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In a new loosie, Future brings along Nicki Minaj for "Rock Star." The part-crooner, part-rhymer focuses on the rock star lifestyle, but the hook borrows from another genre. You'll hear pieces of the sax riff from George Michael's "Careless Whisper" here...

U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland dismissed a lawsuit filed by The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan on behalf of the Insane Clown Posse and their followers the Juggalos. The ruling says that the federal government can't be held responsible for any negative impact stemming from a 2011 FBI report that called fans of the group a "loosely organized hybrid gang...

It looks like Mobb Deep is still going strong after dropping The Infamous Mobb Deep, the duo's first album in eight years, back in April. The duo is still in its Queensbridge-bred ways in its latest track, "Shark." It certainly helps to have The Alchemist on production, as some of Prodigy's best post-Murda Muzik stuff comes with him. The new ...

The Meek Mill - Wale episode that unfolded on Twitter yesterday kept the two rappers on the forefront of the news cycle all day and paid big dividends for Wale. The D.C. rapper dropped his new song, "The Followers," yesterday afternoon and the song shot up Billboard's "Twitter Trending 140" chart. The ...

Even though it's been obvious that the two are more than friends for months now, Khloe Kardashian now steps up to confirm her relationship with French Montana. In an interview with US Weekly, Khloe says that her and French are a couple and the rapper is just what she needs in her life right now...

French Montana was not lying when he said that he recorded a bunch of record with Kanye West while walking the red carpet at the 2014 BET Awards.. Earlier today, French took to Instagram to preview his "Money Can Change That" collaboration Yeezy. The trac...

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. ...