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As things move forward with Jimmy Henchman's murder-for-hire trial, the light at the end of the tunnel progressively gets dimmer. More witnesses have approached the stand to spill the beans on the music mogul's killer mentality during a G-Unit war that Diddy tried to bring to peace circa mid 2000s...

If you'll be missing 50 Cent's headlined show at South By Southwest on March 11, have no fear. 50 Cent will be live streaming the show on the Hang w/ mobile app, another one of his latest business ventures. As 50 Cent plans to give take fans behind the scenes during his SXSW experience with the app, 50 joins a ton of other celebs who are also giving fans a BTS look at their day to day activities o

Chamillionaire keeps his fans satisfied with more new music. Check out “Go Getta” above.

Murs is the newest signee to Tech N9ne's music label Strange Music. But the news doesn't stop there. He has a new app called Hip Hop Trivia: Starring Murs that went live today. The mobile game includes exclusive commentary from Murs who tests users on their knowledge of hip hop...

De La Soul celebrated 25 years of their debut album 3 Feet High & Rising yesterday. Their comeback seems to be in order as the legendary group released a new track called “Dilla Plugged In.” Featuring a beat by J Dilla, we hear De La back in all their glory. Look for th...

When Rick Ross' car was riddled with 18 bullets in a drive-by shooting last January, it affected the rapper more than he let on at the time. And that brush with death—which caused Ross to veer off the road and collide with an apartment building, luckily leaving no one injured—informs Ross' sixth album, Mastermind, more than most might have thought; the lushly produced project dwells early and ofte

The 2014 Forecastle Festival invades  Louisville, KY from July 18-20. The hip-hop acts are few but are pretty huge. OutKast is one of the headlining acts and Action Bronson will be taking the stage as well. You can find ticket info here.  ...

2 Chainz drops off the visual for "Mainstream Ratchet." Showing love for all the ratchet chicks in the clip, the rapper speaks of the pleasures of a free spirited female without a care in the world. "Mainstream Ratchet" is off of 2 Chainz' latest album B...

N.O.R.E. teams up with the Good Belt Gang for his new "Into That" video. Speaking of life on the streets and showing off a hustler's mentality in the clip, the boys speak of enjoying in the midst of it all and the troubles that pop up along the way...

Future talks to Tim Westwood about his upcoming album Honest, preparing for a baby with Ciara, being a business man, his hustle mentality and more, including why he's been spending all his time in one particular studio located in London...

The Legends Cup, formerly known as the Lingerie Bowl, is coming back for another season and you should be watch. These women really play hard and are pretty hot in sexy lingerie.

Smoke DZA is hard at work getting ready to liberate his upcoming LP titled Dream.ZONE.Achieve, scheduled to be released on Apr. 1. His leading single “Herases,” featuring TDE’s Ab-Soul, dropped on Monday (Mar. 3). Today, DZA gives XXL the green light to unveil both the album's cover and tracklist. Peep the rundown...