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Kanye West contributed to the flood of social media motherly love yesterday. Ye posted a picture to his Twitter account with the simple cation, "hi mom." Kanye's mom Dr. Donda West passed in 2007 after complications for a surgical procedure...

Last week, Drake tweeted that he was in a late night studio session with his boy OB OBrien. It seems they were busy making some cuts. This morning, Drake let loose some new joints from the bearded MC: "2 On/Thotful" featuring Drake and "Hazelton Trump...

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Yesterday, the hip-hop Internet was trolled something serious when news began to circulate that Kendrick Lamar's upcoming album would drop in September. Initially reported by RapRadar, along with an alleged promotional picture, the album was purported to be titled United States of A...

From the release of the XXL Freshmen cover to Diddy giving the commencement speech at Howard University, this week on Instagram was full of action. Check out that and much more in XXL's "Best Hip-Hop Intsagrams Of The Week."

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...