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Fans can retire their "Free Boosie" campaign now: the Baton Rouge rapper and hip-hop's resident Bad Azz was reportedly released from jail tonight around 7 pm, and wasted little time in taking to social media to whet fans' appetites. #TD2CH — LIL BOOSIE (@BOOSIEOFFICIAL) March 6, 2014   "#TD2CH" is most likely a reference to Boosie's song "Touch Down To Cause Hell," an

Lil Boosie is a free man, according to Baton Rouge's CBS affiliate WAFB. The Louisiana rapper had been in jail since 2009 on drug charges, and his release has been widely speculated in the past few months. According to WAFB, the news was confirmed by Angola State Penitentiary Warden Burl Cain, and Boosie was transferred to a Sheriff's office in St. Fra...

Que isn’t quite ready to end his streak of club hits. The ATLien behind “O.G. Bobby Johnson” keeps his buzz building with his latest track called “Jungle Fever.” Produced by 808 Mafia’s TM88, the bass-heavy anthem is featured on DJ Spinz’ and DJ Pretty Boy Tank’s The Real Atlanta 2 tape which features a variety of Atlanta artists. ...

Jenny from the block is back. J. Lo is currently in the studio working with a who's who of new talent. Today, J. Lo unveils her collaboration with French Montana on "I Luh Ya Papi." The track is scheduled to appear on her upcoming album...

A partial verdict has come back in the murder for hire trial of former CEO of Czar Entertainment and former manager of Game, James "Jimmy Henchman" Rosemond, though it wasn't related directly to the murder at hand. Henchman's co-defendant, Rodney Johnson, is charged with the same four counts of murder for hire and conspiracy as Henchman, but also had three additional charges of conspirac

Rick Ross' sixth studio album Mastermind hit stores this week, and the Maybach Music Group head honcho has enjoyed a generally positive response to his long-awaited followup to 2012's God Forgives, I Don't. Embedded inside the album's sixteen tracks are a lot of Ross' typical lyrical tropes—coke dealing, violence, Wingstop and general over-the-top luxuriousness—and the album, predictably, is full

Rick Ross stopped by MTV's RapFix Live to chop it up with Sway and speak on multiple topics such as his childhood stories and why there's no Drake feature on the the album. Ross also touched on "Maybach Music V" and why it was absent on his latest predict No...

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Sean Kingston was recently detained by cops and told that he couldn't leave the Dominican Republic due to an unpaid $8K tab. Sean had a miscommunication with the managers at a local club at which he thought the tab was complementary but the club's owners did in fact want Sean to pay up...

Nicki Minaj is just showing off now. Nicki looks like is getting her hair wash and showing off her real hair. She is also topless and glowing. Look through her photos above.

Well, 2014 is finally getting underway in terms of hip-hop album and mixtape releases, with the first two of our 25 Most Anticipated Albums—ScHoolboy Q's Oxymoron and Rick Ross's Mastermind—coming in the past 10 days. And with a slew of new projects on the way, the year is shaping up to be a formidable contender to challenge last year's epic release schedule that saw new projects from Jay Z, Drake

Big Sean offered the dope hook to Rick Ross’ “Sanctified.” Now, the G.O.O.D. Music member has released his verse that was left off the cut. Look out for a mash-up soon. Check it out above.