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Swizz Beatz is a busy man. The Grammy winning producer has been in Cambridge MA after being accepted into Harvard Business School’s Owner/President Management program. The HBS program is geared for top executives of companies with annual sales of at least $10 million. But ...

The second-ever BottleRock Napa Valley happened over the weekend, bringing out the crowds for three days of food, wine and music in California. The festival's hip-hop highlights included performances by OutKast, LL Cool J and Z-Trip. Click through to see shots of all three, courtesy of photographer Ryan Gaines...

Mariah Carey's Me. I Am Mariah...The Elusive Chanteuse is the top album in hip-hop/R&B this week. Carey's fourteen studio album landed at No. 3 and sold 56,000 copies in its first week. This marks her 17th top 10 album of her career. ...

Migos questions, "Who the hell got me fucked up," on the song's hook. After brandishing a gun in the video's opening seconds, the Atlanta trio actually doesn't look all that upset in the Keemotion-directed clip. The trio are seen hanging out/blazing up in an unfinished room as visual effects transform the video into a little bit of a trippy experience...

Chuck Ingish takes a quick journey to Boogie Nights era disco with modern day retro duo Chromeo on a paean to their favorite body part: "Legs." The three hang out in the studio as a number of models nonchalantly strut past them. There's also a Mercedes with the gull-wing doors — like the Delorean — to bring home the throwback, feel-good vibes. Inglish is g...

Lupe Fiasco is back on his shit again. During an interview with Hot 97's Peter Rosenberg, Lupe was asked what young MC's he enjoys listening to. He answered with Young Thug and Big K.R.I.T. but when asked about Kendrick Lamar it opened up a can of worms...

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After a brawl broke out during 50 Cent's set at Summer Jam, he seemed cool as can be. That's because he didn't see a thing according to him. The leader of the reunited G-Unit, who stopped by Hot 97 to talk with Angie Martinez and DJ Enuff for his first post Summer Jam interview, says he missed the beatdown that happened a few feet behind him during his set...

Cam'ron and Dipset are back (man, it really does feel like the early '00s with Dipset and G-Unit dropping music) and for the first time in a decade, Cam returned to London for a show. What was supposed to be an epic night ended in chaos as Cam'ron never made it to the The Forum in Kentish Town's stage...

After dropping State of Mind back in April, Dizzy Wright comes back with loose single "Spark Up The Flame." As the title suggests, the FreezeOnTheBeat-produced single is dedicated to partying and blazing up. "Spark Up The Flame" features a bit of hyphy-style bounce and more of Wright's effortlessness despite the urgency of the beat. "You nig...

50 Cent and G-Unit are back in early 2000's form but unfortunately the predicted album sales of Animal Ambition don't match the millions sold by Ferrari and Co. back in the day. Despite a massive promo campaign that saw Fif throw out a now infamous first pitch at a Mets game, pop up on on Good Morning America, and co-headline Hot 97's Summer Jam, the G-Unit frontman is slated to sell between 30-35

Last night (June 3) Pharrell took over Harlem's Apollo Theater accompanied by T.I. and Busta Rhymes. Standing by his notion of embracing all types of people, the "Happy" crooner managed to represent just about every ethnicity on stage, all the while effortlessly unleashing his massive catalog of hits...