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Just five days away from Kanye West's 10th anniversary of his classic debut album College Dropout, vintage footage of Kanye on tour hit the web. The video takes you behind the scenes during Yeezy early days on tour. We get to see him and his team on a private jet, video of them  goofing off behind set, and Yeezus performing on stage. You...

Chief Keef is putting out Bang 3 later this year. Before his album, Sosa is apparently dropping a mixtape called Back From The Dead 2. This is produced by Young Chop. Can you guess what he cares about? Previously: Peeda Pan On ‘Bang 3′: “Kanye Will Definitely Be On Keef’s Album”

Rick Ross had cameras follow him around last week during Super Bowl Weekend. From the Def Jam 30 party to Marquee to Greenhouse and a whole lot of places in-between, Ross showed people why he's the bawse. We see appearances from with Diddy, Dj Khaled, Meek Mill, Wale, French Montana, Jadakiss, A$AP Ferg, Justin Bieber, Warren Sapp, Marlon Wayans and more...

ScHoolboy Q took to Twitter to release the dates for his forthcoming Oxymoron World Tour. The tweet read "#OXYMORON world tour!! 67+ dates" Q will be going on tour  alongside Vince Staples and TDE’s youngest and newest signee, Isaiah Rashad. The tour will launch March 1 at Pr...

"It be a demo" That was the former middleweight champ Bernard Hopkins response to Cam'ron for name dropping him in Cam's new record called “Humphrey.”  The song is off Killa's collaborative upcoming project with A-Trak, an EP reportedly to be titled Federal Reserve. Watch Hopkins response above. ...

Casino has a new mixtape dropping next Tuesday called Frank Matthews. As a teaser, the Freebandz member delivers “Communication” featuring rapper-of-the-moment Young Thug. Check out the track above.

Valentine's Day is upon us. That means a lot of thinking and planning for the day. For some men it's the only day in the year they have to be creative, so they have to make it count. If you have a valentine you're obliged to make it memorable for her, especially today with social media and the internet...

Chief Keef received a big opportunity last year when Kanye West tapped his services for Yeezus. “Hold My Liquor” was a fan-favorite off his sixth studio LP, where it featured Keef and Justin Vernon sharing crooning duties. From the looks of a recent photo on Instagram showing the two working together with Interscope A&R Larry Jackson, ‘Ye and Keef certainly have more collaborations in the wor

Earlier today it was announced that 50 Cent partnered his SMS Audio line with NASCAR. The venture is with  Swan Racing and they will advertise 50′s company on both vehicles and driver suits. But Why http://espn.go.com/blog/music/post/_/id/6709/50-cent-talks-nascar-deal-melo-streep? 50 spoke to ESPN ab...

With what may be the wildest gathering one has ever seen, Rich Homie Quan drops the visual for "Party." Entailing monkeys, drugs and gold balloons; things get really crazy in the clip with Rich Homie waking up the next morning not knowing what went down, sort of giving off a Hangover-esqe feel...

M.O.P. was interviewed by DJ Whoo Kid today. The Mash Out Posse updated fans on the status of their upcoming projects, working with Mobb Deep for the first time, and their record deal with G-Unit. According to the Ante Up artists, a collaboration with Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, and co. on ...

Low Pros are a new production team consisting of A-Trak and Lex Luger. For their first release, Young Thug and Peewee Longway go back and forth on “Jack Tripper.” The full-length LP is set to include collaborations with Travi$ Scott, Que and Juvenile. Check out ...