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Danny Brown's hyper-energetic and blistering "Attak" collaboration with electronic producer Rustie stands as one of the highlights of the summer. The track justifiably gets its own video. As enjoyable as Brown's style is, it's a bit hard to catch every word he's saying sometimes...

When DJ Khaled starts putting in work, he doesn't let up. He drops the Gil Green-directed video for "Hold You Down" — which features Chris Brown, XXL Freshman August Alsina, Future and Jeremih — just hours after the song dropped. As you'd gue...

On Friday  Aug. 8, Angela Simmons and Heineken hosted the brand's annual "Friends + Family" event series in New York City at the W Hotel Downtown with a bbq-themed event. A$AP Ferg, Laz Alonso and Tyson Beckford were in attendance and DJ Clark Kent was the man to provide the tunes. Check out pictures above....

In light of Dr Dre's near billionaire status after selling Beats Electronics to Apple, SMS Audio is getting a lot of attention. And 50 Cent is ready for it. While his newest album Animal Ambition may not have followed the diamond selling path of some of his previous work that doesn't mean that he's out here taking days off...

Friday night (Aug. 8) was rockin' at the midtown Chung King Studios, where an assorted crowd of about seventy folks gathered to hear the latest of what Mike WiLL Made It's newest artists Rae Sremmurd had to offer up next. The brothers, who answer to their individual monikers of Swae Lee and Slim Jimmy, arrived around 9 PM with their mentor, the Eardruma label founder and renown producer Mike WiLL

Lupe Fiasco's "Next To It," a solid jam that features Ty Dolla $ign, got the video treatment weeks after the song originally dropped. It's a socially aware record hidden under a club-ready instrumental, so it's not all that surprising that Fiasco decides to take the unique route with the visuals...

"No Flex Zone" has gotten big. In fact, it's so big that it needs a whole new, more official video. Rae Sremmurd's Mike WiLL Made It-produced hit gets new visuals to replace the one they shot at SXSW. Rae Sremmurd flexes so hard they're doing telekinesis. The...

Beyoncé has been trying to do her best to quiet divorce rumors. Since Page Six released a story that she and her husband Jay Z were calling it quits, she has periodically gone to Instagram for damage control. On August 9, Beyoncé hit the social media site to post a picture of herself in a football jersey that donned the number four (a favorite number of her and Jay) and the “Carter” name. So far Q

Coors Light and XXL presents Cold Hard Hip-Hop Facts hosted by DJ Drama. Today's category of hip-hop facts is Album.

Of course French Montana's public romance with Khloe Kardashian doesn't mean the music was suddenly on the backseat. Mac & Cheese 4 is on the way, and today (Aug. 11) sees its first single. "Don't Panic" comes with DJ Mustard on the beat. DJ Mustar...

DJ Mustard's anticipated 10 Summers is finally available for a listen on Google Play. For free, too. The 10 Summers album title represents DJ Mustard's search for hitmaking longevity, but is the album more than a club-banger sampler? Check out for...

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