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Jay Z and Beyonce's "On The Run" Tour is in full swing and when the tour wraps up, Hov will have little time to rest as he has been announced a headliner at New York City's "Global Citizen Festival" in September. The massive festival is set to take place on September 27 in Manhattan's Central Park and will also feature The Roots and pop acts like Carrie Underwood, No Doubt, an

Lyrical annotation site Rap Genius has signed a deal with music publisher Warner/Chappell. Rap Genius now has deals with the three largest publishers in music after a fight that found them at odds with the National Music Publishers Association...

South Central's Cozz made waves when J. Cole announced that he signed him to his Dreamville label. Now, the upstart MC says Dreamville are ready to shake the rap game up. "We got three different areas. We got West Coast. We got Queens and we got Carolina on the squad," he says...

Young Scooter's latest heat from the 80's Baby mixtape is the video to "What I Rap About." The song's main subject is how the Atlanta rapper really lives his rhymes, of course. He has a few contemplative stares from behind his sunglasses and does a rather intense hand rub, so you know it's serious. Young...

Happy Socks has partnered up with West Coast legend, Snoop Dogg for a special campaign called, "The Art of Inspiration." The collaboration will be unveiled worldwide on November 1, 2014, and will focus on pushing artistic creativity. In anticipation for the collab, Snoop Dogg and Happy Socks have released a teaser video which illustrates Snoop's passion for different creative mediums, a

Tyson was the featured guest for Reddit's Ask Me Anything session yesterday and dropped some amazing gems. Reddit's Ask Me Anything (or AMAs) allow thousands of fans to ask celebrities, scholars, musicians, athletes, artists, etc. any question that they have been dying to ask. ...

With a comedic history stretching all the way to Saturday Night Live, Jimmy Fallon has had his fair share of impersonating celebrities and creating memorable characters of his own. On yesterday's (June 7) episode of The Tonight Show, Fallon covered Iggy Azalea's hit song "Fancy" while acting as iconic Canadian singer, Neil Young...

Gillie Da Kid drops the video for "Shut Up." With the Feds after him in the clip, Gillie lets it be known that he's not to be messed with. "Shut Up" appears on King of Philly 3.

Yesterday (July 7), proud first-time mommy Ciara released another picture of her adorable son Future Zahir Wilburn to her Instagram. Named after his rapper father, Future, the puckered face cutie sports a Nike Jordan onesie with a head full of hair in the post...

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Just when you thought the legal battle was over... Earlier this month former engineer for Roc-A-Fella Records, Chauncey Mahan, tried to extort Jay Z for $20 million, claiming he would sell the masters for the "lost" records created during 1998-2002, if he was not paid his dues...

If we know anything about Tinashe, she loves to turn us on. Not only with her hit single but with her killer style and natural beauty.—Nathaniel Mathison