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Chicago MC Mick Jenkins has dropped his sophomore mixtape The Water. The Break artist so far hashas released “Lazarus” and a video for “Jazz,” both of which appear on the mixtape. Joey Bada$$ is also on the last track “Jerome.” The Water is the follow up to T...

Mobb Deep's level of consistency puts them in rare company when it comes to hip-hop's past two decades. While they've had their differences, Havoc and Prodigy have managed to overcome much of what has torn them apart and keep delivering for the fans...

La Familla. Last week, A$AP Rocky released the first installment of his documentary with Noisey titled SVDDXNLY.  It featured the likes of Drake and Rihanna. In addition, he candidly spoke about his first rhyme and opening up for Rihanna's "Diamonds Tour". For the se...

Nas may be hitting a city near you this fall as he embarks on the Illmatic XX tour in honor of the 20th anniversary of his debut album Illmatic.  Fans will also get the chance to see a screening of his documentary Time is Illmatic before show followed by a performance of the album in it entirety. ...

Guess who might be fresh off the rebound? Good Music's golden child, Big Sean, is moving on after his nasty public break-up with his ex fiance with Glee's Naya Rivera. Now, the Detroit rapper is rumored to be dating one of Pop's hottest stars out right now...

To much radioplay and success worldwide, Twista donned the deserved cool of a pimp graciously extending the perks of his fame to a love interest with 2004’s “Overnight Celebrity.” But in many people’s eyes, he could’ve just as easily been addressing himself in some sort of weird Shakespearean monologue in many people’s eyes. This is a little unfair. Before “S...

As the entire entertainment community reacted to the death of comedy icon Robin Williams, one memory from ?uestlove has stood out. The Roots drummer went on Instagram and shared his own special remembrance of Robin Williams and how he showed some serious love to the Almighty. Man. Th...

Last week, WorldStarHipHop debuted their new documentary, The Field: Miami, a dive into Miami's inner city neighborhoods through the eyes of many of the local rappers who write about and live within it. The doc is WorldStar's second installment of The Field, after their first documentary, Chiraq, which focused on Chicago, was released in January. Miami, howeve...

One thing rappers can't get enough of is cash. So much that they often walk around with nearly a bank full of money at their side. Check out rappers flossin' to the extreme in "16 Pictures Of Rappers With Massive Amounts Of Cash."

UPDATE: Here's the trailer to You're Dead! ---- Flying Lotus' album, You're Dead!, is scheduled for an Oct. 7 release date in the States and the talented musician began to leak the tracklist earlier today via his Tumblr page. Fly ...

Unity is loosely defined as the state of being one. Dilated Peoples emerged on the scene over 20 years ago and delivered two classic albums, The Platform and Expansion Team, on Capitol/EMI Records. The West Coast collective is back after a eight year hiatus and hungrier than ever with their latest album Directors of Photography...

Pharrell is yet to take a loss in 2014 and his incredible run continues with the announcement of his playlist for 2K Sports' upcoming video game, NBA 2K15. The incredibly popular hoops video game has been big on music for the past few installments with Jay Z producing 2K13's playlist, and LeBron James selecting the tracks for 2K14. Skatebo ...