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Last night during the XXL Freshman concert at Best Buy Theater, Kevin Gates announced it was the first time he ever performed in NYC. While many of the audience members were just getting introduced to Gates, the Baton Rouge native fought through his nerves and delivered his songs without much hesitation...

Photography By: Lauren Gesswein The Freshmen Live Tour 2014 is our showcase of upcoming talent featuring Chance The Rapper, Rich Homie Quan, Isaiah Rashad, Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Durk, Kevin Gates, Troy Ave, Vic Mensa, Lil Bibby, Jon Connor, Jarren Benton and August Alsina...

It's not only Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine who will cash out out from the massive Beats Electronics sale to Apple. The Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am, who co-founded Beats and consulted on "navigation and itegration to further the product's cultural adaptation" is also in line for a major payday...

Nicki Minaj and Rihanna are probably the two most lust after women in the world right now. Their Instagram accounts (R.I.P. Rihanna's Instagram) leave gems after gems and they're constantly go out showing off their perfect bodies. Recently that means being pretty much almost naked...

Last night in NYC, the #XXLFreshmen14 took over Best Buy Theater. With performances from Rich Homie Quan, Ty Dolla $ign, Jon Connor, August Alsina and more; check out photos from the 2014 Freshmen concert in NYC.  

DJ Mustard and YG are living a 'krazy' life for real it would seem. Rumors were flying this past weekend after DJ Mustard and YG performed in the Bay Area. According to TMZ while at a San Francisco club Mezzanine, Mustard and YG's team faced off with Mister Fab’s crew. T...

According to Odd Future's Hodgy Beats' Twitter account, MellowHype will be releasing a free album called Ineedssomeanswers on the Fourth of July. The duo, which consists of the aforementioned Hodgy Beats and rapper Left Brain, haven't released a project since 2012's Numbers. No music...

OutKast smashed New York City's Governor's Ball over the weekend, closing out the first night of the festival with an incredible set, and Andre 3000 returned on Saturday to catch the festivities as a fan. While hanging out in a media area, Three Stacks was approached by a member of the press and confirmed that he is working on new music but is in no rush to release the tunes...

The NBA might want to look into better way for its players to spend their off-seasons. Case in point Toronto Raptors' shooting guard Landry Fields. The b-ball player took to the stage of ABC's “Sing Your Face Off” for a performance of Nicki Minaj's "Starships" dressed head to toe as the "Pills N Potions" rapper. We're not ...

UPDATE: Lupe Fiasco took to Twitter to update fans on his upcoming album Tetsuo and Youth. Lupe says that the album will be on 12 songs. Final cut week...gotta get 25 songs down to 12...then #TY will be done...wooh! Tough decisions ahead... — T...

The upcoming N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton will be keeping it all in the family as Ice Cube's son, O'Shea Jackson Jr., will reportedly be portraying his father. The film is being produced by Cube, Dr. Dre and Eazy-E's widow, Tomica Woods-Wright and is being directed by F. Gar...

UPDATE: K.Dot revealed he and Dre have been putting in work in the studio. “Dr. Dre is focused like he always been,” said Kendrick. “He focused on music, man. One thing about Dre, you can’t take the music away. No matter how much money he has,...