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As Da Brat now has to cough up $6.4 million dollars even after serving over 3 years in prison for bottling a former NFL cheerleader, the pics from the incident have surfaced. TMZ acquired the photos of the Atlanta nightclub waitress immediately after the brawl with the rapper in 2007...

The Ice Cream Man is back. Master P hits 'em hard with a new tape titled The Gift. The 21-track effort contains feature from Game, Yo Gotti, Fat Trel, E-40, Nipey Hus$$le and more. On the production side, P has gathered Drumma Boy, 1500 Or Nothin', Deezle and others...

A$AP Rocky lends his talents to the hip-hop heavy soundtrack to the film Divergent. Here, Rocky and producer Gesaffelstein create an EDM-centric track that knocks. Check out the track above. Previously: Pia Mia Featuring Chance the Rapper “Fight For You”

With just a few more days until Rick Ross’ Mastermind drops, the Maybach Music honcho continues his promotional run with “Supreme.” The track, which is produced by Scott Storch, is accompanied by a video with various clips of the high life. Get lost in luxu...

The selection for the XXL Freshmen 2014 is kicking into high gear, and yes, you should be as excited as we are here in the XXL office. In preparation for this year's class, we let some possible candidates tell us why they think they deserve to be part of XXL Freshmen 2014...

A new star is being born. King Avriel is a gorgeous singer who is producing heat. So for today's edition of Selfie Friday, we honor King Avriel.

Action Bronson has an album on the way and according to the rapper it's "coming soon." Bronson unveiled the news in a tweet this morning but did not give an exact release date. Peep Bronson's Tweet below. "ALBUM ALBUM" comin soon (hopefully) — FREE BIG BODY (@ActionBronson) February 28, 2014 The Queens MC also added more dates to his Blue Chips 2 Tour, the shows will now occur

Ace Hood details his come up in his "Lyrical Exercise" video. With assistance from DJ Khaled, Ace Hood details his will to make a way by any means over Kanye's "2 Words" beat. "Lyrical Exercise" is off of Starvation 3.

President’s Day marked a brand new release from DC rising star Shy Glizzy, with Young Jefe, an 18-track tape hosted by DJ Bigga Rankin, and featuring production from Zaytoven, Cardo, Roger Beat and others. Despite touching on familiar subjects, Young Jefe has its memorable moments, and when taken together, they result in an impressive, statement of a mixtape that should go a long way towards growi

Bill O'Reilly sat down with Obama's senior advisor Valerie Jarrett on Thursday night (Feb 27) to discuss Obama's new initiative, called "My Brother's Keeper." The initiative main purpose is empowering boys and young men of color who are at risk. O'Reilly i...

In an interview with NiceKicks, Nas talked about his new sneaker store in Las Vegas and the QB MC also touched on Kendrick Lamar's Grammy slight. Nas, who is a self-proclaimed fan of the Compton rapper, didnt' have much to say about the controversial snub, but simply gave a nod to Kendrick's genius and also expressed excitement for Kendrick's sophomore album. Check out ...

Wale got some new ink yesterday, paying homage to two of hip-hop's greatest MCs. Tattooing Biggie and Tupac on each leg, the MMG spitter got two massive yet perfectly detailed portraits of the two rappers inked on his limbs. The tattoos were done by Nikko Hurtado, the owner of Black Anchor in Hesperia, CA...