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So remember those jaw-dropping behind-the-scene pictures of Nicki Minaj she posted on Instagram a couple of days back? Well it was taken during the filming of Nicki's new video for "Lookin' A** N****a" which just dropped today. Check it out above...

Angie Martinez is an OG who's interviewed everyone important in hip-hop history as a radio personality on Hot 97. The Voice of New York sat down with Sway and discussed an unreleased interview with Tupac that she's kept under wraps for two decades...

When you encounter something that's truly refreshing, it can become intoxicating. Countless amount of times an individual will see, read, or hear some variation of the word "original" by a plethora of rappers. But when The Cool Kids were born in 2007, that's what they truly were—two young kids who looked like they were born a couple of decades too early, finding a niche and thriving in i

It's a busy day for Harry Powder. Earlier he dropped the keymix to “OG Bobby Johnson" now he teams up with Pusha T and release the video for "Everything" and switches up to "Divas & Dimes." Both songs are cuts off New York City: The Album. Watch it...

Some of the greatest cultural movements in history started at the intersection of music, art, and fashion. Perhaps the greatest and most significant is of the fusion between hip-hop and fashion. What better forms of self-expression than music and dress...

While filming a music video with Pitbull and Brazilian singer Claudia Leitte in Ft. Lauderdale for "We Are One,"   Jennifer Lopez's cheeks make a appearance and it is glorious. She just gets better with age. Look at the picture above. ...

En Noir presented their Fall/Winter 2014 collection at New York Fashion Week. Sticking to their all black aesthetic view the New York based brand compounds fashion with a sports-inspired theme. The line uses premium materials flawlessly to create a very wearable collection that utilizes different textures...

There has been a lot of interesting mixes of rappers, singers, producers and even EDM artist in the studio lately. Today, we have Chance The Rapper and Tyler, The Creator in the studio together. However Tyler took to Twitter to say he did not make any music and he was just saying hi...

To fight off an episode of insomnia, 50 Cent went on iTunes and preordered ScHoolboy Q's Oxymoron. As it shows in his Instagram post up top, 50 makes a guest appearance on the upcoming album. Oxymoron due out Feb. 28. Previously: TDE CEO Wants ‘Oxymoron’ To Double Kendrick’s Album Presales

In the new issue of Rolling Stone, Drake makes clear his feelings about the text message that Macklemore sent to Kendrick Lamar the night he won in the bout for Best Rap Album. As blunt as it is, Drake thought "that sh*t was wack as f*ck...

D-Block represents so strong on "Closed Casket." Jadakiss, Snyp Life and Sheek Louch all deliver bone-shattering bars on this record. Song is pretty short but it's quality that matters. Listen below.

Rickie Jacobs’s upcoming project, Remember To Smile, will be out on the 18th. Today he drops a gem with “Sweats” which features Harlem’s native, Smoke DZA. Listen to it below.