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A few days prior to falling ill before his Coachella show, Chicago's Chance The Rapper celebrated his 21st birthday on tour with a performance in Ogden Theater in, Denver. During the show, the 2014 XXL Freshman sounded genuinely appreciative of the fan support over his short career, telling the crowd, "In all honesty, I have to thank you guys for tonight...

Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine's reported blockbuster $3.2 billion deal with electronics giant Apple includes incentives that would give the duo senior positions at the company, reports Wall Street Journal. The specifics of the jobs the two music moguls will take on have not been released, but they will supposedly report directly to current Apple CEO, Tim Cook...

Papoose continues to keep his name in the news whether it be from voicing his opinion on Jay Z, Kanye West and Drake, or pumping out new music. Today, he flips DJ Khaled's new single "They Dont Love You No More" for his latest output, "They Aint Thugging No More...

Funkmaster Flex has no hard feelings toward 2 Chainz after the rapper ripped him during a recent concert for talking down about his freestyle ability. The veteran record spinner recently sat down with Complex and addressed the tension between he and the Atlanta MC...

Freddie Gibbs and DJ Fresh a.k.a. The World's Freshest have pushed up the release date for their collaborative project, The Tonite Show, making the album available, today. The Gary Gangsta hopes continue the success of his recently released collaborative project with Madlib, Pinata, which has received much acclaim...

Mac Miller's Mother's Day release, Faces, is just a day away. So, today, the Pittsburgh MC unveils a short promo spot for the project which appropriately finds the rapper making weird faces. Faces will be Mac's first offering since 2013′s Watching Movies with the Sound Off. Peep...

Atlanta's Que adds T.I. to the remix of his track, "Jungle Fever" which originally appeared on DJ Spinz’ and DJ Pretty Boy Tank’s The Real Atlanta 2 tape. Que and the Kang ride the bass-tinged beat from start to finish. SouthSide and TM-88 of 808 Mafia on the track. Peep t...

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian's wedding invitations have finally been unveiled and they're not quite what you'd expect from the flashy couple. Detailing includes a bland neutral-color background with gold lettering , while minimal information about the May 24 ceremony concludes the make up of the invitation...

With the Tupac musical, Holler If Ya Hear Me, opening to the public next month, producers now serve up a preview of the play. Many of fan favorites will be perfomed in the play including “Dear Mama,” “I Get Around,” “Keep Ya Head Up,” and “I Ain’t Mad at Cha.” Watch in the clip above as the cast performs “Cali...

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Mother's Day is just around the corner. With that being said, Jimmy Kimmel called on YG's mother to recite his hit "Toot It and Boot It" for the latest installment of his series Words From Your Mother She recited the lyrics including the expletives while donning her son's album cover art  for My Crazy Life on her shirt. ...

Looks like the plea bargain didn't go so well. Chris Brown was back in court yesterday afternoon in hopes of striking up a deal to eliminate the probation violation he obtained in relation to the 2009 assault case involving Rihanna. Brown stuck with the honesty policy and admitted to violating his probation...