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The-Dream has found himself in hot water due to an alleged assault against his baby mother, Lydia Nam. The talented musician has denied all allegations, but his situation has gone from bad to worse now that TMZ has obtained pictures of Nam that were supposedly taken right after the alleged assault. ...

Rich Eisen dropped a bomb right before the NFL Draft 2014 announcing that draftees can pick out their walk-up music when they get selected. For the first time ever, draftees have chosen the music that plays over speakers as they walk to the stage in Radio City Music Hall...

Update 1:34 pm In an interesting twist of events, Rick Ross posted an Instagram photo of him beside Suge Knight from last week. As the two appeared to be quite friendly in the pic, Rozay captioned the photo "Ran into Suge Last week and he showed Alot of Luv...

Accomplished musician and author Questlove of The Roots is adding another job to his already impressive resume, as he is reportedly joining VH1's new series Soundclash as an Executive Producer. While VH1's main focus has been on reality television as of late, they do have a history of great music programming with series' like I Love The 80s, Behind The Music, and most recently, The Tanning of Amer

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Nipsey Hu$$le's long-awaited debut album is finally on the horizon, and the L.A. rapper is hard at work making the project live up to the lofty standards he's set for himself. The album, Victory Lap, has been in the works for a minute now, and Nipsey filled in XXL this week on some of the progress he's been making, and how things have been shaping up. "Man,...

Lil Durk has changed his mind. Contrary to what he told a Chicago radio station earlier this week, Durk will not be serving up a response track to Tyga and Game's "Chiraq To LA" diss, at least for now. XXL spoke with Lil Durk's management to confirm the record and it seems that the camp has had a change of heart as the beef has grown and evolved from the initial differences between Durk

T.I. unveils the video for "Turn It." Surrounded by fire and hot chicks, the Hustle gang MC crafts up quite a blazing visual. T.I.'s Paperwork album drops later this year.

Cash Money Sports, Ronald "Slim" Williams and Birdman's newest business venture, had a big Thursday night as their first client, wide receiver Mike Evans, was chosen seventh overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the 2014 NFL Draft. Evans, who signed with Cash Money Sports back in March, spoke glowingly about both Slim and Birdman, going as far as calling Slim his "mentor... Read Mo

Remember the saying don't judge a book by its cover? Well, 2014 XXL Freshman Kevin Gates may look intimidating on the outside, but inside the Baton Rouge rapper has a very sensitive side. In a recent interview with Noisey, Gates opens up about suffering from severe depression and how he can relate to some of Taylor Swift's songs...

Yesterday, news surfaced that Apple was closing a deal with Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion. Although the deal wasn’t made official yet, Dre and R&B superstar Tyrese confirmed the transaction with some footage captured on YouTube. Tyres...

Slaughterhouse is making their name ring loud after rumors of a new project made headlines this month. While we don't know the status of House Rules, the lyrical assassins hold us down with "SayDatThen." Produced by Nottz, all four MCs deliver dense verses that'll have you debating for days who killed who...