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Statik Selektah is rolling out the first single from his forthcoming album, What Goes Around. The LP, which is scheduled on August 19, will feature "Carry On." The cut has guest appearances from Joey Badass and Freddie Gibbs, where the two exchange lyrical heat on the boom-bap production...

Damon Dash has been on a tear as of late calling out high-ranking execs in the hip-hop world and accusing them of disrespecting the culture. After putting Steve Stoute on blast, Champagne Dame took to Instagram to take down his next victim, former Def Jam President Joie Manda...

A lot of people living in a three hots and a cot situation would ride their time out and wait patiently to reenter society. Not Gucci Mane. In spite of being behind bars for two counts of possession of a firearm by a felon, he announced that a trio of projects were on the way...

Designer Astrid Andersen has teamed up with TOPMAN for a special collection this summer. The collection, which is modeled in it's entirety by A$AP Ferg, will consist of 17 pieces that range from oversized tracksuits, mesh oversized T-shirts, fleece sweatpants and funnel neck sweatshirts...

New Jersey's own Apollo The Great released a revealing video earlier this year for "Rio De Janerio," a cut that sums up the hardened streets of where he comes from. The city of Camden has one of the highest murder capital rates in the nation...

Chief Keef is back with new music. While we still don't know the status of his album, Bang Pt. 3, he's consistently keeping his name on the rap blogs. Today, Sosa drops "Getcha" and "SHIFU" for his fans. Check them out below.

The highly publicized T.I.-Floyd Mayweather Jr. feud is over, so says Tip. While mobbing through the New York City streets with Whoo Kid, the self-proclaimed King of the South was asked a barrage of questions by TMZ cameras about the incident in Las Vegas. T.I...

NSFW alert! Let's discuss this. Rihanna showed up at the CFDA Fashion Awards and looked super hot. Not just regular hot, super hot. In a sparkly see-through dress, she shined and had everyone across the globe talking about her. Rih was ...

The Notorious B.I.G.'s first born son, Christopher Wallace Jr., accomplished a feat his father never reached; graduating high school. With his mother, Faith Evans, in attendance, Wallace Jr. walked across the stage and picked up his diploma from St...

Breaking Rocks is known for their crazed all around print sweaters only available in Europe, but now the company looks to expand their brand by launching their Indiegogo campign to support its efforts in the US market. Recently, Breaking Rocks released their Fall lookbook featuring their signature bold and loud prints on crewnecks...

Some people are just harder to get over than others and that couldn't be anymore clear than with Drake and Rihanna. According to Radar Online, sources say the Toronto rapper is more than willing to get back with the Bajan singer. Drake has repeatedly and openly shown his interest in Rihanna, but their relationship always finds itself at a standstill...

One of the biggest moments of this past Sunday (June 1) at Hot 97's Summer Jam 2014 was seeing the reunion of G-Unit during 50 Cent's set. Even though the fight that broke out on stage took some of the attention away from the actual reunion, seeing Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, Young Buck and Fif all together was a sight to see...