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Maybe 50 Cent was onto something with Animal Ambition and having that relentless will to grind. Apparently, Mike WiLL Made It has been sipping some of that juice because the super producer is hoping to be worth an astounding $3 billion by the age of 40...

Give Up The Goods In 1999, the rap business was thriving, with multiplatinum plaques, million-dollar videos and popping bottles of champagne. Rookie Southside Jamaica, Queens, MC 50 Cent just wanted a piece of the action. His debut record, "How To Rob," told folks how he was gonna get it...

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There’s plenty of new music to sift through. How do you know what is good or bad? Well, that’s where we come in. Aside from a busy week of interesting news, there’s always a plethora of dope music that drops. Sometimes it’s out of nowhere, and sometimes it is promoted and released right when we expect it. As rap heads, we are a...

It seems that most rappers are obsessed with the pimp culture. Some have even went to the extent of dressing like one from time to time on different occasions. Check out "10 Rappers Whose Pimp Game Is On Point ."

Well, damn. After calling out Soulja Boy for donning fake jewelry, Gillie Da Kid was hit with a barrage of shots on Twitter by Mr. "Crank That" for his online assault on the young rapper. Soulja Boy went on Twitter and said he would slap Gillie Da Kid for his remarks...

Bobby Brackins drops his new single featuring G-Eazy and Mila J. "Hot Box" is a steaming track that you'll find yourself humming instantly. You can listen to the Redwine-produced record below.

Lil Wayne released the first single off Tha Carter V, "Believe Me" back in May. The song, featuring Drake, is still going strong on radio. However, Oklahoma City star Forward Kevin Durant shared the single art of a new Weezy record about an hour ago on Instagram. ...

After spawning hits for just about every relevant artist in hip-hop, now its DJ Mustard's turn. Last night in NYC (Aug. 7), the super producer hosted an intimate event in midtown at Jungle Studios bringing together the crème de la crème of taste makers in the hip-hop world for an exclusive listen of his debut album 10 Summers. Equipped wit...

Vic Mensa dropped a new song today featuring production from Kaytranada called "Wimme Nah," and it's another banger following the lead of his recent offerings "Feel That" and "Down On My Luck." Vic seems to be heading down an electronic road, and he's three for three in the genre at this point...

Diddy decided to dig in the vault for "Throwback Thursday" and posted a previously unseen picture of him with The Notorious B.I.G. on his Instagram account last night. Dressed in all-white and holding a beeper, while Big stands by his side with a Kangol hat and mean mug, the picture encapsulates the two's pre-jiggy days ...

XXL Freshman Lil Durk and Chief Keef are arguably the two hottest artists coming out of Chicago thanks to their stranglehold on the "drill music" genre. Unfortunately, Durk and Keef haven't seen eye-to-eye in quite some time and Sosa has publicly sided against Durk during his now resolved beef with Game and Tyga ...