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Chance The Rapper drops another new track on the Internet, but we don’t know exactly what project it is for. According to HipHop-N-More, its produced by Apollo Brown, and the instrumental perfectly fits his style. Are we seeing Chance in album mode for his rumored The Social Experiment project? Chec...

Watch Freddie Gibbs' new video "On Some G Shit" featuring G-Wiz. The clip feature an action packed scene from True Detective. "On Some G Shit" was produced by G.O.O.D. Music’s Lifted. Press Play.

Yesterday (April 7th), Chris Brown’s bodyguard, Christopher Hollosy, confessed to punching a D.C. man outside of the W Hotel last October, according to police Detective Kimberly Metivier, thus eliminating the singer from the altercation. ...

A study has emerged dubbing alcohol references in rap music as the reason behind teenage alcohol consumption. Claiming that the frequent mentions of alcohol pressure teens into drinking and driving more so than their peers, the study sites Jay Z, 50 Cent, Diddy and a host of others...

Lord Jamar has frequented the VladTV couch more times than one can count and he’s back again, this time targeting Kanye West’s recent assault case against a man who called his fiancé Kim Kardashian a “ni**er lover.” “Your man Kanye just paid $25...

Despite all the criticism and heat Anna Wintour and Vogue received after they unveiled Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's cover, the issue is on pace to outsell Beyonce's and even the First Lady Michelle Obama's Vogue issues.  According to the New York Post, the April issue is set to sell around 400,000 copies. Beyonce's cover so...

Los Angeles' own KR, who we featured on The Break, delivers a strong solo release titled “Pray For Me.” Produced by Natural Disaster, the smooth-sounding track will be part of his highly anticipated I$0lyf3 3 mixtape. Check it out above. ...

Iamsu! debut album, Sincerely Yours, will be released on May 13. Today he reveals the album artwork, created by famed artist Slvstr along with the Tracklist.  The album will be available for pre-order on April 22. The featured artists include Too $hort, E-40, Wiz Khalifa, 2 Chainz, Kool John and Sage the Gemini while producers include The Invasion, Tha Bizness, Jake One, Trackademicks and Chase N.

Watch Chief Keef's new video "Close That Door." In the clip, the rapper gets turnt up at a house party with loads of his favorite essentials, ammo and cash. Chief Keef's new album Bang 3 drops June 10th.

While people are analyzing Drake’s lines from his new track “Days Out East”, Kirko Bangz openly broke down his candid song to Rihanna entitled “Love Rihanna” during his interview with Sermon. “Who badder than Rihanna?” asked Kirko, when the question about t...

Last night, Nicki Minaj and Lil Herb joined together for a sinister new track called “Chi-Raq.” For many rap fans, this is their first entry into Herb’s music, who has been steady making a name after his well-received Welcome To Fazoland. A few hours afte...

Joey Bada$$ is primed and ready to deliver his debut album B4.Da.$$ to the masses. The young wordsmith has already dubbed his album as something special during his interview with Topman. “You can just expect pure greatness, you know, I’m really putting my all into this," said Joey. Despite garnering massiv...