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Nas joined BBC Radio 1’s Zane Lowe for an in-depth interview about the making of and the impact of Illmatic, as it nears its 20th anniversary. During the sit-down, Nas discussed the changes in New York City over the last 20 years and how the crack epidemic and poor economic state of the City in the 80’s fueled Illmatic. Nas al...

E-40 apparently gets more done before 7am than the rest of us do all day.  The Bay Area hip hop legend took to his Instagram and Twitter accounts during the early morning on April 8 to announce that he is releasing of four new albums this July. The project c...

Watch Chevy Wood's new video "Pick Ups & Drop Offs" featuring Young Scooter. In the clip, Chevy rides around with a down ass chick assisting him in his paper chase. "Pick Up & Drop Offs" hails from Chevy Woods latest mix-tape Gang Land 2...

NCAA Men's Basketball Season is officially over and the UCONN Huskies are the new champions. Within four years the Huskies have two championship trophies under their belt and Head Coach Kevin Ollie is now the talk of the town. They beat the freshmen filled line-up of the University of Kentucky Wildcats 60-54...

Atmosphere is set to release their eighth studio album, Southsiders, due out on May 6. After the tracklist was revealed, one song that stood out was “Kanye West.” Pigeons & Planes premiered the record, which had frontman Slug explaining the origins of the title: “I wanted to write a song about loving something so much that you submit to the moment.” Check out “K...

The 2014 MTV Movie Awards are live this Sunday from L.A.’s Nokia Theatre and the network has a monster performance in store. Before they embark on their "Monster Tour" this summer, Em and Rihanna will join forces at the Theatre for their first performance of their smash single “The Monster." Origin...

Battling has always been a part of rap culture and on the Jimmy Kimmel show last night the art form went to a whole new level, putting on the first ever televised sign language Rap Battle. Gathering three of the best sign language interpreters in the country, Wiz Khalifa supplied the soundtrack with his signature song “Black & Yellow,” as they faced off with their best versions of the hit. Al

With Illmatic XX set for an April 15 release date, Nas has been making the rounds, appearing on Real Time With Bill Maher and performing with a live orchestra at the Kennedy Center. Last night, Nas, dressed in Timbs with a gold chain swingin’, an Army-fatigue clad Q-Tip and The Roots brought back that ‘90s feel on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon. The group ...

Riff Raff will be taking to the road to support his upcoming album NEON iCON which drops on April 29th. The tour kicks off on April 12th in Boulder, CO after which it will hit 31 more stops. This is Riff Raff's first headlining tour. Jody Highroller will also hold ...

adidas Originals presents a new pack of ZX models drawing inspiration from Italian design and architecture collective Memphis Group. The adidas Originals ZX "Memphis" Pack holds the ZX 5000, 7000 and 9000, each featuring designs influenced by the Art Deco and Pop Art movements. The...

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Rapsody returns with her own rendition of Pusha T's "Numbers On The Boards." Look out for her Thank You Very Much" video off She Got Game to be dropping soon.