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Mark Ryden, the artist behind Tyler, The Creator's Wolf artwork, currently has an art gallery entitled "The Gay Nineties West" which is taking place at Kohn Gallery in Los Angeles. As part of the exhibition, the artist asked Tyler, The Creator, along with several other musicians, to cover the 1982 song, "Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)...

Busta Rhymes was the latest BK born rap star to lend his voice to the Brooklyn Nets. Last series, Fabolous was on hand to introduce the home team. Last night, Bussa Buss introduced the starting lineup for Game 3 against the Miami Heat. The Nets wound up serving the South Beach squad 104-90...

Eminem aptly picks Mother's Day to release the video for his latest ode to his mom dukes Debbie Mathers, "Headlights" featuring Nate Ruess. With Spike Lee behind the camera, the visual takes a chronological look at the turbulent times between Em and his mom...

Can Meek Mill top "One of best rapper moments of our generation," according to Drake with the intro to his sophomore release, Dreams Worth More Than Money? Yesterday, the Dreamchaser head honcho decided to free a few snippets from his forthcoming album, including a clip of the album's intro along with the caption, “#intro part 2 ha ha ha……. Can he do it again...

Want to know what goes into selecting the hottest new artists for XXL's coveted Freshmen cover? The magazine's editor-in-chief Vanessa Satten and senior editor Dan Rys recently chopped it up with NPR news for their Microphone Check segment and gave an insightful interview about what goes into putting the anticipated issue together, the two extra positions in this year's class, adding R&B arti

Kid Cudi will soon be able to add another section to his movie industry resume as the Cleveland entertainer recently announced he will be writing and directing a short film based on the song "Balmain Jeans" from his recent release, Satellite Flight...

Just Blaze, a.k.a. Justin Smith, is a well-known producer who has crafted the biggest hits in hip-hop. From his run with Jay Z to Kanye West, Just has accomplished a lot in his decade-plus career. These days, you can find the veteran producer on tour with dance DJs like DJ SOUL, Electric Punanny, DJ Sliink, and Dirty South Joe...

Chicago rapper Lil Reese is publically accusing 2 Chainz of stealing his lyrics and using them on his new mixtape Freebase. The song in question is Tity Boi's Lil Boosie assisted track "Wuda Cuda Shuda." According to Reese, the words were contrived from his verse on Lil Herb's track "On My Soul" where he utters "You's a woulda, shoulda, coulda nigga/Okay your clique's a b

The women of Chicago are uniting to tackle Boi-1da and Vinylz's banger "Chi-Raq." After Dreezy and Katie Got Bandz tried their hand on the beat, Sasha Go Hard drops her version that is completely redone from the original. Producer Hazonthebeat takes an EDM-inspired route that gives an added oomph to speak her mind...

As promised, Mac Miller comes through with his new project Faces on Mother's Day. The latest effort from the Pittsburgh MC contains a lengthy 24 tracks and boasts features from ScHoolboy Q, Rick Ross, Mike Jones, Earl Sweatshirt, Vince Staples and more...

Despite some backlash, yesterday, Diddy returned to Howard University to receive his honorary doctorate degree and deliver this year's commencement speech for the graduating class. Check out the inspiring words from the rap mogul, above...

After recently inking a new management deal, Big Boi has recently announced he has signed a new record deal as well. The OutKast member will be rejoining L.A. Reid, this time at Epic Records. "I just signed a deal with Epic Records," Big Boi recently told Huffington Post's Paul Cantor...