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The absurdity of Riff Raff's lyrical content is hard to articulate with visuals. But if anything comes close, it's the video for "Introducing The Icon." The clip is directed by the appropriately named Stuey Kubrick. Riff Raff takes the "Neon Icon" moniker serious in the colorful visuals...

50 Cent has always valued a healthy lifestyle. Despite running around promoting Animal Ambition, pushing his show Power, and bringing back G-Unit, you gotta wonder if 50 ever has time to cherish his workouts. Well, apparently, working out is still a priority of Ferrari F-50. Dur...

Jack Danklefs, the man behind the very popular Dank Customs, has been sharing his incredible vision and creativity through some of the hottest sneakers ever made. Danklefs has a lot of skills when it comes to customizing, but he's known best for adding eye-catching colorways onto different silhouettes. The...

Rapper J. Cole recently celebrated the fifth anniversary of his classic mixtape, The Warm Up. The celebration comes just in time for him to kick off his second annual Dollar and a Dream tour in London where he will play tracks off the 2009 masterpiece...

From the wedding kiss which lit up Instagram, to the bevy of celebrities in attendance, the grandeur wedding of Kanye and Kim will go down as historic. Kanye's protege, Big Sean, went far enough to call the wedding a "classic" during his interview with The Breakfast Club on KUBE 93. ...

Trouble in paradise? Just a day after celebrating Khloe Kardashian's 30th birthday in the Bronx and buying her a Jeep worth over $50K, a intern at from Boston's KISS 108 claims that French Montana tried to hook up with her. The 23-yea...

Mike Stud is known by many as an artist on the rise after Relief became a surprise success by hitting No. 1 on the iTunes Hip Hop Albums Charts. He's also an All-American relief pitcher who used to play for Duke University. That piece of...

In a recent interview with Hartford Hot 93.7's DJ Jenny Boom Boom, 50 Cent opened up like a book about a plethora of topics like why he can't get down with former G-Unit member, Game, and why talking about his financial success over the years isn't a main focus for him anymore...

Now that their "On The Run" tour is on the road, the Carters are in a sharing mood apparently. At the tour's kick off fans got a look at footage from Jay Z and Beyonce's wedding during "Forever Young." Along with the home movies now we can get a look at the making of what is shaping up to be one of the more successful tour of the summer...

When it comes to dating, even with their significant other, it seems rappers are always trying to play it low key. From being caught leaving a restaurant to sitting sideline at a basketball game, check out "7 Rappers Spotted On Dates."

After delivering a very poignant verse on Ab-Soul's new album, These Days, the battle rapper Daylyt may have earned himself a deal with Eminem's Shady Records. In a self-recorded clip for his video vlog, the young spitter says that he's the newest signee on Marshall Mathers' label and that his album, Look It To My Head is on the way...

Which city is most important to hip-hop in 2014? While Chicago and Los Angeles certainly have to be in the conversation, another obvious choice is Atlanta, based purely off the amount of stars coming out of the A right now. One cannot overlook Gucci Mane’s influence when it comes to ATL’s abundance of talent, and this much is clear just by taking a look at the number of records and projects he wil