oxygen's debut episode of Sisterhood Of Hip-Hop,  Brianna Perry, Nyemiah Supreme, Diamond, Bia and Siya are going to see their popularity skyrocket. One things is pretty clear from watching the show. Diamond is fine as hell

Stephen Jackson may have put the hooping aside, but he is still working hard in delivering a message on the rap front. He teams up with his brethren Scarface and poses some interesting questions regarding the Red, White, & Blue, in "America Da Beautiful." Pre...

On Tuesday (Aug. 19), Odd Future's Earl Sweatshirt took to Twitter to let fans everywhere know he wasn't feeling the scheme of Taylor Swift's new video "Shake It Off," calling it "inherently offensive" based on the suggestive stereotypical undertones...

After announcing that $ign Language will drop next Monday (Aug. 25), Ty Dolla $ign and DJ Carisma unveil the first single off of the upcoming mixtape. "Lord Knows" features the West Coast crooner, Dom K and MMG Head Honcho Rick Ross on the record...

There's been little to no news on Pusha T's upcoming solo album King Push in recent months; you'd have to go all the way back to April of this year, when it was reported that Kanye Wesyt, Nottz and The Neptunes were working on King Push, to find concrete news. But just last month, Pu...

A week after the murder of Michael Brown at the hands a police officer in Ferguson, Kajieme Powell was gunned done in St. Louis. The 25-year-old African American male was shot and killed by St. Louis police officers Tuesday (August 19). Accor...

Last week news broke that Ciara and Future had called it quits just a month after the singer had announced her wedding plans. According to Us Weekly it’s because Future is having an affair with his stylist Tyrina Lee. A source told the magazine “She (Ciara) found out about the affair through multiple sources in recent weeks.” They added, “there ...

Wiz Khalifa links up once again with Converse for another Chuck Taylor silhouette. The Converse Chuck Taylor All Star ILL is the latest inspiration from the Taylor Gang leader. Taking cues from the OG Chucks, Converse drops two colorways of the brand Khalifa sneaker...

Talib Kweli is a calm dude. Rarely do you ever see him get upset or get in a verbal exchange with anybody. That all changed today when Talib squared off with CNN's Don Lemon regarding the poor media coverage taking place in Ferguson. A couple days ago, Talib Kweli explained why he decided to go to Ferguson. He ...

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