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J. Cole capped off the last stop of his What Dreams May Come Tour with a major announcement. He made public for the first time that his Dreamville label would be partnering with Interscope Records, which was made final when co-founder Jimmy Iovine convinced the North Carolina rapper that Interscope was the right machine for his vision...

2 Chainz surprised Tanner Elementary School students, and gave the youth a speech on the importance of finishing school and following their dreams. Initially, the Tity Boi rolled up to the institution's cafeteria masked by a bandana before revealing his character to the children...

Kanye West took to Twitter to speak on the 10 year anniversary of his classic debut, The College Dropout. Ye's heartfelt tweets remind fans that despite his latest antics, nothing has changed, and he's still the same creative visionary from Chicago...

Selling out just 11 minutes after their impromptu release, many were left hopeless when it came to copping Kanye West's highly anticipated Nike Air Yeezy 2 "Red Octobers." After much back and forth for some time now between Yeezy and the shoe brand over royalties among other issues, Nike randomly released the sneaker yesterday at just a tweet's notice...

Big Boi mixes the Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors cut “Shoes For Running” featuring B.o.B and Wavves with Third World’s “How Can You” for a very interesting record. Take a listen below

Fashion photographer Tommy Ton takes to the streets of New York and braves the elements to capture the essence of fashion week. The Canadian photographer is best known for his fashion blog Jak & Jil where he displays his street style photographs. He...

Kim Kardashian took to her Instagram today to praise her future husband on the ten year anniversary of his classic debut The College Dropout. In addition to posting the above picture, the rapper's fiance included this caption: "10 years ago today Kanye released his 1st album The College Dropout! Thi...

Cape Town, South Africa's Bellville Velodrome set the scene on Sunday, Feb. 9 for Kendrick Lamar's Miller Boomtown South African tour, marking the L.A. rapper's first foray into the country. He had performed in both Durban and Johannesburg respectively, but he saved the best for last...

Taking a warehouse by storm, Vado links with French Montana and Rick Ross in his newest visual "Look Me In My Eyes." "Look Me In My Eyes" is off of Vado's EP Sinatra, due out today.

Tech N9ne, Kendrick Lamar, ¡MAYDAY! And Kendall Morgan voiced their opinion on critics in the new video for "Fragile." The tongue twisting verses Tech and Kendrick spit will leave you in awe. Check it out above.

It was previously reported that Drake and Jhené Aiko were expecting a child together and that the two had shacked up on Drake's "Would You Like A Tour." However, the songstress debunked those rumors over Twitter stating that the whispers held zero truth to them and that she'd appreciate if everyone moved on. i' ...

Maino made headlines late last year as a result of his well-publicized feud with Atlanta based rapper Trinidad Jame$, who said "We (Atlanta) run y'all musically," at a concert in Brooklyn. Maino took exception to Jame$'s comments, with the tension culminating in a recorded phone conversation between the two rappers, which was actually more Maino yelling at Jame$ as opposed to an actual c